Lions of Medina : The Marines of Charlie Company and the Battle for Barrier Island

by Glass, Doyle D.

• ISBN13: 9780451224088
• ISBN10: 0451224086
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: NAL Trade

Summary

Thursday, October 12, 1967: Marine Lance Corporal Kevin Cahill stepped onto a trail deep in the remote Hai Lang National Forest in South Vietnam. Following Cahill were the Marines of Charlie Company, First Battalion, First Marines, First Marine Division. They would find hell on earth under the jungle canopy. Ambushed, surrounded, outnumbered, out-gunned, and quickly running low on ammunition, the marines of Operation Medina fought toe-to-toe with a ferocious, determined opponent. Based on extensive interviews with survivors of Operation Medina, as well as with the friends and families of the men who didn't make it back, Lions of Medina takes readers through the tragedy and triumphs of war, and into the heart of a close-knit group of warriors who fought, bled, and died together, and the spirit of loyalty and camaraderie that binds them to this day.

Author Biography

Doyle D. Glass started as a criminal prosecutor in Texas and Kentucky, but made a life change to historian and sculptor.

Table of Contents

The Few, The Proud	p. 1
Infantry Training Regiment and the Basic School	p. 27
The Other Side of the World	p. 39
Baptism by Fire	p. 63
The Day the World Blew Up	p. 85
The Summer of '67	p. 97
Forces Converge	p. 125
Operation Medina	p. 139
The Trail	p. 159
The Dusk Assault	p. 181
The Hymn	p. 207
Dawn	p. 249
The Aftermath	p. 283
Back in the U.S.A.	p. 307
The Men of Medina	p. 341
Principal Characters	p. 349
Glossary	p. 357
Acknowledgments	p. 397
Author's Note	p. 401
Index	p. 405
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