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John Corbett was just eighteen years old when he was ordered, with his 26th Marine Regiment, to holding positions on the strategic hills overlooking the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Only days later they were surrounded by some twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers, outnumbering the American Marines by seven to one. What followed, was one of the bloodiest and most prolonged battles fought by the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War - the epic siege of the Khe Sanh. This dramatic first-hand account takes the reader to the heart of combat revealing in vivid detail what it was like to caught up in this infamous battle. Rare insight into one of the most brutal and costly battles in marine history Written by combat veteran Based on interviews of participants and contemporary documents