 hoping to take out as many Marines as possible. As the author says on that dark night, the true character of Marine warfighters shone brighter than the hellish enemy fires. The story of a brave group of Marines who, with grit and ingenuity, held off the attackers and won the battle. It was an attack on the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. McKinney says the battle was covered up and misrepresented by top officials, wielding injurious political influence for reasons that still mystify. Experiences of the ground and air forces