Rangers in Korea
The War the World Didn't Want to Remember, Fought by the Men the World Will Never Forget
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 30, 1989
A generation before Vietnam, the war for Korea raged.
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- Who it’s for
- A Ranger account covers Korea’s first combat jump and actions behind enemy lines.
- Genres
- Korean War History, Special Forces History, U.S. Military History
- Published
- Random House Publishing Group, October 30, 1989
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A generation before Vietnam, the war for Korea raged. It was as rough and dirty a war as has ever been fought—a war small in history, but very large to the men who waged it. . . . In the Korean War, one group above all others distinguished itself, a small elite band who volunteered for action behind enemy lines. They were the men of the U. S. Army’s legendary Rangers.
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They succeeded in making the first combat jump in Ranger history, destroying enemy headquarters, and inflicting the first defeat on Communist Chinese forces while suffering a disproportionate number of casualties. This is their story, told here for the first time—based on military records, interviews with survivors, and the author’s personal experiences as an American Ranger in the Korean War.
Ranger Combat Jump
A Ranger account covers Korea’s first combat jump and actions behind enemy lines.
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- The Rangers’ first combat jump
- Operations behind enemy lines
Expect
- Military records and interviews with survivors
- The author’s personal experience as a Korean War Ranger
Where it sits
| Special Forces History | 86% |
|---|---|
| Korean War History | 83% |
| U.S. Military History | 30% |
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Publisher categories
- Korean War History
- Weapons Through History
- U.S. Military History
- Authors
- Robert W. Black
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- October 30, 1989
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Korean War History