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100 1 $aPhillips, William R.$q(William Randolph),$d1940-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97077041
245 10 $aNight of the silver stars :$bthe battle of Lang Vei /$cWilliam R. Phillips.
260 $aAnnapolis, Md. :$bNaval Institute Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axv, 179 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aNaval Institute special warfare series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-169) and index.
520 $aDuring the night of 6-7 February 1968, two dozen U.S. Army Green Berets and several hundred indigenous soldiers held off a numerically superior force of North Vietnamese tanks and infantry in one of the finest, most exciting examples of collective bravery, endurance, and will that any war has produced. Here for the first time is the full account of that violent, deadly stand by Special Forces Team A-101 at the tiny compound of Lang Vei.
520 8 $aMaking use of extensive interviews with survivors, recently uncovered oral histories, and official records, author William Phillips presents astounding tales of individual and team courage against overwhelming odds.
650 0 $aLang Vei, Battle of, Vietnam, 1968.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004860
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xTank warfare.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bSpecial Forces.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79094506
830 0 $aNaval Institute special warfare series.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94121271
852 00 $boff,glx$hDS557.8.L28$iP47 1997