Title Hell in An Loc : the 1972 Easter Invasion and the battle that saved South Viet Nam / Lam Quang Thi ; foreword by Andrew Wiest

Edition 1st ed Published Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 282 pages) : illustrations Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents The sieges of the Indochina War -- Setting the state -- The opening salvos -- Prelude to the battle of An Loc -- The first attack on An Loc -- The second attack on An Loc -- Reinforcing An Loc -- The third attack on An Loc -- Securing Route nationale 13 -- End of the siege -- The ARVN 18th Division in An Loc -- Assessing the battle of An Loc -- The aftermath Summary "Three days before Easter last spring, the North Vietnamese struck South Vietnam with a fury unknown to the Vietnam war since the Tet offensive four years earlier. They poured south across the DMZ, smashed into the central highland from Laos, crossed the border from Cambodia and, with an army of 36,000 men and 100 Russian-made tanks, raced toward Saigon, boasting that they'd be in the city by May 19, Ho Chi Minh's birthday. From one end of the country to the other, bases and villages fell before the savagery of their onslaught. By April 5, all that blocked them from Saigon was a ragtag band of 6,800 South Vietnamese regulars and militiamen and a handful of American advisors holed up in An Loc, a once-prosperous rubber-plantation town of 15,000 astride Highway 13, which led to the capital, 60 miles to the south ... In Thi's opinion, reporting the victory of An Loc would contradict the U.S. media's basic premise that the war could not be won because ARVN was a corrupt and ineffective force. Subsequent published studies of the conflict provide a wealth of details about the use of U.S. airpower and the role of the U.S. advisors, but they fail to provide equal coverage to the activities and performance of ARVN units participating in the siege. Thi believes that it is time to set the record straight. Without denying the tremendous contribution of the U.S. advisors and pilots to the success of An Loc, this book is written primarily to tell the South Vietnamese side of the story and, more importantly, to render justice to the South Vietnamese soldier who withstood ninety-four days of horror and prevailed"--Publisher's website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-272) and index Notes Print version record Subject Lâm, Quang Thi, 1932- SUBJECT Lâm, Quang Thi, 1932- fast Subject An Loc, Battle of, An Lộc, Vietnam, 1972 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese Easter Offensive, 1972 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns -- Vietnam -- An Lộc -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Regimental histories -- Vietnam (Republic) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- Military -- Vietnam War. Military campaigns Military operations, Aerial -- American Regimental histories Vietnamkrieg Vietnam -- An Lộc Vietnam (Republic) Genre/Form Personal narratives Personal narratives Personal narratives. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book LC no. 2009020095 ISBN 9781441678706 1441678700 9781574413595 1574413597

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