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The Bridge at Dong Ha
The Bridge at Dong Ha
Author: John Grider Miller
This is the true story of the legendary Vietnam War hero Marine Captain John Ripley, who braved intense enemy fire to destroy a strategic bridge and stall a major North Vietnamese invasion into the South in April 1972. Told by a fellow Marine, the account lays bare Ripley's innermost thoughts as he rigged 500 pounds of explosives by hand-wal...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780870210204
ISBN-10: 0870210203
Publication Date: 5/1989
Pages: 186
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Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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The Bridge at Dong Ha is the real story of Marine Corps hero, John Walter Ripley, who on Easter Sunday, 1972, almost singlehandedly took on a massive concrete and steel bridge to derail a planned attack at the Cua Viet River - near Dong Ha.

This is a story of courage and conviction. Mr. Ripley's book is a multiple award-winner---and this latest edition includes illustrations derived from on-scene sketches made during the war.
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