The bloody monthlong battle for the Citadel in Hue pitted U.S. Marines against an entrenched North Vietnamese Army force
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Table of contents :
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: A Conversation with a Dead Dog
Chapter Two: The Longest Night
Chapter Three: Lang Co Village: In the Eye of the Storm
Chapter Four: Phu Bai Mess Hall Chow
Chapter Five: Wading through Deep Shit
Chapter Six: The Citadel
Chapter Seven: Whiskey Boats on the Perfume River
Chapter Eight: The Backdoor Approach
Chapter Nine: Phase Line Green
Chapter Ten: Coping with Disaster: A Dead Dog Day Afternoon
Chapter Eleven: Life Is Renewed in the City of Death
Chapter Twelve: The Return of Heavy Firepower. Chapter Thirteen: Sniper's LairChapter Fourteen: The Night Movement
Chapter Fifteen: Coke Bottle Glasses
Chapter Sixteen: Prisoner of War
Chapter Seventeen: The Effectiveness of Chemical Warfare
Chapter Eighteen: Aftermath, and a Dying Pig
Epilogue: Commanding Officer's Comments
Index
About the Author.