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A Distant Challenge The US Infantryman in Vietnam 1967-1972
A Distant Challenge The US Infantryman in Vietnam 19671972 Author:Albert Garland It was the toughest war America had ever fought. By 1967, 490,000 US servicemen were fighting in Vietnam, and the backbone of them all was the "grunt" - the infantryman. Forced by the terrain and the enemy to invent new tactics and redefine old ones - from parachute assaults to the widespread use of the helicopter - the infantryman in Vietnam br... more »oke new ground in the history of modern warfare. Wirtten by field commanders and NCOs, A DISTANT CHALLENGE offers a unique, ground-level look at the most controversial and fiercely contested fighting of the war - from the first large American build-up to the opening phases of "Vietnamization."« less