Highpocket's War Stories

Highpockets War Stories Is An Eloquent Account Of Combat Leadership In Korea And Vietnam. Colonel Peter L. Hilgartner Is Widely Recognized In The Marine Corps As A Successful Combat Leader First As A Junior Officer In Korea And Later Commanding The First Battalion Fifth Marines Fighting The Viet Cong And North Vietnamese Army. Hilgartner Tells Of Leading Troops In Counter-Guerilla Action And Major Battles With North Vietnamese Troops -- Union I Union Ii And Swift -- To Control The Strategic Que Son Valley. His Story Gives Never-Before-Told Vivid Descriptions Of Marines In Hand-To-Hand Combat With North Vietnamese Troops From The Perspective Of Marines Who Were There. Every Grunt Will Appreciate This Gripping Account.