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Autore |
Ecker Richard E. <1930-> |
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Korean battle chronology : unit-by-unit United States casualty figures and Medal of Honor citations / / Richard E. Ecker |
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Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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951.904/24/0202 |
951.9042402 |
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Soggetti |
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Korean War, 1950-1953 |
Medal of Honor |
Soldiers - United States |
Heroes - United States |
United States Armed Forces Biography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; I. The Peninsular War; II. Active Defense; III. The War of the Hills; IV. The End of Hostilities; V. Summary Statistics; Appendix: Data Sources; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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On June 28, 1950, five U.S. airmen died when their aircraft were shot down over Korea. They became the first U.S. casualties in a war that started three days earlier, when the North Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel and invaded the Republic of South Korea. The losses of U.S. military personnel that began with those five airmen would continue for 37 months and would ultimately total 33,985 American fatalities and more than 100,000 other American casualties. This is a history of U.S. involvement in the Korean War as told through those casualties--by the dates they occurred, their ca |
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