Through the Wire: Action with the SAS in Borneo and the Special Forces in VietnamAllen & Unwin, 1999 - 239 ページ The first graphic account of the major and very bloody battle at an outpost called Duc Lap involving members of the Australian Training Team in Vietnam and their American equivalents. |
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Return to Vietnam | 25 |
Settling in | 36 |
Into the field | 48 |
Heading for Duc Lap | 62 |
On the high ground | 79 |
Seige at Duc Lap | 108 |
The battle for Duc Lap | 127 |
From hospital to hospital | 154 |
A job in intelligence | 165 |
Getting down to basics | 183 |
Under a cloud | 199 |
A time to reflect | 215 |
Glossary | 234 |
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