Selasa, 11 April 2017

The Lost Patrol

Outnumbered and outgunned, Marines courageously fought for their lives on a killing ground near Da Nang. At 6:30 in the morning on May 12, 1966, a 14-man reinforced squad from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, left the company perimeter near the village of Bao Tran, about 15 miles southwest of Da Nang, on …

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