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With a Black Platoon in Combat
Lyle Rishell
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Description for With a Black Platoon in Combat
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; BGA; HBJF; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 1 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
The first year of the Korean Conflict was a dark and humiliating period for many of the troops who fought there. Against a backdrop of U.S. political indecision and reduced military capability, American soldiers fought a dedicated and numerically strong enemy force that was determined to overrun South Korea. One of these units, the segregated 24th Infantry Regiment, was made up of black soldiers commanded for the most part by white officers. Lyle Rishell, an infantry platoon leader, led a black platoon of Able Company in that regiment. This book tells the dramatic, often frustrating, sometimes heroic story of that ... Read more
The first year of the Korean Conflict was a dark and humiliating period for many of the troops who fought there. Against a backdrop of U.S. political indecision and reduced military capability, American soldiers fought a dedicated and numerically strong enemy force that was determined to overrun South Korea. One of these units, the segregated 24th Infantry Regiment, was made up of black soldiers commanded for the most part by white officers. Lyle Rishell, an infantry platoon leader, led a black platoon of Able Company in that regiment. This book tells the dramatic, often frustrating, sometimes heroic story of that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781603447409
SKU
V9781603447409
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