Lions of Medina
Doyle Glass
Thursday, October 12, 1967.
Marine Lance Corporal Kevin Cahill stepped onto a trail deep in the remote Hai Lang National Forest of South Vietnam. Following Cahill were the 166 Marines of Charlie Company, First Battalion, First Marines, First Marine Division. Confident, well armed and ready to fight, their mission was to locate and annihilate any North Vietnamese Army forces they could find.
Cahill, a sharp and experienced point man, knew that taking the well-worn and ominous trail was a bad idea, but an order was an order and he led Charlie Company forward. It was a decision that would cost the 19-year-old his life. As he took a step to his left, toward a small knoll, Cahill walked right into the blast of a machine gun and the column of men he led suddenly faced decimating grenade and small- arms fire.
Rather than Charlie Company finding the enemy, the NVA, over two thousand men strong, had found Charlie Company. Surrounded, outnumbered, out-gunned, and quickly running out of ammunition, the Marines now faced annihilation and hell on earth under the jungle canopy.
Would the men of Charlie Company survive? How could they hope to beat back a vastly superior enemy force set on their complete destruction? Who would ever live to tell the tale of the “Lions of Medina”?
Duration - 12h 26m.
Author - Doyle Glass.
Narrator - Tim H. Dixon.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2007 Doyle Glass ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Thursday, October 12, 1967. Marine Lance Corporal Kevin Cahill stepped onto a trail deep in the remote Hai Lang National Forest of South Vietnam. Following Cahill were the 166 Marines of Charlie Company, First Battalion, First Marines, First Marine Division. Confident, well armed and ready to fight, their mission was to locate and annihilate any North Vietnamese Army forces they could find. Cahill, a sharp and experienced point man, knew that taking the well-worn and ominous trail was a bad idea, but an order was an order and he led Charlie Company forward. It was a decision that would cost the 19-year-old his life. As he took a step to his left, toward a small knoll, Cahill walked right into the blast of a machine gun and the column of men he led suddenly faced decimating grenade and small- arms fire. Rather than Charlie Company finding the enemy, the NVA, over two thousand men strong, had found Charlie Company. Surrounded, outnumbered, out-gunned, and quickly running out of ammunition, the Marines now faced annihilation and hell on earth under the jungle canopy. Would the men of Charlie Company survive? How could they hope to beat back a vastly superior enemy force set on their complete destruction? Who would ever live to tell the tale of the “Lions of Medina”? Duration - 12h 26m. Author - Doyle Glass. Narrator - Tim H. Dixon. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2007 Doyle Glass ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:19
Epigraph
Duration:00:00:38
Chapter One: The Few, The Proud
Duration:00:56:21
Chapter Two: Infantry Training Regiment and The Basic School
Duration:00:21:43
Chapter Three: The Other Side of the World
Duration:00:54:58
Chapter Four: Baptism by Fire
Duration:00:47:40
Chapter Five: The Day the World Blew Up
Duration:00:20:37
Chapter Six: The Summer of ’67
Duration:01:00:49
Chapter Seven: Forces Converge
Duration:00:24:44
Chapter Eight: Operation Medina
Duration:00:41:37
Chapter Nine: The Trail
Duration:00:49:01
Chapter Ten: The Dusk Assault
Duration:00:55:05
Chapter Eleven: The Hymn
Duration:01:32:59
Chapter Twelve: Dawn
Duration:01:17:37
Chapter Thirteen: The Aftermath
Duration:00:52:58
Chapter Fourteen: Back in the USA
Duration:01:14:04
Chapter Fifteen: The Men of Medina
Duration:00:14:25
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:29