Hill 488

By: Ray Hildreth, Charles W. Sasser

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

On June 13, 1966, men of the 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Division, were stationed on Hill 488. Before the week was over, they would fight the battle that would make them the most highly decorated small unit in the entire history of the US military, winning a Congressional Medal of Honor, four Navy Crosses, 13 Silver Stars, and 18 Purple Hearts - some of them posthumously.

During the early evening of June 15, a battalion of hardened North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong - outnumbering the Americans 25 to one - threw everything they had at the 16 marines and two navy corpsmen for the rest of that terror-filled night. Every man who held the hill was either killed or wounded defending the ground with unbelievable courage and unflagging determination - even as reinforcements were on the way. All they had to do was make it until dawn....

©2003 Ray Hildreth and Charles W. Sasser (P)2015 Tantor

The heroes of Hill 488

I have read and listened to about 8 books on the Vietnam War. This ranks with the best of them. It's a must read!

Really good book

I could not put it down. I listen in the car and had to think of places to drive to so I could list en more

Outstanding

This was a great book Marisa Nas, good and engaging in sex were interesting. I love the details not all military books or is enjoyable to listen to read as this one once some of the history of with the Marines, I’ve gone through goals, unknown and I’m thankful to have learned just a little bit more

Powerful story!

Amazing story, vividly detailed delivery. The loud, over the top voices the narrator uses at times were a bit much and took away from the story.

Overall, story is fantastic!

fantasitc

Brutal story of raw survival, sucks you in. Only complaint is the accents the author uses for some characters change throughout the book.