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Marine Corps tank battles in Korea
- Title
- Marine Corps tank battles in Korea / by Oscar E. Gilbert.
- Author
- Gilbert, Oscar E.
- Publication
- Havertown, PA : Casemate Publishers, [2017]
- ©2003
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-11527 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxii, 293 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- This book offers an oral history of the unheralded armor combat that swept the length and breadth of the Korean Peninsula. It ... recounts every Marine tank engagement of the war. [The author] also offers insight and analysis of how tanks were employed on the battlefield, and includes a unique account of the role armor played in the destruction of the ill-fated Task Force Drysdale.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- First published in 2003.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293).
- Contents
- Prologue : when duty called -- Repeating history : the unexpected war -- One company's war : the defense of the Pusan perimeter -- The master stroke : the Inchon and Seoul operations -- The lowest circle of hell : the Chosin Reservoir Campaign, encirclement -- Deliverance : the Chosin Reservoir Campaign, breakout -- Lives for real estate : offensives and counteroffensives, 1951-1952 -- Backs to the river : battles for the Jamestown Line, 1952-1953 -- Warriors depart : armistice and withdrawal.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-11527
- ISBN
- 1612005314
- 9781612005317
- OCLC
- 971521752
- Author
- Gilbert, Oscar E., author.
- Title
- Marine Corps tank battles in Korea / by Oscar E. Gilbert.
- Publisher
- Havertown, PA : Casemate Publishers, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2003
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293).
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-11527