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Forgotten Warriors: The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, the Corps Ethos, and the Korean War (Modern War Studies (Paperback))
T. X. Hammes
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Description for Forgotten Warriors: The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, the Corps Ethos, and the Korean War (Modern War Studies (Paperback))
Paperback. Tells the story of the unsung heroes of the Korean War the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade. This remarkable air-ground unit shipped out only six days after its creation and activation and yet won every one of its engagements and helped secure the Pusan Perimeter." Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 258 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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 six days after activation, sailed directly to Korea, was in combat within ninety-six hours of landing and, despite these enormous handicaps and numerically superior enemy forces, won every one of its engagements and helped secure the Pusan Perimeter.
Despite its remarkable achievements, the Brigade’s history has ... Read more
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 six days after activation, sailed directly to Korea, was in combat within ninety-six hours of landing and, despite these enormous handicaps and numerically superior enemy forces, won every one of its engagements and helped secure the Pusan Perimeter.
Despite its remarkable achievements, the Brigade’s history has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700618927
SKU
V9780700618927
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About T. X. Hammes
T. X. HAMMES retired from the Marine Corps in July 2005 after thirty years of service. He received his Ph.D. in modern history from Oxford University and is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defence University, and author of The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century.
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