Format: Paperback
Pages: 312
ISBN: 9781636244006
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2023
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Illustrations: 40 b/w photographs
Description:
The story of how the 11th Armored Cavalry overcame the perception that Vietnam was an infantry war, and demonstrated what armor could do in an insurgency.Finalist, 2020 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing AwardsWhen the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment came ashore at Vung Tau, South Vietnam, in September 1966, it faced a number of challenges. The enemy—Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA)—was, of course, the most critical challenge.