Highpocket's War Stories

Highpockets War Stories is an eloquent account of combat leadership in Korea and Vietnam. Colonel Peter L. Hilgartner is widely recognized in the Marine Corps as a successful combat leader, first as a junior officer in Korea and later commanding the First Battalion, Fifth Marines fighting the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. Hilgartner tells of leading troops in counter-guerilla action, and major battles with North Vietnamese troops -- Union I, Union II and Swift -- to control the strategic Que Son Valley. His story gives never-before-told, vivid descriptions of Marines in hand-to-hand combat with North Vietnamese troops from the perspective of Marines who were there. Every grunt will appreciate this gripping account.

This book is both a biography and a lesson book about combat leadership. Military professionals and those interested in modern military war stories will enjoy reading this book. It includes the most detailed and accurate account of the 1967 Spring-Summer battles conducted in the 1st Marine Division sector in the Que Son Valley of Vietnam. The tone of the book is conversational with the author, and has been endorced by respected senior officers of the US Navy and Marine Corps. Semper Fidelis!