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Battle of Bong Son : Operation Masher/White Wing 1966 by Kenneth P. White (2024, Hardcover)
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PublisherCase Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
ISBN-101636244017
ISBN-139781636244013
eBay Product ID (ePID)12062930406
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TopicMilitary / Vietnam War, Modern / 20th Century, Military / United States
Book TitleBattle of Bong Son : Operation Masher/White Wing 1966
Publication Year2024
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistory
AuthorKenneth P. White
FormatHardcover
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Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Reviews...an excellent account of an important operation that had an impact on how the war was fought by U.S. and South Vietnamese forces. White's day-by-day and, in many cases, hour-by-hour, account of the fighting is well constructed and easy to follow., ...an accessible and detailed exploration of the 1st Cavalry's role in one of the most critical campaigns of the war. White's study of this oft-overlooked battle provides a new history of one of the Vietnam War's most famous units for military scholars and general readers., ...a deeply researched and comprehensive book, chronicles the battle in great detail, including all American and allied units involved and some of the enemy units of the NVA's Sao Vong (Yellow Star) Division., The author served as an infantryman in the 1st Cavalry Division's Long range reconnaissance patrol unit as part of a six-man team in the Bong Son area. They located NVA camps, monitored their movements and called in artillery and air strikes, giving the author in-depth, personal knowledge of the area and activities covered in this well-written book., Ultimately, White presents an efficient report of what occurred in this period at Bong Son and has illuminated a previously insufficiently covered episode., ...an extraordinarily well presented, documented, and detailed account of a major American military effort in the Vietnam War.
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Dewey Decimal959.7043
Table Of ContentPrologue 1. Preparing for Battle2. Tragedy Strikes3. Attack4. Breakout from the Cemetery5. A Pincer Action6. Closing-out Phase I7. Into the An Lao Valley8. The Eagle's Claw9. Yelling Like Madmen10. Death in a Narrow Place11. The Iron Triangle12. No Rest for the Weary13. The Go Chai Mountains14. Black Horse15. Conclusion Appendix I: Book of HonorAppendix II: Memorandum Requesting Name ChangeAppendix III: Citations and AwardBibliographyHistorical DocumentsGlossary
SynopsisFull boots-on-the-ground account of the first large-scale search & destroy campaign in Vietnam, demonstrating the efficacy of the strategy at an operational level., "...a deeply researched and comprehensive book, chronicles the battle in great detail, including all American and allied units involved and some of the enemy units of the NVA's Sao Vong (Yellow Star) Division." -- The VVA Veteran Operation Masher/White Wing targeted the regiments of the North Vietnamese Army Sao Vang Division operating in the Bong Son area in northeast Binh Dinh Province in central South Vietnam. The operation started on January 24, 1966, immediately after the Vietnamese New Year (Tet) and ended six weeks later. It was led by newly promoted Colonel Harold G. Moore, who as a lieutenant colonel commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in the battle of Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley two months earlier. In 41 days of sustained fighting, the 1st Cav battled each of the three regiments of the Sao Vang Division, resulting in enemy losses of more than 3,000 KIA. This came at the cost of 199 Americans killed on the battlefield and 46 more who died in the crash of a U.S. Air Force C-123 aircraft en route to the battlefield, making it one of the deadliest battles of the entire Vietnam War. Operation Masher/White Wing was a success. The 1st Cav demonstrated that it had the firepower, mobility, and leadership to find the enemy and deliver a severe blow to it in terms of personnel and equipment losses and in forced evacuation from formerly "secure" base areas, seemingly proving the value of the search-and-destroy strategy. However within a few weeks, intelligence reports indicated that North Vietnamese soldiers were returning to the Bong Son area in small groups. By late April, the Sao Vang Division was back in the area in force. Operation Masher/White Wing proved to be the start of a very long and deadly struggle between the 1st Cav and North Vietnamese for control of Binh Dinh Province--multiple search & destroy operations eventually resulted in more than 9,000 enemy KIA and 2,358 enemy detained, with friendly losses of more than 1,200 KIA, 5,775 WIA, and 27 MIA. While Masher/White Wing demonstrated that search & destroy operations were very effective at the tactical level but without a high-level strategy to stop the unabated flow of fresh Communist troops and supplies into South Vietnam, it wasn't clear just how they contributed to overall victory. At the start of 1968, General Westmoreland ordered the 1st Cav to terminate its operations in the Bong Son area, bringing the battle to a close., "...a deeply researched and comprehensive book, chronicles the battle in great detail, including all American and allied units involved and some of the enemy units of the NVA's Sao Vong (Yellow Star) Division." -- The VVA Veteran Operation Masher/White Wing targeted the regiments of the North Vietnamese Army Sao Vang Division operating in the Bong Son area in northeast Binh Dinh Province in central South Vietnam. The operation started on January 24, 1966, immediately after the Vietnamese New Year (Tet) and ended six weeks later. It was led by newly promoted Colonel Harold G. Moore, who as a lieutenant colonel commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in the battle of Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley two months earlier.In 41 days of sustained fighting, the 1st Cav battled each of the three regiments of the Sao Vang Division, resulting in enemy losses of more than 3,000 KIA. This came at the cost of 199 Americans killed on the battlefield and 46 more who died in the crash of a U.S. Air Force C-123 aircraft en route to the battlefield, making it one of the deadliest battles of the entire Vietnam War.Operation Masher/White Wing was a success. The 1st Cav demonstrated that it had the firepower, mobility, and leadership to find the enemy and deliver a severe blow to it in terms of personnel and equipment losses and in forced evacuation from formerly "secure" base areas, seemingly proving the value of the search-and-destroy strategy.However within a few weeks, intelligence reports indicated that North Vietnamese soldiers were returning to the Bong Son area in small groups. By late April, the Sao Vang Division was back in the area in force. Operation Masher/White Wing proved to be the start of a very long and deadly struggle between the 1st Cav and North Vietnamese for control of Binh Dinh Province--multiple search & destroy operations eventually resulted in more than 9,000 enemy KIA and 2,358 enemy detained, with friendly losses of more than 1,200 KIA, 5,775 WIA, and 27 MIA. While Masher/White Wing demonstrated that search & destroy operations were very effective at the tactical level but without a high-level strategy to stop the unabated flow of fresh Communist troops and supplies into South Vietnam, it wasn't clear just how they contributed to overall victory. At the start of 1968, General Westmoreland ordered the 1st Cav to terminate its operations in the Bong Son area, bringing the battle to a close.
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