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Passing the test : combat in Korea, April-June 1951 /

For U.S. and UN soldiers fighting the Korean War, the spring of 1951 was brutal. The troops faced a tough and determined foe under challenging conditions. The Chinese Spring Offensive of 1951 exemplified the hardships of the war, as the UN forces struggled with the Chinese troops over Line Kansas, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Bowers, William T., 1946-, Greenwood, John T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2011.
Series:Battles and campaigns (Lexington, Ky.)
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. War before the Communist Spring Offensive of 1951
  • 2. Battles along the Outpost Line: 32d Infantry Regiment, 19
  • 23 April 1951
  • 3. Caught in a Chinese Ambush: Battery B, 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 22
  • 24 April 1951
  • 4. Tanks above Kap'yong: Company A, 72d Tank Battalion, 23
  • 24 April 1951
  • 5. Artillery in Perimeter Defense: 92d Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 22
  • 24 April 1951
  • 6. Hill 628: 8th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne), 23
  • 25 April 1951
  • 7. Gloster Hill: 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (the Glosters), 22
  • 25 April 1951
  • 8. Action along the No Name Line: U.S. IX Corps
  • 9. Anything but Peaceful Valley: 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 16
  • 18 May 1951
  • 10. Battle below the Soyang River: Company C, 72d Tank Battalion, 16
  • 18 May 1951
  • 11. Supply Battle of the Soyang River: U.S.X Corps, 10 May-7 June 1951
  • 12. Task Force Gerhart: Company B, 72d Tank Battalion, 24 May 1951
  • 13. Task Force Hazel: 7th Reconnaissance Company, 24
  • 25 May 1951.