You are buying a brand new soft-bound book (measures 9" tall by 6" in width) entitled "Zero Dark Thirty" by Samuel Brantley when he served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1970 and gives a first hand account on the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War as a USMC A-4 "Skyhawk" pilot and later as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) embedded with the U.S. Marines.

"Samuel Brantley flew sorties as an A-4 "Skyhawk" pilot for the U.S. Marines and later served as an observer for tactical strikes as a FAC.  He wrote about his first-hand experiences in his first book "Zero Dark Thirty."  The publisher, Medford, OR based Hellgate Press, specializes in military history and memoirs.

Brantley's book covers his life from 1964 to 1970." 

During the Tet offensives of 1968 and 1969, U.S. Troops were instrumental in defending South Vietnam including the besieged city of Saigon by air, land and sea. 

"The Douglas A-4 "Skyhawk" is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s.  The delta-winged, single turbojet engine "Skyhawk" was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later by McDonnell Douglas.