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The Magnificent Bastards of Chu Lai by
Lawrence Cortesi
In the early morning hours of August 18, 1965, two battalions of Marine Corps leathernecks launched a surprise attack against firmly entrenched Communist troops on Vietnam’s Chu Lai peninsula.
Code named Operation Starlite, it would be the war’s first full-scale battle between American and North Vietnamese combat troops. American military leaders who planned the attack knew the stakes were high; victory—or defeat—would have far-reaching political consequences.
But no one could have known that the success of Operation Starlite would ultimately depend on the efforts of a mere 170 gyrenes—the “Magnificent Bastards” of Company H.
First published in 1986 by Kensington Publishing Corp.
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Lawrence Cortesi (1923-1987) was an American school teacher and prolific writer, who published multiple books,