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War at its most personal and lethal during the last four days of July 1952. In the second year of the Korean War, Jack Siewert commanded a platoon of five M-46 tanks. Temporarily assigned to provide fire support for an infantry battalion on the front, he eventually found himself in the midst of inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Siewert, Jack R., 1924-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2006.
Colección:Fire ant books.
Temas:
United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 15th > History.
United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 15th
1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Regimental histories > United States.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Campaigns.
Guerre de Corée, 1950-1953 > Histoire des unités > États-Unis.
Guerre de Corée, 1950-1953 > Campagnes et batailles.
HISTORY > Military > Korean War.
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:War at its most personal and lethal during the last four days of July 1952. In the second year of the Korean War, Jack Siewert commanded a platoon of five M-46 tanks. Temporarily assigned to provide fire support for an infantry battalion on the front, he eventually found himself in the midst of intense fighting for a relatively unknown and unimportant hill, code named Outpost Kelly. Those four days of battle against Chinese forces form the heart of this memoir, which is unique in its focus on the hill fighting that dominated two thirds of the Korean War. Trained to take advantage of his tanks &
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 156 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156).
ISBN:9780817382278
0817382275

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