Hill Fights The First Battle of Khe Sanh

Sayers and his group struggled all day and moved only a few hundred meters up the hill. Sniper fire and mortar shells plagued their march. "I tagged this as harassing fire," Sayers said. "A deadly little reminder that the NVA knew where we were and could hurt us whenever they wanted." Although they had moved only a short distance, the effort sapped the Marines. Nearly every able-bodied man and most of the less seriously wounded carried or aided a casualty. Lance Corporal Lease, for example, held one corner of a poncho that bore a dead Marine. After just a few minutes of gripping the slippery fabric, his fingers ached so badly they nearly locked up. But he hung on....Murphy, Edward F. is the author of 'Hill Fights The First Battle of Khe Sanh' with ISBN 9780891418108 and ISBN 0891418105.