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Into the Breach at Pusan

Author : Kenneth W. Estes
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806187409
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Into the Breach at Pusan written by Kenneth W. Estes and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the opening campaign of the Korean War, the First Provisional Marine Brigade participated in a massive effort by United States and South Korean forces in 1950 to turn back the North Korean invasion of the Republic of Korea. The brigade’s actions loom large in marine lore. According to most accounts, traditional Marine Corps discipline, training, and fighting spirit saved the day as the marines rescued an unprepared U.S. Eighth Army, which had been pushed back to the “Pusan Perimeter” at the southeastern tip of the Korean peninsula. Historian and retired marine Kenneth W. Estes undertakes a fresh investigation of the marines’ and Eighth Army’s fight for Pusan. Into the Breach at Pusan corrects discrepancies in earlier works (including the official histories) to offer a detailed account of the campaign and place it in historical context. Drawing on combat records, command reports, and biographical materials, Estes describes the mobilization, organization, and operations of First Brigade during the first three months of American participation in the Korean War. Focusing on the battalions, companies, and platoons that faced the hardened soldiers of the North Korean army, he brings the reader directly to the battlefield. The story he reveals there, woven with the voices of soldiers and officers, is one of cooperation rather than interservice rivalry. At the same time, he clarifies differences in the organizational cultures of the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps. Into the Breach at Pusan is scrupulously fair to both the army and the marines. Estes sets the record straight in crediting the Eighth Army with saving itself during the Pusan Perimeter campaign, but he also affirms that the army’s suffering would have been much greater without the crucial, timely performance of the First Provisional Marine Brigade.

From Pusan to Panmunjom

Author : Sŏn-yŏp Paek
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597974838
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book From Pusan to Panmunjom written by Sŏn-yŏp Paek and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the candid and revealing wartime memoir of the soldier who, at the age of just 32, became South Korea's first four-star general. The book brings an unprecedented perspective to the Korean War.

The Battle for Pusan

Author : Addison Terry
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0307416917
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Battle for Pusan written by Addison Terry and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A great read [that] has frozen the events in print that molded great men who stood alone on the mainland of Asia against the first Asian Communist Army to engage the West.” –From the Foreword by Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, Jr., USAF (Ret.), author of God Is My Co-Pilot The rapid-fire success of the North Korean Army’s (NKA) invasion of South Korea, launched on June 25, 1950, and supported by Russia’s vaunted T-34 tanks, stunned the world. By August 1, the entire South had fallen, save for the port city of Pusan. As the enemy prepared to deliver the coup de grâce, only one obstacle remained: Lt. Addison Terry’s unit, the famous Wolfhounds of the 27th Regimental Combat Team. Used as a “fire brigade” to shore up imperiled American defenses, these intrepid soldiers were in the thick of it, stopping the NKA’s threat of a breakthrough at every turn. Against all odds, the Wolfhounds stood firm, racking up two Presidential Unit Citations within weeks. Terry’s account, written while recovering from injuries he suffered during the battle, captures the war in all its grit, sacrifice, and courage. “A fascinating first-person account of the early days of the Korean War.” –themilitarybookreview.com

Combat Actions in Korea

Author : Russell A. Gugeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Combat Actions in Korea written by Russell A. Gugeler and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of selected small unit actions, written primarily to acquaint junior officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted soldiers with combat experiences in Korea.

The Korean War

Author : Carter Malkasian
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472809947
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book The Korean War written by Carter Malkasian and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Korean War was a significant turning point in the Cold War. This book explains how the conflict in a small peninsula in East Asia had a tremendous impact on the entire international system and the balance of power between the two superpowers, America and Russia. Through the conflict, the West demonstrated its resolve to thwart Communist aggression and the armed forces of China, the Soviet Union and the United States came into direct combat for the only time during the Cold War.

This Kind of War

Author : T. R. Fehrenbach
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597978787
Total Pages : 905 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book This Kind of War written by T. R. Fehrenbach and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 905 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic history of the Korean War is a dramatic and hard-hitting account of the conflict written from the perspective of those who fought it. Partly drawn from official records, operations journals, and histories, it is based largely on the compelling personal narratives of the small-unit commanders and their troops. Unlike any other work on the Korean War, it provides both a clear panoramic overview and a sharply drawn you were there account of American troops in fierce combat against th.

The 5th Rct in Korea

Author : Albert J. Mcadoo
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781466484061
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The 5th Rct in Korea written by Albert J. Mcadoo and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-08-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 5th RCT in Korea; The Pusan Perimeter Battles, 1950." documents the combat operations of the US Army's 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team from its deployment to the frontlines of the Korean War's Pusan Perimeter Campaign. The 5th RCT reached Korea at the close of July, 1950, just as UN forces were prepared to make their last ditch stand against the Communist invasion of South around the port of Pusan. The 5th was immediately engaged in defensive operations near Masan, engaging in the battle for "Fox Hill" through the first week of August. Thereafter, the RCT participated in the ill-fated "Task Force Kean" counteroffensive, culminating in the disasterous action at "Bloody Gulch" in which the RCT's trains and attached artillery were overrun. The 5th RCT was subsequently reorganized, and with new leadership, conducted a successful defense of positions on Sobuk-San Mountain, the "Battle Mountain," from which they repelled the last efforts of the North Koreans to overwhelm the southern portion of the UN Perimeter. This work is based on the regimental war diary of the 5th RCT, long thought lost by official historians, and contributions by veterans of the actions of this period. The actions of the 5th RCT demonstrate the successful, though difficult and at times bloody, transition of a peacetime military unit into one hardened for combat.

Policy and Direction: the First Year

Author : James F. Schnabel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Policy and Direction: the First Year written by James F. Schnabel and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Battle of Pusan Perimeter and the Inch'on Invasion

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Battle of Pusan Perimeter and the Inch'on Invasion written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu

Author : Roy E. Appleman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781944961909
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu written by Roy E. Appleman and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1

Korea

Author : Bevin Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Korea written by Bevin Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander shows the causes and effects of the Korean War and demonstrates how the United States could have avoided the confrontation with the Red Chinese if it had correctly interpreted signals from them.

Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea

Author : Oscar E. Gilbert
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504025075
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea written by Oscar E. Gilbert and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning military historian delivers “an excellent read” on tank combat in the Forgotten War based on interviews with veterans who were there (MAFVA.org). The outbreak of the Korean conflict caught America (and the Marine Corps) unprepared. The Corps' salvation was the existence of its Organized Reserve (an organization rich in veterans of the fighting in World War II), the availability of modern equipment in storage and, as always, the bravery, initiative, and adaptability of individual Marines. In this follow-up to his enormously successful Marine Tank Battles in the Pacific, Oscar Gilbert presents an equally exhaustive and detailed account of the little-known Marine tank engagements in Korea, supported by forty-eight photographs, eight original maps, and dozens of survivor interviews. Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea details every action, from the valiant defense at Pusan and the bitter battles of the Chosin Reservoir, to the grinding and bloody stalemate along the Jamestown Line. Many of these stories are presented here for the first time, such as the unique role played by tanks in the destruction of the ill-fated Task Force Drysdale, how Marine armor played a key role in the defense of Hagaru, and how a lone tank made it to Yudamni and then led the breakout across the high Toktong Pass. Marine tankers—individually and as an organization—met every challenge posed by this vicious, protracted, and forgotten war. It is a story of bravery and fortitude you will never forget.

The Korean War

Author : Jeremy P. Maxwell
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1782749926
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book The Korean War written by Jeremy P. Maxwell and published by Amber Books Ltd. This book was released on 2023-04-26 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Korean War is a highly-illustrated account of the political, military and ideological conflict between the communist North and the democratic South.

On Desperate Ground

Author : Hampton Sides
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385541163
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book On Desperate Ground written by Hampton Sides and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War. "Superb ... A masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and arresting detail...This war story—the fight to break out of a frozen hell near the Chosin Reservoir—has been told many times before. But Sides tells it exceedingly well, with fresh research, gritty scenes and cinematic sweep." —The Washington Post On October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of UN troops in Korea, convinced President Harry Truman that the Communist forces of Kim Il-sung would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving. The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the war. As he was speaking, 300,000 Red Chinese soldiers began secretly crossing the Manchurian border. Led by some 20,000 men of the First Marine Division, the Americans moved deep into the snowy mountains of North Korea, toward the trap Mao had set for the vainglorious MacArthur along the frozen shores of the Chosin Reservoir. What followed was one of the most heroic--and harrowing--operations in American military history, and one of the classic battles of all time. Faced with probable annihilation, and temperatures plunging to 20 degrees below zero, the surrounded, and hugely outnumbered, Marines fought through the enemy forces with ferocity, ingenuity, and nearly unimaginable courage as they marched their way to the sea. Hampton Sides' superb account of this epic clash relies on years of archival research, unpublished letters, declassified documents, and interviews with scores of Marines and Koreans who survived the siege. While expertly detailing the follies of the American leaders, On Desperate Ground is an immediate, grunt's-eye view of history, enthralling in its narrative pace and powerful in its portrayal of what ordinary men are capable of in the most extreme circumstances. Hampton Sides has been hailed by critics as one of the best nonfiction writers of his generation. As the Miami Herald wrote, "Sides has a novelist's eye for the propulsive elements that lend momentum and dramatic pace to the best nonfiction narratives."

The Darkest Summer

Author : Bill Sloan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416575936
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Darkest Summer written by Bill Sloan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-10-23 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed, dramatic story of the first three months of the Korean War, when outnumbered and outgunned Marines and GIs executed two of the greatest military operations in history and saved South Korea—and the Marine Corps—from extinction. The Darkest Summer is the dramatic story of the first three months of the Korean War as it has never been told before. A narrative studded with gripping eyewitness accounts, it focuses on the fateful days when the Korean War’s most decisive battles were fought and the Americans who fought them went—however briefly—from the depths of despair to the exultation of total conquest. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of surviving U.S. veterans, it reveals how one ninety-day period changed the course of modern history and opens a unique and revealing window on an all-but-forgotten war.

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953

Author : United States. Marine Corps
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953 written by United States. Marine Corps and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Remembering Korea 1950

Author : H. K. Shin
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874175259
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Remembering Korea 1950 written by H. K. Shin and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hyung K. Shin was sixteen years old when the North Korean army invaded South Korea in June 1950. Fleeing his home, Shin soon found himself alone in Pusan, a refugee without resources or any means of support. To save himself from destitution, he lied about his age and volunteered for service in the South Korean army. Shin’s account of the months that followed is a moving record of the Korean War from the perspective of an ordinary ROK soldier. He recounts his hasty training and subsequent experiences as a battlefield soldier in North Korea, as a guard in a prisoner-of-war camp, and as a refugee again in the massive flight of civilians and ROK military personnel retreating before the onslaught of the Chinese invasion. Through it all, Shin struggles to retain his humanity and pursue his education. In the process, the naïve schoolboy becomes a man. Today, Hyung K. Shin is an internationally respected chemist, but in the pages of this memoir he carries us back to Korea during a pivotal moment in that country’s history. This is the first account in English that describes the war from the perspective of a Korean who lived through and fought in it. Shin’s detailed and lively narrative is a stirring monument to the survival of human decency and kindness in the midst of terror, cruelty, despair, and the destruction of a proud nation.