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The First Battle is a graphic account of the first major clash

of the Vietnam War. On August 18, 1965, regiment fought regiment on

the Van Tuong Peninsula near the new Marine base at Chu Lai. On the

American side were three battalions of Marines under the command of

Colonel Oscar Peatross, a hero of two previous wars. His opponent

was the 1st Viet Cong Regiment commanded by Nguyen Dinh Trong, a

veteran of many fights against the French and the South Vietnamese.

Codenamed Operation Starlite, this action was a resounding success

for the Marines and its result was cause for great optimism about

America's future in Vietnam. Those expecting a book about Americans

in battle will not be disappointed by the detailed de*ions of

how the fight unfolded. Marine participants from private to colonel

were interviewed during the book's research phase. The battle is

seen from the mud level, by those who were at the point of the

spear. But this is not just another war story told exclusively from

the American side. In researching the book, the author talked with

and walked the battlefield with men who fought with the 1st Viet

Cong Regiment. All were accomplished combat veterans years before

the U.S. entry into the war. The reader is planted squarely in

America in 1965, the year that truly began the long American

involvement. Operation Starlite sent the Vietnam War into the

headlines across the nation and into the minds of Americans, where

it took up residence for more than a decade. Starlite was the first

step in Vietnam's becoming America's tar baby. The subtitle of the

book is: "Operation Starlite and the Beginning of the Blood Debt in

Vietnam". Blood debt, han tu in Vietnamese, can mean revenge, debt

of honor, or blood owed for blood spilled. The Blood Debt came into

Vietnamese usage early in the war with the United States. With this

battle, the Johnson Administration began compiling its own Blood

Debt, this one to the American people. The book also looks at the

ongoing conflict between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marines about

the methodology of the Vietnam War. With decades of experience with

insurrection and rebellion, the Marines were institutionally

oriented to base the struggle on pacification of the population.

The Army, on the other hand, having largely trained to meet the

Soviet Army on the plains of Germany, opted for search-and-destroy

missions against Communist main force units. The history of the

Vietnam War is littered with many "what ifs."

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