A True Vietnam War saga based on 50 interviews with veterans who were there and relatives of those who didn\'t come home.
We should never forget..
They never gave up.
Would any of them survive to see the setting sun? Read Swift Sword , a True Vietnam War Story of epic courage and brotherhood in the face of insurmountable odds that will leave you on the edge of your seat.
Outnumbered, out-gunned, and exposed, there was nowhere to hide.
Instead of rescuing their fellow comrades, the Marines now faced complete annihilation.
It seemed as if the Angel of Death was swooping down upon the Americans like a Swift sword.
The Marines of MIKE Company had walked into an ambush laid by over 2,500 well-camouflaged North Vietnamese warriors.
A hailstorm of rocket-propelled grenades, thundering mortars, and AK-47 machine-gun fire strafed the exposed men from all directions.
Then, all hell broke loose...
If it moves again, shoot it! The shrub moved, Swan fired, and the bush went down.
I think that bush just moved, he whispered to his squad leader.
Too serene, Swan thought as a bush quivered in the corner of his eye.
The sight of a serene, shrub-covered rice paddy greeted the Americans as they crested the knoll.
Carrying unreliable M16 rifles that often malfunctioned, their job was to rescue an isolated company of fellow leathernecks besieged by the Communist North Vietnamese Army.
The men knew every step could be booby-trapped and the enemy might be hiding behind any bush.
Eyes peeled and moving quietly, Lance Corporal Jack Swan led 164 of his fellow US Marines from MIKE Company, 3rd Battalion, Fifth Marines over the face of a bare, rocky knoll deep in the Que Son Valley of South Vietnam. - Larry D., Vietnam Veteran Monday, September 4, 1967...
I served in Vietnam and reading Swift Sword is as close as you can get to reliving the terror of personal combat without actually being there.
A True Vietnam War saga based on 50 interviews with veterans who were there and relatives of those who didn\'t come home
