EAN: 9783347130494

HEAVY METAL - EDWARD ROBY KARTONIERT (TB)

This is the story of an armored infantry company in action north of Saigon during the phase the
Vietnam War spanning the Tet offensive. The narrative unfolds from the vantage point of a young
infantry captain who commanded Company C  Second Battalion  Second Infantry Regiment in the
First Infantry Division from late September 1967 through the end of April 1968. 'Heavy Metal'
spotlights the central role of armored vehicles as fast-moving gun platforms in the deployment
of his mechanized infantry soldiers. Apart from combat actions  the book describes a soldier's
everyday life in fortified field positions  the defense of the division's forward base at Lai
Khe  the company's decimating outbreak of falciparum malaria and the inevitable accidents with
explosive ordinance.

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