{"product_id":"book-hij0","title":"Swift Sword","description":"\u003cp\u003eMonday, 4 September 1967\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarine Lance Corporal Jack Swan crested the face of a bare, rocky knoll in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Que Son Valley of South Vietnam. Following Swan were the 164 Marines of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division. Their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emission was to locate and rescue two understrength and isolated companies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof felow Marines who were under attack by the North Vietnamese Armv\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sight of a quiet and serene rice paddy and shrub covered valley greeted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwan. Too serene, he thought, as he caught sight of a trembling bush. \"I think\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI just saw that bush move!\" he shouted. \"If it moves again, shoot it!\" his squad\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eleader commanded he bush moved Swan hired. and the hush went down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen hell on earth broke loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRocket-propelled grenades, AK-47 fire, mortars, and machine guns engulfed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe exposed Marines. The vaunted 2nd NVA Division, six thousand, five hundred\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emen strong and expertly camouflaged, had sprung their well-laid trap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead of coming to the rescue of their embattled comrades, it was now the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emen of Mike 3\/5 who were about to be annihilated. Burdened with a rifle, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eM16, that would often malfunction, how could they hope to beat back a vastly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuperior foe bent on their destruction?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutnumbered, out-gunned, and exposed, would any of the men of Mike 3\/5 survive?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49410644869424,"sku":"BDhij0","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hij0-cover.jpg?v=1760072364","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hij0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}