Fire Base Illingworth

“[A] propulsive history of American soldiers under siege in the last days of the Vietnam War” from the award-winning author of Blackhorse Riders ( Kirkus Reviews ). In the early morning hours of April 1, 1970, more than four hundred North Vietnamese soldiers charged out into the open and tried to over-run FSB Illingworth. The battle went on, mostly in the dark, for hours. Exposed ammunition canisters were hit and blew up, causing a thunderous explosion inside the FSB that left dust so thick it j