Moving through the jungle near the Cambodian border on May 18, 1967, a company of American infantry observed three North Vietnamese Army regulars, AK-47s slung over their shoulders, walking down a well-worn trail in the rugged Central Highlands. Startled by shouts of “Lai day, lai day” (“Come here, come here”), the three men dropped their packs and fled. The company commander, a young lieutenant, sent a platoon down the trail to investigate. Those few men soon found themselves outnumbered, surrounded, and fighting for their lives. Their first desperate moments marked the beginning of a series of bloody battles that lasted more than a week, one that survivors would later call “the nine days in May border battles.”
__Nine Days in May__ is the first full account of these bitterly contested battles. Part of Operation Francis Marion, they took place in the Ia Tchar Valley and the remote jungle west of Pleiku. Fought between three American battalions and two North Vietnamese Army regiments, this prolonged, deadly encounter was one of the largest, most savage actions seen by elements of the storied 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Drawing on interviews with the participants, Warren K. Wilkins recreates the vicious fighting in gripping detail.
This is a story of extraordinary courage and sacrifice displayed in a series of battles that were fought and won within the context of a broader, intractable strategic stalemate. When the guns finally fell silent, an unheralded American brigade received a Presidential Unit Citation and earned three of the twelve Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam.

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Wilkins, Warren K.

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Source title: Nine Days in May: The Battles of the 4th Infantry Division on the Cambodian Border, 1967

Contents 8
Illustrations 10
Acknowledgments 12
Abbreviations and Acronyms 14
Introduction 18
1 Steadfast and Loyal 27
2 Operation Francis Marion 40
Part I 1-8 Infantry: The Bullets 50
3 Toward the Sound of the Guns 52
4 The Lost Platoon 71
5 An Indecent Interlude 87
6 Fourth Platoon—Where Are You? 104
7 Picking Up the Pieces 116
8 Night Moves 136
9 Can You Hold? 150
Part II 3-12 Infantry: The Braves 184
10 Into the Fray 186
11 The Joint Perimeter 207
12 Winners and Losers 227
13 All Hands on Deck 244
14 Happy Valley 260
15 Braves Always First 278
Part III 3-8 Infantry: The Dragoons 304
16 Hill 521 306
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18 Turning the Tide 340
Epilogue 360
Notes 370
Bibliography 404
Index 416

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"Reconstructs the prolonged, deadly encounter between three American battalions and two North Vietnamese Army regiments. On May 18, 1967 the 4th Infantry Division engaged in a nine day series of bloody battles in the Ia Tchar Valley and the remote jungle west of Pleiku as part of Operation Francis Marion"-- Provided by publisher

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