LEADER 02481nam 22005774a 450 001 9910454733403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8227-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000774993 035 $a(EBL)454587 035 $a(OCoLC)427565627 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000217005 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174998 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000217005 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10201748 035 $a(PQKB)10583838 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454587 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8936 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454587 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309870 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774993 100 $a20060201d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOutpost Kelly$b[electronic resource] $ea tanker's story /$fJack R. Siewert 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (178 p.) 225 1 $aAlabama Fire Ant 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-5341-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [155]-156). 327 $aReconnaissance up front -- Close and join -- Hill 199 -- Stuck in the mud -- Outpost kelly is lost -- The fight for outpost kelly -- Return to home station -- Epilogue. 330 $aIn the second year of the Korean War, Jack Siewert commanded a platoon of five M-46 tanks. Temporarily assigned to provide fire support for an infantry battalion on the front, he eventually found himself in the midst of intense fighting for a relatively unknown and unimportant hill, code named Outpost Kelly. Those four days of battle against Chinese forces form the heart of this memoir, which is unique in its focus on the hill fighting that dominated two thirds of the Korean War. Trained to take advantage of his tanks' mobility, his orders-to provide direct fire su 410 0$aAlabama Fire Ant 606 $aKorean War, 1950-1953$xRegimental histories$zUnited States 606 $aKorean War, 1950-1953$xCampaigns 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aKorean War, 1950-1953$xRegimental histories 615 0$aKorean War, 1950-1953$xCampaigns. 676 $a951.904/242 700 $aSiewert$b Jack R.$f1924-$01040111 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454733403321 996 $aOutpost Kelly$92462736 997 $aUNINA