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Includes over 50 photos and 25 maps. THIS IS THE second volume of a series dealing with United States Marine Operations in Korea during the period 2 August 1950 to 27 July 1953. Volume II presents in detail the operations of the 1st Marine Division and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing as a part...

Includes over 50 photos and 30 maps. THIS IS THE THIRD in a series of five volumes dealing with the operations of the United States Marine Corps in Korea during the period 2 August 1950 to 27 July 1953. Volume III presents in detail the operations of the 1st Marine Division and 1st Marine Aircraft...

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It is the story of the 24th Division’s Naktong River crossing with which this thesis is concerned. In writing an account of the 24th Division’s crossing, the historian cannot detract from the praise due the officers and men of the division who sacrificed so much in crossing the Naktong River barrier;...

Al termine della II guerra mondiale, con un mondo segnato dai disastrosi e rovinosi eventi bellici che provava, con fatica, a risollevarsi, si assistette all'ascesa degli USA e dell'URSS e alla costituzione di due blocchi: quello Capitalista, filo-Statunitense e quello Comunista, filo-Sovietico. Due...

Korea, December 1950. The temperature has plunged to 20-degrees below zero. Cold enough to crack rocket-launcher ammo wide open. But not cold enough to stop a massive Communist assault against U.S. forces. As the 8th Army retreats, the Marines dig in at Chosin Reservoir and are quickly cut off and...

Includes over 50 photos and 23 maps. THIS IS THE first volume of a planned series dealing with United States Marine Operations in Korea during the period 2 August 1950 to 27 July 1953. Volume I is designed to give the military student and the casual reader an accurate and detailed account of...

General-of-the-Army Douglas MacArthur was a complex man whose behaviors seem contradictory on the surface. In fact, he demonstrated an enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about himself and his environment. This consistent personality is evident across a wide range of social and...

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la guerre de Corée en moins d’une heure ! Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les Coréens fêtent leur libération du joug japonais, persuadés qu’ils pourront enfin revivre. Hélas, c’est sans compter le contexte de froide rivalité...

This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the United States Marine Corps, from 1775, through their service in World Wars 1 and 2, through to Korea and Vietnam. Uniforms are shown in full illustrated detail.

Photos of retired American military aircraft, emphasizing their nose art.

Commissioned in the US Infantry after two years Royal Canadian Army and a year training in the US Army Air Force, ending in Czechoslovakia facing Ruskies and Dud's rifle platoon is overrun on an outpost and he plays dead while the screaming Chinese Fourth Field Army trots by. On the 23rd of the May...

Tokyo, 25 giugno 1950. Il suono del telefono squarcia la quiete dell'ambasciata statunitense. Per il generale Douglas MacArthur, comandante supremo di tutte le forze statunitensi e alleate nell’area dell’oceano Pacifico, fu uno dei peggiori risvegli della sua vita. L’ufficiale di servizio nel...

The 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT) was created on 24 November 1950. On 27 November it had the mission of relieving the Marines of the 1st Marine Division East of the Chosin reservoir and attacking to the North towards the Yalu River. The unit’s battalions and separate companies were spread out...