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Meet the Author: Philip Keith at the Quogue Library

Phil Keith, author of Blackhorse Riders: A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot

Our event will culminate with a book signing and reception. Copies of Blackhorse Riders will be available for purchase at the discounted price of $20, cash or check only please.

On March 26, 1970, an infantry company stumbled into a fortified North Vietnamese army stronghold and were immediately surrounded and pinned down. Dense tropical-forest cover ruled out the usual air support; with only a few hours of ammunition the outnumbered unit faced annihilation. Four kilometers away another unit heard the noise. Without orders and already exhausted by several days of activity, its armor and men forced their way through the jungle, drove off the enemy and extracted all the surrounded men, dead and injured included. – Kirkus Reviews

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