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Battle for Saigon: Tet 1968

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Mr. Nolan is an incredible and invaluable cronicler of the Vietnam War. My father was at the Ton Son Nhut Airbase during the Tet. I now truly understand that battle; this is what you didn't learn in school. Since I read The Battle Of Saigon I have gone on to read The Magnificent Bastards and am in the proocess of reading Operation Buffalo. I strongly recomend reading Keith Nolan's books so you can learn what really happened in Vietnam. The Battle of Saigon is a must read. With respect, Kimberly E. Monahan

I was a member of the first platoon, Bravo company, 2/47th Infantry of the 9th Infantry Division. I participated in the battle of Widow's Village under the command of Lt. Jezik. Our platoon of 22 men was the first unit of troopers to meet the battalion of VC/NVA. Nolan's account of that battle is fairly accurate and as they say, "on the money." It makes me proud that we are finally recognized even if it is close to 30 years. The 2/47th took part in some very tough battles in '68 and I am proud to have been part of it

This book gives an excellent tactical description of the fighting in and around Saigon during Tet. While many, many other books give a larger strategic sense to the whole Offensive, this book is very specific and useful to understanding what happened in SVN's capital. This book has another strength, too, in that its accounts of small-unit leaders in combat provide great lessons for future junior military leaders--especially for company command level and below. The one big drawback is that it has no tactical maps, just one big map of Saigon at the beginning of the book. Detailed maps would have been a great help while trying to decipher the textual descriptions of the fight. The author should take note of this for future revisions of this book.

I was with C Troop 3rd Squardron 4th Cavalry from 1969-1970. I know most all the people written about, from this unit. It made me cry and it made me mad. C Troop has been in a lot of major battles from the begining of the war to the end. I do not remember any trooper from C Troop killing POW's. The trooper from B troop that reported this was wrong. C Troop had the largest battle losses of the Squadron. There is very little bull in this book. I do recommend this book for everybody. Nolan is a very good writer. Thank you Keit

I served with the 3rd Field Hospital during the Tet Offensive of 1968. This book helped make a lot of sense out of the chaos surrounding our hospital. And, I recognized some of the people we helped by the description of the battle and some of their injuries. The Battle for Saigon fills in a major void in the history of the that event. Most histories I have seen present the Tet Offensive for the Saigon area primarily as the battle around the U.S. Embassy, and then move north to Hue. For those of us in the middle of the conflict, the fighting around Saigon continued many days after the Embassy events. While we may not have been as newsworthy as the Embassy folks, we were there and very involved. And Keith Nolan's writing shows this.

Any book, which covers combat and specific engagements, MUST have maps. Outside of the general map in the front of the book, there are none. This takes away from an excellent recounting of the Tet Offensive as it related to Saigon. The numerous quotes and straightforward writing style make this a very good read.

Great book that tells the REAL story of how the US beat the stuffings out of the NVN and how the US left media twisted the facts.

This book gives credit to the men of the 377th Security Police Squadron for an incedible defense of Tan Son Nhut Air Base. There were enough heros to go around but Nolan has given the Air Force credit for a defensive masterpiece. This book was long over due.

iam currently attending my english class, i am asked to do the oral presentation on this battle. please give me some more information and some more idea