Route 9 Problem
David B Stockwell
When the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) planned to send forty thousand troops to attack the six thousand US Marines at Khe Sanh in 1968, it expected a decisive victory. Certainly, the small US Special Forces camp in the way at Lang Vei would be quickly overcome. The tough, tenacious defenders at Lang Vei had other ideas. The two dozen US Army Green Berets and their four hundred tribesmen at Lang Vei gave the NVA such a monumental headache that they became known as the “Route 9 problem” all the way to the highest levels of the North Vietnamese government. Even the NVA’s tanks—their first use in the war—couldn’t completely defeat the stubborn US fighters. More than an intense, moment-by-moment description of the battle, Route 9 Problem: The Battle for Lang Vei details the personal side—who these men were, how they got there, who was waiting for them back home.
Duration - 9h.
Author - David B Stockwell.
Narrator - Gary Bennett.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2016 David B. Stockwell ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
When the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) planned to send forty thousand troops to attack the six thousand US Marines at Khe Sanh in 1968, it expected a decisive victory. Certainly, the small US Special Forces camp in the way at Lang Vei would be quickly overcome. The tough, tenacious defenders at Lang Vei had other ideas. The two dozen US Army Green Berets and their four hundred tribesmen at Lang Vei gave the NVA such a monumental headache that they became known as the “Route 9 problem” all the way to the highest levels of the North Vietnamese government. Even the NVA’s tanks—their first use in the war—couldn’t completely defeat the stubborn US fighters. More than an intense, moment-by-moment description of the battle, Route 9 Problem: The Battle for Lang Vei details the personal side—who these men were, how they got there, who was waiting for them back home. Duration - 9h. Author - David B Stockwell. Narrator - Gary Bennett. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2016 David B. Stockwell ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:14
002 Route 9 Problem Dedication
Duration:00:00:12
003 Route 9 Problem Preface
Duration:00:05:56
004 Route 9 Problem Prologue: The Incredible Reunion
Duration:00:06:38
005 Route 9 Problem Chapter 1: Lang Vei Special Forces Camp, February 7, 1968
Duration:00:04:32
006 Route 9 Problem Chapter 2: The Men of Special Forces A-Team Alpha "One-Oh-One"
Duration:00:24:53
007 Route 9 Problem Chapter 3: South Vietnam's Minutemen of MIKE Force Company 12
Duration:00:25:41
008 Route 9 Problem Chapter 4: The Road to the Battle for Lang Vei
Duration:00:28:12
009 Route 9 Problem Chapter 5: New Lang Vei Camp Brings New Challenges
Duration:00:29:44
010 Route 9 Problem Chapter 6: Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club Supports Land War
Duration:00:28:12
011 Route 9 Problem Chapter 7: NVA Study Lang Vei Camp
Duration:00:13:23
012 Route 9 Problem Chapter 8: Molon Labe
Duration:00:21:42
013 Route 9 Problem Chapter 9: MIKE Force Turns Lang Vei into NVA's Route 9 Problem
Duration:00:09:35
014 Route 9 Problem Chapter 10: Green Berets Turn Tension into Preparation
Duration:00:19:54
015 Route 9 Problem Chapter 11: "Bo-coo VC!"
Duration:00:27:49
016 Route 9 Problem Chapter 12: Furious Fighting Engulfs the Camp
Duration:00:31:09
017 Route 9 Problem Chapter 13: SOG Men, Hatchet Force, and Wile E. Coyote
Duration:00:24:34
018 Route 9 Problem Chapter 14: Marines Make the Hardest Decision
Duration:00:29:04
019 Route 9 Problem Chapter 15: "Zip" and "Leg" Attack
Duration:00:21:10
020 Route 9 Problem Chapter 16: A Tough Battle Gets Complicated
Duration:00:30:25
021 Route 9 Problem Chapter 17: The Sounds of Canasta Demons
Duration:00:16:54
022 Route 9 Problem Chapter 18: "Make Three Hot Runs On The Camp!"
Duration:00:24:17
023 Route 9 Problem Chapter 19: Evacuation Force Launches
Duration:00:32:45
024 Route 9 Problem Chapter 20: "There is an American in the Zone!"
Duration:00:12:57
025 Route 9 Problem Chapter 21: The Fate of the POWs and MIAs
Duration:01:07:26
026 Route 9 Problem SFC Eugene Ashley Jr.'s Medal of Honor Citation
Duration:00:02:42
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:24