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The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War
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ISBN-13: | 9781476761930 |
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Publisher: | Scribner |
Publication date: | 09/19/2017 |
Sold by: | SIMON & SCHUSTER |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 336 |
Sales rank: | 102,927 |
File size: | 97 MB |
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