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A morning in June : defending Outpost Harry /
By June 1953 the Korean War, marked at the outset by extremely fluid advances and retreats up and down the peninsula, had settled into position warfare very near the original pre-war demarcation line between North and South Korea. At this point both sides were fighting to win a peace, to achieve inc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 5th Regimental Combat Team : Korea with incoming artillery
- Lieutenant Evans : preparations for infantry combat
- Punch Bowl rim : North Korea People's Army
- Shower relief : MASH for treatment
- Christmas 1952 : winter combat on the mountain
- R & R : seven days rest, then return to Korea
- Relocating to the Chorwon Valley : finding the doors of hell
- Morning of 12 June : the siege starts
- Outpost Harry : destruction beyond comprehension
- Occupying the hill : with only twelve hours to rebuild and defend
- Chinese attack : hand-to-hand combat is the essence of an infantryman
- Relief from hell : three days before Operation Ranger
- Coming home : the trauma of returning to civilian life
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: reports on the defense of Outpost Harry
- Appendix B: awards and decorations earned for the defense of Outpost Harry.