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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. xiv, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9781493019755, 9781493019762, 1493019759, 1493019767 ; OCLC 957303159 ; LCCN 2017010155 ; LOC NO DS557.8.K5 ; Dewey 959.704/342 ; black cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Combat landing -- The graveyard -- Khe Sanh -- Saddle up -- The big picture -- Take no prisoners -- Good morning, Vietnam -- A walk in the sun -- Kill zone -- Rescue -- The cherry pie -- Dear John -- Ambush -- A good war -- The French lady -- Wounded -- Get on the chopper -- The green parrot -- The watch continued running -- The pond -- A night of imposters -- Premonition -- Dog biscuits -- The FNG -- The pows -- Pencil dicks -- America's living rooms -- The fall of 881s -- Show time -- Move! move! -- Timber-r-r-r! -- Dig in, marines -- Knock that shit off! -- Purple haze -- Kilgore's starlite -- The few, the proud -- Sleep like the dead -- Mushy Dianne -- The ridge finger -- Body count -- The silver dragon -- Skinny dipping -- Picnic -- Along the DMZ -- Anything for R&R -- The siege. ; A soldier's eye view of Vietnam's fiercest close-quarters battle upon its 50th anniversary. Khe Sanh's Hill Fights of 1967-as experienced by co-author Bobby Maras and told in this hour-by-hour, day-by-day account-were carnage on the ground, much of it hand-to-hand fighting in the dark. Thanks to the brave Marines of the 9th and 3rd, Khe Sanh survived the first concentrated attack by the North Vietnamese to invade the South. After the Hill Fights, American forces pulled back and held out against constant enemy shelling and frequent attacks until the siege was broken. Combining Maras' personal experiences with the war's bigger picture, Blood in the Hills honors the heroic actions of our soldiers and shows how Khe Sanh was microcosm of the entire Vietnam War. ; Charles W. Sasser is a veteran of the U.S. Navy (journalist) and U.S. Army (Special Forces, the Green Berets), a combat veteran and former combat correspondent wounded in action. He has published over 3000 pieces in a wide range of magazines and is author, co-author or contributing author of more than 50 books and novels. Sasser now lives in Oklahoma with wife Donna. ; FINE/FINE. Book.