Highpocket's War Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781413452679)

Highpockets War Stories is an eloquent account of combat leadership in Korea and Vietnam. Colonel Peter L. Hilgartner is widely recognized in the Marine Corps as a successful combat leader, first as a junior officer in Korea and later commanding the First Battalion, Fifth Marines fighting the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. Hilgartner tells of leading troops in counter-guerilla action, and major battles with North Vietnamese troops -- Union I, Union II and Swift -- to control the strategic Que Son Valley. His story gives never-before-told, vivid descriptions of Marines in hand-to-hand combat with North Vietnamese troops from the perspective of Marines who were there. Every grunt will appreciate this gripping account.

Author: Peter Higartner, Sam Ginder, Peter Hilgartner &. Sam Ginder
ISBN-10: 1413452671
ISBN-13: 9781413452679
Publisher: Xlibris
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2004
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d