Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam’s Firebase Kate

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An astonishing memoir of military courage at a remote outpost all the way through the Vietnam War—features a foreword by Joseph L. Galloway, New York Times bestselling coauthor of We Were Soldiers Once…and Young.
 
In October 1969, William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost referred to as Firebase Kate held by simplest 27 American soldiers and 156 Montagnard militiamen. At first light the following morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments—some six thousand men—crossed the Cambodian border and attacked.
 
Outnumbered three dozen to 1, Albracht’s men held off the assault but, after five days, Kate’s defenders were out of ammo and water. Refusing to die  or give up, Albracht led his troops off the hill and on a daring night march through enemy lines.
 
Abandoned in Hell is an astonishing memoir of leadership, sacrifice, and brutal violence, a riveting journey into Vietnam’s heart of darkness, and a compelling reminder of the transformational power of individual heroism. No longer since Lone Survivor and We Were Soldiers Once…and Young has there been this kind of gripping and authentic account of battlefield courage.
 
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