{"product_id":"operation-tuscaloosa-9781568659268","title":"Operation Tuscaloosa","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOperation Tuscaloosa\u003c\/strong\u003e by John Culbertson. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781568659268.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE MATCHLESS COURAGE OF U.S. MARINES UNDER FIRE\n\nIn 1967, Operation Tuscaloosa sent 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines into the hostile Song Thu Bon valley. Their mission: to exterminate the Viet Cong. But a sandbar island in the river quickly became an island of death for the Marines who lay trapped there, pinned under merciless enemy fire. Seventeen would die. And that was just the beginning. . . .\n\nAs point man for the lead squad of Hotel Company, 2\/5, Marine John Culbertson tells the full bloody story of the battle that wiped out nearly an entire battalion of crack VC troops. OPERATION TUSCALOOSA gives full honors to the final sacrifice of the young Marines who made that victory possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bantam Doubleday Dell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44848643113013,"sku":"ByrdShop_1568659261","price":51.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781568659268_4fa2263c-8938-4fce-8ef9-6b701b554fda.jpg?v=1778902451","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/operation-tuscaloosa-9781568659268","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}