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Author | : Otto J. Lehrack |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2005-02-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817314520 |
"The 3rd of the 3rd, also known as "America's Battalion," had just returned from deployment in the summer of 1990 when they were required to immediately re-deploy to a strange land to face a battle-hardened enemy after Iraq invaded Kuwait. Theirs was only the second Marine battalion to arrive in Saudi Arabia. They participated in the first allied ground operation of the war, played a key role in the battle for the city of Khafji, and were the first to infiltrate the Iraqi wire and minefield barrier in order to provide flank security for the beginning of the allied offensive."
Author | : Robert Laplander |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 726 |
Release | : 2017-01-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1365673367 |
Since its release in 2006, 'Finding the Lost Battalion' by Robert J. Laplander has become the benchmark work against which all things Lost Battalion related have been measured. Now, in this updated 3rd edition released to coincide with the centennial of America's entry into WW1, Mr. Laplander again takes us to the Charlevaux Ravine to delve deeper into the story than ever before! Meticulously chronicling what would become arguably the most famous event of America's part in the war, we find the truths behind the legend. Spanning twenty years of research and hundreds of sources (most never before seen), the reader is led through the Argonne Forest during September and October, 1918 virtually hour by hour. The result is the single most factual accounting of the Lost Battalion story and their leader, Charles W. Whittlesey, to date. Told in an entertaining, fast moving style, the book has become a favorite the world over! With new Forward by Major-General William Terpeluk, US Army (Ret).
Author | : Glenn Alan Thomas |
Publisher | : Creation House |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
ISBN | : 9781591857228 |
Step into the miraculous arena of battle as prayer warriors fight alongside their loved ones in Operation Iraqi Freedom. See how God answered prayer and provided what the troops of the 2nd. Battalion, 8th. Marines -- America's Battalion--needed to defeat the enemy in major operations at An-Nasiriyah, Ad-Diwaneyah, and Al-Kut.
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Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1995 |
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Author | : Richard Slotkin |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 863 |
Release | : 2013-12-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1466860936 |
"A work of stunning density and penetrating analysis . . . Lost Battalions deploys a narrative symmetry of gratifying complexity."—David Levering Lewis, The Nation During the bloodiest days of World War I, no soldiers served more valiantly than the African American troops of the 369th Infantry—the fabled Harlem Hellfighters—and the legendary 77th "lost battalion" composed of New York City immigrants. Though these men had lived up to their side of the bargain as loyal American soldiers, the country to which they returned solidified laws and patterns of social behavior that had stigmatized them as second-class citizens. Richard Slotkin takes the pulse of a nation struggling with social inequality during a decisive historical moment, juxtaposing social commentary with battle scenes that display the bravery and solidarity of these men. Enduring grueling maneuvers, and the loss of so many of their brethren, the soldiers in the lost battalions were forever bound by their wartime experience. Both a riveting combat narrative and a brilliant social history, Lost Battalions delivers a richly detailed account of the fierce fight for equality in the shadow of a foreign war.
Author | : Bryant Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Gregory Orfalea |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2010-05-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439143684 |
The author of Before the Flames and the son of a member of the ill-fated infantry battalion discusses America's 551st Battalion and their heroic, little-known role during World War II's Battle of the Bulge.
Author | : The Members of the 31st Infantry Regiment Association |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2019-02-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476632766 |
Formed in 1916, the U.S. Army 31st Infantry Regiment--known as the Polar Bears--has fought in virtually every war in modern American history. This richly illustrated chronicle of the regiment's century of combat service covers their exploits on battlefields from Manila to Siberia--including Pork Chop Hill, Nui Chom Mountain and Iraq's Triangle of Death--along with their survival during the Bataan Death March and the years of brutal captivity that followed.
Author | : John Wukovits |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2009-06-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1101057459 |
Before the Green Berets...Before the Navy SEALs...Before the Army Rangers...There was the Long Patrol. November 1942: in the hellish combat zone of Guadalcanal, one man would make history. Lt. Col. Evans Carlson was considered a maverick by many of his comrades-and an outright traitor by others. He spent years observing guerrilla tactics all over the world, and knew that those tactics could be used effectively by the Marines. Carlson and an elite fighting force-the 2nd Raider Battalion-embarked upon a thirty-day mission behind enemy lines where they disrupted Japanese supplies, inflicted a string of defeats on the enemy in open combat, and gathered invaluable intelligence on Japanese operations on Guadalcanal. And in the process they laid the foundation for every branch of Special Forces in the modern military. Here, for the first time, is a riveting account of one man, one battalion, and one mission that would forever change the ways of warfare.
Author | : Chester Tanaka |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Japanese Americans |
ISBN | : 9780891416302 |
Originally published in a limited, numbered edition in 1982, by Go For Broke, Inc. of Richmond, California. The author and editorial board selected 240 photos after combing through about 4,000. The text combines the author's recollections, reading, and research, with an oral history gathered from officers and soldiers. The 100th/442d, the most highly decorated unit in American history, was composed of Japanese Americans who had been interred during the war, and then were allowed to volunteer to fight. 11.5x9"Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR