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FROM THE HUDSON TO THE YALU: WEST POINT '49 IN THE KOREAN WAR by Maihafer
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Subject
- Military / Korean War, Military / General, Military / United States
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780890965542
- Subject Area
- History
- Publication Name
- From the Hudson to the Yalu : West Point '49 in the Korean War
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Series
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Item Weight
- 22.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 296 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
ISBN-10
0890965544
ISBN-13
9780890965542
eBay Product ID (ePID)
469980
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Publication Name
From the Hudson to the Yalu : West Point '49 in the Korean War
Language
English
Subject
Military / Korean War, Military / General, Military / United States
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Series
Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
93-012948
Reviews
"As an historian of West Point, I found it deeply moving. It is an important contribution to the historical record of West Pointers in American history, as well as to the history of the military academy. This is one of those rare books about a war by a thoughtful soldier who was there-and has the literary ability to bring the experience alive in all its complexity. The boredom, the confusion, the heroism, the pathos of the Korean War live in these pages. No aficionado of military history should miss this book."--Thomas Fleming, author of West Point: The Men and Times of the U.S. Military Academy , The Officers' Wives , and My Country Tis of Thee (HarperCollins, due out in spring 1994), "As an historian of West Point, I found it deeply moving. It is an important contribution to the historical record of West Pointers in American history, as well as to the history of the military academy. This is one of those rare books about a war by a thoughtful soldier who was there--and has the literary ability to bring the experience alive in all its complexity. The boredom, the confusion, the heroism, the pathos of the Korean War live in these pages. No aficionado of military history should miss this book."--Thomas Fleming, author of West Point: The Men and Times of the U.S. Military Academy , The Officers' Wives , and My Country Tis of Thee (HarperCollins, due out in spring 1994), "As an historian of West Point, I found it deeply moving. It is an important contribution to the historical record of West Pointers in American history, as well as to the history of the military academy. This is one of those rare books about a war by a thoughtful soldier who was there-and has the literary ability to bring the experience alive in all its complexity. The boredom, the confusion, the heroism, the pathos of the Korean War live in these pages. No aficionado of military history should miss this book."--Thomas Fleming, author of West Point: The Men and Times of the U.S. Military Academy, The Officers' Wives, and My Country Tis of Thee (HarperCollins, due out in spring 1994), �As an historian of West Point, I found it deeply moving. It is an important contribution to the historical record of West Pointers in American history, as well as to the history of the military academy. This is one of those rare books about a war by a thoughtful soldier who was there�and has the literary ability to bring the experience alive in all its complexity. The boredom, the confusion, the heroism, the pathos of the Korean War live in these pages. No aficionado of military history should miss this book.�--Thomas Fleming, author of West Point: The Men and Times of the U.S. Military Academy, The Officers� Wives, and My Country Tis of Thee (HarperCollins, due out in spring 1994)
Series Volume Number
31
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
They entered West Point shortly before the end of World War II. Four years later the class of USMA '49 graduated amid peacetime military cutbacks and national complacency. A year later these young officers were plunged into a cruel and unexpected war and were forced to compensate, by valor and leadership, for the nation's unpreparedness. Some called it a U.N. Police Action, but to the 2nd lieutenants fighting as platoon leaders, forward observers, and jet pilots, it was war to the fullest. Men of '49 served along the Naktong Perimeter, landed at Inchon, flew combat missions against Chinese MiG's, and fought the war of maneuver, and of stalemate, from Pusan to the Yalu. They fought well--some to their death. These are their individual stories, based on the '49ers' own firsthand accounts, of what it was like to enter combat, as one said "green as grass," and suddenly face life-and-death responsibility for American troops entrusted to their care. It is the story of men such as Sam Coursen, awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing a wounded comrade at the cost of his own life; of Ranger hero Ralph Puckett, fighting off the initial Chinese onslaught; of D. D. Overton, becoming an ace as he scores his fifth aerial victory; or of Herb Marshburn, dying heroically as he leads men trying to escape a Chinese trap. The author, who went to Korea as an armored officer but wound up leading an infantry platoon, uses his own story as a narrative framework for this chronicle of the Korean War years. He brings the big picture to life by means of vivid stories of that "forgotten war," told by men who knew it face-to-face at the junior officer level.
LC Classification Number
DS921.6.M35 1993
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