03295nam 2200565Ia 450 991081877040332120240516120222.00-8173-8583-5(CKB)2550000000084418(EBL)860293(OCoLC)776108974(SSID)ssj0000613050(PQKBManifestationID)11407351(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000613050(PQKBWorkID)10572490(PQKB)11419559(MdBmJHUP)muse17228(Au-PeEL)EBL860293(CaPaEBR)ebr10533717(MiAaPQ)EBC860293(EXLCZ)99255000000008441820110912d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTrue faith and allegiance[electronic resource] an American paratrooper and the 1972 battle for An Loc /Mike McDermott1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20121 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1755-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. An Introduction to the Past; 2. The Current State of Play; 3. Welcome to Team 162 and the Vietnamese Airborne; 4. Side Trips from the National Training Center; 5. Work Call; 6. Off to War; 7. Visiting Brass; 8. A Media Event; 9. Hitting the Wall; 10. Shifting Gears; 11. From the Frying Pan into the Fire; 12. Rangers in Foxholes; 13. Trying to Not Get Overrun; 14. New Digs; 15. Airborne Rangers into the Breach; 16. Tactical Arc Lights; 17. The SA- 7 Missile Arrives with a Bang; 18. To Catch a FAC19. The Helicopter Lifeline Is Cut20. The Oldest Lieutenant; 21. Belt- Tightening Time; 22. Moving Uptown; 23. Sick Call in the Basement; 24. A Shattered Image; 25. Tanks in Town; 26. The Enemy's Worst Nightmare Was Named Spectre; 27. Disjointed Events; 28. The Ambivalence of Leaving; 29. Off with the Old and on with the New; 30. In Retrospect; Epilogue; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Notes; Bibliography; Index True Faith and Allegiance: An American Paratrooper and the 1972 Battle for An Loc is an intimate and compelling account of the most brutal infantry warfare and is also a critique of the mishandling of America's departure from Indochina. An unintended consequence of Washington's stampede to get out of Indochina was an upsurge in combat on a scale not seen before in Vietnam, peaking with the Easter Offensive of 1972. The battle for An Loc, a key component in the North Vietnamese attempt to overwhelm the South, swept Mike McDermott, then the senior advisor to an An Loc, Battle of, An Lộc, Vietnam, 1972Vietnam War, 1961-1975Personal narratives, AmericanAn Loc, Battle of, An Lộc, Vietnam, 1972.Vietnam War, 1961-1975959.704/342McDermott Mike1940-1710390MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818770403321True faith and allegiance4100972UNINA