Night of the Silver Stars The Battle of Lang Vei

They Knew They Were Alone. They Knew The Enemy Was Coming. But They Didn't Know What It Would Take To Survive... In Vietnam, 1968, the enemy was planning the kind of overwhelming attack that broke the French at Dien Bien Phu. But while U.S. Marines dug in at Khe Sanh, and recon missions probed the Laotian border, the enemy proved elusive-until it struck full force on an isolated Green Beret outpost. In the early darkness of February 7th, two dozen U.S. Special Forces soldiers and their indigenous fighters were overrun, attacked by waves of ground troops, mortars, flame-throwers, and a weapon they had not prepared for: North Vietnamese tanks. The battle of Lang Vei had begun. In this gripping, keenly told account, author William R. Phillips chronicles a desperate struggle for survival as the Green Berets held out against unrelenting fire from point blank range. Then, as the badly wounded Americans fought their way out of one death trap, they found themselves in another, still besieged with little hope for rescue-until a super secret, quick-reaction strike force launched one of the most daring missions of the war... "The story of the Battle of Lang Vei is presented here in detail, with unswerving dedication to objectivity and accuracy by its author...I am pleased to recommend [this] book." -William C. Westmoreland, Gen., USA (Ret.) "Bill Phillips has done a splendid job researching and re-creating one of the most harrowing battles of the Vietnam War." -Stephen Hunter, author ofPoint of ImpactandBlack LightPhillips, William R. is the author of 'Night of the Silver Stars The Battle of Lang Vei', published 2004 under ISBN 9780312996819 and ISBN 0312996810.