MARINE CORPS TANK BATTLES IN KOREA
Oscar Gilbert
NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. Casemate, 2003. First Edition, First Printing.
Photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index, 308 pages.The outbreak of the Korean conflict caught America - and the Marine Corps -
unprepared. The Corp's 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 (Combined Publishing, 2000), Oscar
Gilbert presents an equally exhaustive and detailed account of the actions in
Korea, supported with numerous photographs throughout. The book details all the
actions that Marine tanks fought, many of them famous, such as actions at Pusan
and Chosin. However the book also tells some stories or the first time, an
example of which is an unique account of the role of tanks in the destruction of
the ill-fated Task Force Drysdale. Also how tanks played a key role in the
defense of Hagaru and the lone tank that made it to Yudam-ni and then led the
breakout across the high Toktong Pass. The Marine tankers - individually and as
an organization - met every challenge posed by this vicious, protracted and
forgotten war.
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