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U S Marines In Vietnam: The Defining Year - 1968

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Book Title: U. S. Marines in Vietnam : the Defining Year-1968

Number of Pages: 822 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2013

Topic: Military / Vietnam War

Item Height: 1.9 in

Genre: History

Item Weight: 60.3 Oz

Item Length: 9.2 in

Author: Jack Shulimson, Charles Smith, Lieutenant Leonard Blasiol, David Dawson, U. S. Marine Corps Museums Division

Item Width: 7.5 in

Book Series: Marine Corps Vietnam Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback

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