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

An astonishing memoir of military courage at a remote outpost during the Vietnam War—includes a foreword by Joseph L. Galloway, New York Times bestselling coauthor of We Were Soldiers Once...and Young.
 
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.
 
INCLUDES PHOTOS

• Legend: The Incredible Story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy Benavidez's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines
• Mekong Mud Dogs: Story of: Sgt. Ed eaton
• That Close: A memory of combat in Vietnam
• Our Vietnam Wars: as told by 100 veterans who served
• Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG
• Guts 'N Gunships: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam
• Uncommon Valor: The Recon Company that Earned Five Medals of Honor and Included America's Most Decorated Green Beret
• The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War
• Silent Heroes: A Recon Marine's Vietnam War Experience
• SOG Chronicles: Volume One