Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam's Firebase Kate

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An astonishing memoir of military courage at a remote outpost during the Vietnam War

“A riveting, dead-true account in the tradition of Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers Once...and Young.”—Steven Pressfield, national bestselling author of The Lion’s Gate 

In October 1969, William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Firebase Kate held by only 27 American soldiers and 156 Montagnard militiamen. At dawn the next morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments—some six thousand men—crossed the Cambodian border and attacked.
 
Outnumbered three dozen to one, Albracht’s men held off the assault but, after five days, Kate’s defenders were out of ammo and water. Refusing to die or surrender, Albracht led his troops off the hill and on a daring night march through enemy lines.
 
Abandoned in Hell is an astonishing memoir of leadership, sacrifice, and brutal violence, a riveting journey into Vietnam’s heart of darkness, and a compelling reminder of the transformational power of individual heroism. Not since Lone Survivor and We Were Soldiers Once...and Young has there been such a gripping and authentic account of battlefield courage.
 
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4.6
25 reviews
Paul Robbins
October 25, 2015
This book makes you feel that you are on Fire Base Kate on the receiving end of countless artillery explosions plus small arms fire with almost no sleep for multiple days at a time. The guts and determination of countless chopper pilots despite being shot full of holes and crashing on a regular basis was amazing. Their resupply missions under very heavy fire was the only reason that the fire base was able to stave off being over run and slaughtered. You will be unable to put this book down.
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Angel D
July 5, 2016
Excellent read. I am not an avid reader, but this book had my attention from the moment I got it in the mail. And to those who say the author was trying to make himself the story, obviously didn't take the time to read it. The book contains first hand accounts from the actual soldiers in the battle field, not stories from media or hearsay. Excellent 📖
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Michael Combs
September 29, 2015
I really liked this book. it tells us how things were going with our boys who fought our country,and how well trained thay were ,and good leaders that lead so few men against a larger force than there own.
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About the author

William Albracht is a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and retired Secret Service agent, whose twenty-five-year White House career included the protection details of four American presidents and numerous foreign dignitaries. Upon retirement, Albracht managed executive security operations at the Ford Motor Company before returning to his hometown to open a security consulting business.
 
Marvin J. Wolf is a decorated Vietnam veteran and the author or coauthor of many nonfiction books, including Where White Men Fear to Tread and Buddha’s Child.

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