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The Magnificent Bastards: The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968
The Magnificent Bastards The Joint ArmyMarine Defense of Dong Ha 1968 Author:Keith Nolan On April 29, 1968, the North Vietnamese Army is spotted less than four miles from the U.S. Marines' Dong Ha Combat Base. intense fighting develops in nearby Dai Do as the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, known as "the Magnificent Bastards," struggles to eject NVA forces from this strategic position. — Yet the BLT 2/4 Marines de... more »fy the brutal onslaught. Pressing forward, America's finest warriors rout the NVA from their fortress-hamlets--often in deadly hand-to-hand combat. At the end of two weeks of desperate, grinding battles, the Marines and the infantry battalion supporting them are torn to shreds. But against all odds, they beat back their savage adversary. « less