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Outpost Kelly [[electronic resource] ] : a tanker's story / / Jack R. Siewert



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Autore: Siewert Jack R. <1924-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Outpost Kelly [[electronic resource] ] : a tanker's story / / Jack R. Siewert Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 p.)
Disciplina: 951.904/242
Soggetto topico: Korean War, 1950-1953 - Regimental histories - United States
Korean War, 1950-1953 - Campaigns
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-156).
Nota di contenuto: Reconnaissance 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.
Sommario/riassunto: In 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
Titolo autorizzato: Outpost Kelly  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8227-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454733403321
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Serie: Alabama Fire Ant