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Forgotten Warriors : The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, the Corps Ethos, and the Korean War /

"When the Korean War broke out in 1950, the Marine Corps was ordered to deploy an air-ground brigade in less than ten days, even though no such brigade existed at the time. Assembled from the woefully understrength 1st Marine Division and 1st Marine Air Wing units, the Brigade shipped out only...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hammes, Thomas X.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From "a corps for 500 years" to a fight for existence
  • Marine culture
  • Education : reuniting the air-ground team
  • Doctrine
  • Post-World War II organization
  • Training
  • Leadership
  • Mobilizing and embarking the brigade
  • The Sachon offensive
  • The first battle of the Naktong Bulge
  • The second battle of the Naktong Bulge
  • Why did they win?