The Battle at Ngok Tavak

A bloody defeat in South Vietnam, 1968

Nonfiction, History, Military, Vietnam War, Asian
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Author: Bruce Davies ISBN: 9781741760941
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication: August 1, 2008
Imprint: Allen & Unwin Language: English
Author: Bruce Davies
ISBN: 9781741760941
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication: August 1, 2008
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Language: English

In 1968, in the western jungle of Vietnam near Laos, a Special Forces Company, under the command of an Australian Army Captain, supported by a Marine artillery detachment, occupied an old French fort, on a hill known as Ngok Tavak.

The circumstances of the battle that ensued, and the subsequent retreat from Ngok Tavak, left in their wake issues that cried out for resolution for decades after the event. A number of American bodies were left where they had fallen during the battle, and another American, the nephew of Katharine Hepburn, went missing.

After speaking extensively to the battle survivors and loved ones of the American warriors, and searching through accounts from official reports that included Vietnamese documents, eyewitness statements and war diaries, Bruce Davies has pieced together the evidence that will bring resolution to the questions that still haunt many of those connected to the battle.

A story that needed to be told for the veterans who survived and for those who did not, for their families and for the sake of history.' Lieutenant Colonel Brian Cooper (Retd), Australian Infantry, South Vietnam 1971-72

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In 1968, in the western jungle of Vietnam near Laos, a Special Forces Company, under the command of an Australian Army Captain, supported by a Marine artillery detachment, occupied an old French fort, on a hill known as Ngok Tavak.

The circumstances of the battle that ensued, and the subsequent retreat from Ngok Tavak, left in their wake issues that cried out for resolution for decades after the event. A number of American bodies were left where they had fallen during the battle, and another American, the nephew of Katharine Hepburn, went missing.

After speaking extensively to the battle survivors and loved ones of the American warriors, and searching through accounts from official reports that included Vietnamese documents, eyewitness statements and war diaries, Bruce Davies has pieced together the evidence that will bring resolution to the questions that still haunt many of those connected to the battle.

A story that needed to be told for the veterans who survived and for those who did not, for their families and for the sake of history.' Lieutenant Colonel Brian Cooper (Retd), Australian Infantry, South Vietnam 1971-72

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