ENGLISH

Under Fire

By W. E. B. Griffin

Book information

Publisher
Jove
Year
2003
ISBN
0515134376, 9780515134377
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
1 MB (1411062 bytes)
Pages
736\0
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

After the epic struggle of World War II, W.E.B. Griffin’s bestselling chronicle of the Marine Corps enters a new stage of modern warfare—with new weapons, new strategies, and a new breed of warrior—on the battlefields of Korea…   In 1950, Captain Ken McCoy’s report on North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that he is promptly booted out of the Corps—and just as promptly picked up by the fledgling CIA. Soon, his predictions come true: on June 25th the North Koreans invade across the 38th parallel. Immediately veterans scattered throughout military and civilian life are called up, many with only seventy-two hours notice. For these men and their families, names such as Inchon and Pusan will acquire a new, bloody reality—and become their greatest challenge of all…

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