@article{,
      recid = {801606},
      author = {Andrew, Rod,},
      title = {Hill fights : the first battle of Khe Sanh, 1967 /},
      number = {PCN 2017946890},
      pages = {64 pages :},
      note = {"PCN 2017946890."},
      abstract = {"In the spring of 1967, some of the most vicious and  bloody fighting of the Vietnam War occurred in the remote  northwestern corner of the Republic of Vietnam, or South  Vietnam. Khe Sanh lies in the mountainous northwest corner  of Quang Tri Province. As an otherwise insignificant  village that few people from the outside world had ever  heard of, Khe Sanh's location astride Route 9 near the  demilitarized zone separating North and South Vietnam and  just 10 kilometers east of the Laotian border made it  strategically significant to American military planners and  their North Vietnamese foes. Later, in 1968, the legendary  siege of Khe Sanh, partly coinciding with the larger  Communist Tet Offensive, would make this small village a  household name among Americans and a well-known heroic  chapter in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. This  narrative does not tell the story of the 1968 siege, but  rather describes the equally heroic, brutal, and bloody  fighting that took place around Khe Sanh during the  preceding year. In the spring of 1967, various units from  3d Marine Division fought a number of ferocious battles  with elements of the North Vietnamese Army, some of the  best-trained and most motivated troops of the Democratic  Republic of Vietnam. These fierce clashes, erupting  suddenly in steep mountainous terrain at close range and  resulting in heavy casualties on both sides, included some  of the most desperate fighting of the Vietnam War. In  Marine Corps lore, they were known as the 'Hill Fights' or  the 'First Battle of Khe Sanh.'"--Page 1.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/801606},
}