Oscar E. Gilbert, Ph.D., is a former marine artilleryman and currently a geoscientist living in Texas. His previous published works include the widely acclaimed “Marine Tank Battles in the Pacific” (2001) and “Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea” (2003).
In 1965 the large, loud, and highly visible tanks of 3rd Platoon, B Company, 3rd Tank Battalion landed across a beach near Da Nang, drawing unwelcome attention to America’s first, almost covert,...