LEADER 02513nam 2200577 450 001 9910797169703321 005 20230617014727.0 010 $a1-4766-1232-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000408972 035 $a(EBL)2048494 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001538154 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11909635 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001538154 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11536046 035 $a(PQKB)10392993 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2048494 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000408972 100 $a20150524h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKorean battle chronology $eunit-by-unit United States casualty figures and Medal of Honor citations /$fRichard E. Ecker 210 1$aJefferson, North Carolina :$cMcFarland & Company,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7864-4675-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aOn 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 606 $aKorean War, 1950-1953$vBiography 606 $aMedal of Honor 606 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aHeroes$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$vBiography 615 0$aKorean War, 1950-1953 615 0$aMedal of Honor. 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aHeroes 676 $a951.904/24/0202 676 $a951.9042402 700 $aEcker$b Richard E.$f1930-$01477588 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797169703321 996 $aKorean battle chronology$93692804 997 $aUNINA