Colder than Hell :: a Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir.

During the early, uncertain days of the Korean War, World War II veteran and company lieutenant Joe Owen saw firsthand how the hastily assembled mix of some two hundred regulars and raw reservists hardened into a superb Marine rifle company known as Baker-One-Seven. As comrades fell wounded and dead...

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1. Verfasser: Owen, Joseph R.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, 2012.
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Zusammenfassung:During the early, uncertain days of the Korean War, World War II veteran and company lieutenant Joe Owen saw firsthand how the hastily assembled mix of some two hundred regulars and raw reservists hardened into a superb Marine rifle company known as Baker-One-Seven. As comrades fell wounded and dead around them on the frozen slopes above Korea's infamous Chosin Reservoir, Baker-One-Seven's Marines triumphed against the relentless human-wave assaults of Chinese regulars and took part in the breakout that destroyed six to eight divisions of Chinese regulars. COLDER THAN HELL paints a vivid, frig.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:9781612512228
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