The Bridge at Dong Ha

On Easter morning in 1972, Marine captain John Ripley undertook a heroic mission to destroy a bridge amid fierce enemy fire during the North Vietnamese "Easter Offensive." His extraordinary courage and resolve in the face of overwhelming odds garnered him legendary status within the Marine Corps. In this gripping account, fellow Marine John Grider Miller reveals Ripley's innermost thoughts during the tense three hours it took to set the explosive fuses, all while 30,000 enemy troops and 200 tanks loomed just yards away.