Abandoned in Hell: The Fight for Vietnam's Firebase Kate

Abandoned In Hell: The Fight For Firebase Kate is a book by William Albracht and Marvin J. Wolf telling the story of William's Albracht's combat experience during the Vietnam War. The book focuses on the Battle for Firebase Kate.

Synopsis
In October 1969 Green Beret captain William Albracht took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Firebase Kate held by twenty-seven American Soldiers and 156 Montagnard militiamen. At dawn the next morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments crossed the Cambodian border and attacked. Albrecht's men held off repeated ground assaults by the Communist forces. After Five days Kate's defenders were out of ammunition and water. Albracht led his troops off the hill and on a night march through enemy lines, a feat never duplicated during the Vietnam war.

Reception
The Reception for Abandoned In Hell: The Fight For Firebase Kate has generally been positive. The Washington Independent Review of Books wrote, " With a forward by Joseph L. Galloway (co-author of We Were Soldiers Once) and excellent illustrations and photos, Abandoned in Hell: The Fight for Vietnam's Firebase Kate is a story that deserved to be well told". MG Paul Vallely USA (RET), two-tour Vietnam veteran, Fox News senior military analyst, and author of Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror stated, " “This gripping, gritty and cinematic blow-by-blow account of outnumbered Americans locked in a desperate battle with the North Vietnamese Army is destined to become a classic of its genre. If you read only one book about Vietnam this year, this must be the one".