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The Bridge at Dong Ha by John Grider Miller starting at $ The Bridge at Dong Ha has 5 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace.  · Overview. In his desperate attempt to blow up the bridge at Dong Ha and keep some 30, men and tanks at bay, Ripley endured three hours of direct fire to rig some pounds of explosives. Such a story of raw courage and personal resolve is Brand: Naval Institute Press.  · When all pounds of explosives were placed along the foot steel structure, Ripley attached the blasting caps. “He had to bite down on the blasting caps to attach them to the fuses,” said retired Marine Col. John Grider Miller, author of The Bridge at Dong Ha, according to The New York Times. “If he bit too low on the blasting cap.

The Bridge at Dong Ha. John Grider Miller. Naval Institute Press, - History - pages. 2 Reviews. This is the true story of the legendary Vietnam War hero John Ripley, who braved intense enemy fire to destroy a strategic bridge and stall a major North Vietnamese invasion into the South in April Told by a fellow Marine, the account. John Miller, a retired Marine colonel, is the author of The Bridge at Dong Ha and The CoVans: U.S. Marine Advisors in Vietnam. Following his retirement from the Marine Corps, he became Managing Editor of Proceedings and Naval History, a post he held until John Grider Miller is the author of The Bridge at Dong Ha ( avg rating, ratings, 15 reviews, published ), The Battle to Save the Houston (

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