Ranger
«When once asked by a friend in uniform to describe Colonel Ralph Puckett in one word, I replied with emphasis, 'Inspirational!' That word best captures what Ranger Puckett was to countless soldiers over his decades in uniform and best captures what he has been during his subsequent decades supporting those in uniform."" - From the foreword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.)
""General readers, history buffs, serious students, and military historians will find abundant sources and references for reflection or writing in this memoir of soldiering from World War II to the present."" - Henry G. Gole, author of Exposing the Third Reich: Colonel Truman Smith in Hitler's Germany»
On November 25, 1950, during one of the toughest battles of the Korean War, the US Eighth Army Ranger Company seized and held the strategically important Hill 205 overlooking the Chongchon River. Separated by more than a mile from the nearest friendly unit, fifty-one soldiers fought several hundred Chinese attackers. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780813169316
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«When once asked by a friend in uniform to describe Colonel Ralph Puckett in one word, I replied with emphasis, 'Inspirational!' That word best captures what Ranger Puckett was to countless soldiers over his decades in uniform and best captures what he has been during his subsequent decades supporting those in uniform."" - From the foreword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.)
""General readers, history buffs, serious students, and military historians will find abundant sources and references for reflection or writing in this memoir of soldiering from World War II to the present."" - Henry G. Gole, author of Exposing the Third Reich: Colonel Truman Smith in Hitler's Germany»