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100 1 $aDonahue, James C.,$d1942-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87944599
245 10 $aMobile guerrilla force :$bwith the Special Forces in War Zone D /$cJames C. Donahue.
260 $aAnnapolis, MD :$bNaval Institute Press,$c1996.
263 $a9601
300 $axiv, 205 pages , 12 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aNaval Institute special warfare series
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aThis authentic firsthand account of Operation Blackjack-31 chronicles the first foray of 13 hand-picked Green Berets and a company of free Cambodian guerrillas into War Zone D - the VC's secret zone about which allied intelligence knew little or nothing - in January 1967. Their orders were to conduct guerrilla operations for an undetermined period, without artillery support or possibility of reinforcement. Detachment A-303 turned the suicide mission into a dramatic success.
520 8 $aWith surgical precision and a novelist's grasp of dialogue, timing, and dramatic pacing, the author puts the reader on the ground with the force for 31 days without respite. A surprisingly fresh description of close-in combat, Donahue's account stands as a powerful testament to the few who mattered little in the big picture but who were all that mattered to each other.
520 8 $aBlackjack-31 was a historic departure from the conventional military thinking that dominated the war in Vietnam, and it clearly demonstrated that American-led indigenous forces could conduct guerrilla operations against the enemy, and win.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xCommando operations$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010117836
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bSpecial Forces Group, 5th.$bMobile Guerrilla Force$xHistory.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xRegimental histories$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113230
830 0 $aNaval Institute special warfare series.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94121271
852 00 $bglx$hDS558.92$i.D66 1996