CAMP : Lima-6 (fülszöveg)
In this vividly told first-person narrative, retired Marine Colonel Dick Camp colorfully recounts the daily combat actions and command decisions of his Vietnam experience as "Lima-6"—the commander of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines—from June 1967 through January 1968.
Upon his arrival in Vietnam, Captain Camp finessed his way into the immediate command of Lima Company following the death of its previous commander near Khe Sanh. Instantly, he was thrown into the tense experience of patrolling the beautiful, deadly jungle valleys around Khe Sanh and escorting supply convoys along embattled Highway 9 between Dong Ha and Khe Sanh.
For six full months, Dick Camp commanded Lima Company in alternating periods of intense combat and intense waiting—a typical, virtually emblematic experience shared by his peers in the 1967–1968 phase of the war in northern Quang Tri Province, bordering the DMZ and North Vietnam. In early September 1967, Camp's battalion was almost overrun near besieged Con Thien in an ambush sprung by a full North Vietnamese Army regiment. In early January 1968, Lima Company ambushed the commander and staff of a North Vietnamese regiment apparently charged with assaulting the Marine lines at Khe Sanh. Three weeks later, Lima Company and the rest of the reinforced 26th Marine Regiment were besieged inside the Khe Sanh Combat Base by two North Vietnamese divisions.
As much as LIMA-6 is about fighting the Vietnam War, it is also the story of the tight camaraderie of the Marine infantry company at war—of men from widely disparate backgrounds thrown together to succeed or fail as a fighting force. It is a compelling human story of an infantry company at war as seen through the eyes of its commander—the lonely man upon whom all others depend for guidance, wisdom, strength, and humor.
An intensely frank, always human memoir, LIMA-6 sets out to make no political or ideological points. It is a candid, refreshing narrative by a combat commander about the experience of command and the brotherhood of men at war. LIMA-6 is, above all, an honest account of life and death at the heart of the Vietnam War.
Colonel R. D. Camp is an infantry officer who has served in a wide variety of command and staff billets, including assignments as a reconnaissance platoon commander, company commander, and ceremonial platoon commander at Marine barracks in Washington, D.C. His last assignment was at Marine Corps Headquarters, where he served as operations officer for Marine recruiting. He has served as Director of the 12th Marine Corps District in San Francisco and, prior to that, was commanding officer of the 1st Recruit Training Battalion in San Diego. He now líves in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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