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English
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Contains over six hundred alphabetically arranged entries, many built on information from Russian and Chinese archives, that provide information about various aspects of the Korean War; and includes over one hundred primary source documents, illustrations, maps, a chronology of Korean history, a glossary, and an index.
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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The definitive account of the final and bloodiest battle for Pork Chop Hill By the summer of 1953, the Korean War had long since reached a stalemate. As peace negotiations dragged on, units of the US 7th Infantry Division rebuilt the defenses of Hill 255, one of numerous outposts in front of the Main Line of Resistance extending across the peninsula. Better known by its nickname, Pork Chop Hill, the outpost had twice been the scene of some of the...
13) Pork Chop Hill
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Based on Gen. Marshall's documentation of the U.S. Army King Company's high-casualty offensive to capture the crucial hilltop in the Korean War.
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Publisher
Burtyrki Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Operation Grasshopper first published in 1958, is the little-known yet vital story of U.S. Army Aviation operations during the Korean conflict. In contrast to the Air Force, Army "Grasshopper" pilots flew light, unarmed planes (especially the Cessna L-19 'Bird Dog') and helicopters, to report on enemy troop movements and artillery positions, to perform rescue missions of fellow soldiers, and to fly countless missions transporting the wounded to medical...
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English
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Henry Childs is just seventeen when he falls into a love affair so intense it nearly destroys him. To escape the wrath of the young girl's father, Henry joins the Marines, arriving in Korea on the eve of the brutal battle of the Chosin Reservoir-the defining moment of the Korean War. There he confronts an enemy force far beyond the scope of his imagining, but the challenges he meets upon his return home, scarred and haunted, are greater by far.
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Author
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The outbreak of the Korean conflict caught America (and the Marine Corps) unprepared. The Corps' salvation was the existence of its Organized Reserve (an organization rich in veterans of the fighting in World War II), the availability of modern equipment in storage and, as always, the bravery, initiative, and adaptability of individual Marines. In this follow-up to his enormously successful Marine Tank Battles in the Pacific, Oscar Gilbert presents...
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Publisher
Normanby Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"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 of X Corps, USA, during and immediately following the Inchon Landing on 15 September 1950. In order to tell a complete story of this historic amphibious operation,...
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A brilliant history of the Korean War based on the real experiences of soldiers from both sides Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Toland reports on the Korean War in a revolutionary way in this thoroughly researched and riveting book. Toland pored over military archives and was the first person to gain access to previously undisclosed Chinese records, which allowed him to investigate Chairman Mao's direct involvement in the conflict. Toland supplements...
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