Marine Digest

Marine Digest
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 994
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105211468132
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Marine Digest by :

Alewife and Blueback Herring

Alewife and Blueback Herring
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 28
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951002971641L
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (1L Downloads)

Synopsis Alewife and Blueback Herring by : Earl L. Bozeman

Close to Shore

Close to Shore
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Publisher : Broadway
Total Pages : 382
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ISBN-10 : UCSD:31822029922747
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Close to Shore by : Mike Capuzzo

Describes how, in the summer of 1916, a lone great white shark headed for the New Jersey shoreline and a farming community eleven miles inland, attacking five people and igniting the most extensive shark hunt in history.

Congressional Record

Congressional Record
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1452
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044116491879
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Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Congressional Record by : United States. Congress

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Catkiller 3-2

Catkiller 3-2
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Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Total Pages : 211
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781682473535
ISBN-13 : 1682473538
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Catkiller 3-2 by : Raymond Caryl

Catkiller 3-2 provides unique insights into the role of the tactical air controller, airborne (TACA) in I Corps as seen through the eyes of one of the pilots who flew low-flying, unarmed, single-engine aircraft in support of Marine ground units during the Vietnam War. When Gen. William Westmoreland changed the Marines' role in I Corps into a combat one, the Marines found themselves in need of more fixed-wing aircraft to handle the TACA missions. The advance party of the Army's 220th Reconnaissance Aircraft Company (RAC) arrived in Vietnam in late June 1965 thinking they were going to be assigned to III Corps Tactical Zone. However, because of the shortage of existing Marine Birddogs, the 220th was immediately reassigned to I Corps and came under the operational control of the Marines. No other work details the tactics, restrictions, aerial maneuvers, and dangers experienced by the Army pilots and Marine aerial observers flying these missions. As young lieutenants and captains, they had at their beck and call as much authority to request and control artillery and air strikes as ground commanders of much higher rank. Raymond G. Caryl provides unrivaled examples of the cultural mores, attitudes, and recreational activity of these young pilots and observers supporting the ground forces.

The Last Stand of Fox Company

The Last Stand of Fox Company
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Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 9781555849122
ISBN-13 : 1555849121
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Stand of Fox Company by : Bob Drury

“The authors of the bestselling Halsey’s Typhoon do a fine job recounting one brutal, small-unit action during the Korean War’s darkest moment.” —Publishers Weekly November 1950, the Korean Peninsula. After General MacArthur ignores Mao’s warnings and pushes his UN forces deeper into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is to fight their way south through the Toktong Pass, a narrow gorge that will need to be held open at all costs. The mission is handed to Captain William Barber and the 234 Marines of Fox Company, a courageous but undermanned unit of the First Marines. Barber and his men climb seven miles of frozen terrain to a rocky promontory overlooking the pass, where they will endure four days and five nights of nearly continuous Chinese attempts to take Fox Hill. Amid the relentless violence, three-quarters of Fox’s Marines are killed, wounded, or captured. Just when it looks like they will be overrun, Lt. Colonel Raymond Davis, a fearless Marine officer who is fighting south from Chosin, volunteers to lead a daring mission that will seek to cut a hole in the Chinese lines and relieve the men of Fox. This is a fast-paced and gripping account of heroism in the face of impossible odds.

Humor in Uniform

Humor in Uniform
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9781606525876
ISBN-13 : 1606525875
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Humor in Uniform by : Editors of Reader's Digest

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA