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.