Combat Zone Season 1, Ep. 13 "Patrol Boat Rescue: Vietnam"

Vietnam, 1969 - Viet Cong use the North Saigon River to cross into Cambodia and stock up on arms and supplies. With strategy, planning and stealth, thirty US Navymen on six small boats, outmanned and outgunned, fight and win a hard, fast battle.
  • Runtime: 44 minutes
  • Original air date: March 26, 2007
  • Network: Discovery
 
 
 
 

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Vietnam, 1969 - Viet Cong use the North Saigon River to cross into Cambodia and stock up on arms and supplies. With strategy, planning and stealth, thirty US Navymen on six small boats, outmanned and outgunned, fight and win a hard, fast battle.
 
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Episode 13, "Patrol Boat Rescue: Vietnam"
Synopsis: Vietnam, 1969 - Viet Cong use the North Saigon River to cross into Cambodia and stock up on arms and supplies. With strategy, planning and stealth, thirty US Navymen on six small boats, outmanned and outgunned, fight and win a hard, fast battle.
Original air date: March 26, 2007
Runtime: 44 minutes
ASIN: B001QIV8YM
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,145 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Combat Zone Season 1
Synopsis: Each episode of Combat Zone focuses on a single battle, mission, or moment of armed conflict from recent history. Told from the personal perspectives of participants, some stories will be well known while others will be told for the first time.
Season year: 2007
Network: Military Channel
ASIN: B001QDT85I
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