Army Raiders
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Marine Raiders
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Author : Carole Engle Avriett
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-08-31
Marine Raiders written by Carole Engle Avriett and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with History categories.
FORGOTTEN NO MORE. The American people revere their elite combat units, but one of these noble bands has been unjustifiably forgotten—until now. At the beginning of World War II, military planners set out to form the most ruthless, skilled, and effective force the world had ever seen. The U.S. Marines were already the world’s greatest fighters, but leadership wanted a select group to conduct special operations at the highest level in the Pacific theater. And so the Marine Raiders were born. These young men, the cream of the crop, received matchless training in the arts of war. Marksmen, brawlers, and tacticians, the Marine Raiders could accomplish their objective before the enemy even knew they were there. These heroes and their exploits should be the stuff of legend. Yet even though one of their commanders was President Roosevelt’s son, they have disappeared into the mists of history—the greatest warriors you’ve never heard of. Carole Engle Avriett’s thorough telling of the Marine Raider story includes: The personal narratives of four men who served as Marine Raiders Frontline accounts of the Raiders’ most important engagements The explanation for their obscurity, despite their earlier fame The Marine Raiders were one of the greatest forces ever to take the field under the American flag. After reading this book, you’ll know why.
Army Raiders
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Author : Richard L. Kiper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Army Raiders written by Richard L. Kiper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
Despite being an elite combat unit and participating in highly classified and dangerous missions in Korea, members of the Far East Command Raider Company and its parent organization, the Special Activities Group, have received little attention from historians. Typically relegated to a paragraph at most, but more often a footnote, the Raider story usually begins and ends on the night of September 12, 1950, with a raid near Kunsan. From then until being inactivated on March 31, 1951, the Special Activities Group simply disappears from Korean War histories. Army Raiders corrects this omission. Primarily the history of one company and its headquarters, Army Raiders tells the story of ordinary human beings who carried out extraordinary missions. Boarding rubber boats in the Yellow Sea and paddling far behind enemy lines, they landed at Inchon, sailed to the Wonsan area of North Korea, and conducted counter-guerrilla operations until overwhelming Chinese intervention forced all Allied units to withdraw from the North. Those critical missions continued into the difficult fighting of early 1951. Much of Army Raiders is based on the words of the participants themselves. Using little-known primary sources, oral histories, and official records, author Richard L. Kiper tells this unit's riveting tale. Where possible, first-person accounts have been verified and supplemented with official reports, maps, and documents. In reconciling personal memories and official reports, Army Raiders fills a gap in the historiography of the Korean War.
Raiders Or Elite Infantry
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Author : David W. Hogan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 1992-12-10
Raiders Or Elite Infantry written by David W. Hogan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-12-10 with History categories.
How have the U.S. Army Rangers acted as special operations forces in military operations since 1942? Hogan's study examines the nature and purpose of the Rangers over the past fifty years and shows how they have served as scouts, raiders, assault troops, and elite infantry. They have spearheaded amphibious landings, raided enemy prison camps, patrolled behind enemy lines in Korea, served alongside Green Berets in Vietnam, and carried out special missions in Grenada. Professional officers, military historians, students, and general readers will find this a fascinating history. This analytical account opens with a short description of the origins of the Ranger legend in America and then moves to a discussion of their use in World War II, as commandos in 1942, then as spearheaders in 1943 and 1944, as line infantry in Europe and as special operations forces in the Pacific. This provocative assessment also traces the development of Ranger raider units in Korea, the special training and use of Green Berets as Rangers in Vietnam, and the shifting of Ranger roles into more complex and varied types of operations in Vietnam and Grenada and in a world of increasing terrorism and changing combat situations. Illustrations, maps, and a lengthy bibliography add to the usefulness of the study.
American Commando
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Author : John Wukovits
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-06-02
American Commando written by John Wukovits and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-02 with History categories.
Before the Green Berets...Before the Navy SEALs...Before the Army Rangers...There was the Long Patrol. November 1942: in the hellish combat zone of Guadalcanal, one man would make history. Lt. Col. Evans Carlson was considered a maverick by many of his comrades-and an outright traitor by others. He spent years observing guerrilla tactics all over the world, and knew that those tactics could be used effectively by the Marines. Carlson and an elite fighting force-the 2nd Raider Battalion-embarked upon a thirty-day mission behind enemy lines where they disrupted Japanese supplies, inflicted a string of defeats on the enemy in open combat, and gathered invaluable intelligence on Japanese operations on Guadalcanal. And in the process they laid the foundation for every branch of Special Forces in the modern military. Here, for the first time, is a riveting account of one man, one battalion, and one mission that would forever change the ways of warfare.
Us Marine Corps Raider 1942 43
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Author : Ed Gilbert
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-04-20
Us Marine Corps Raider 1942 43 written by Ed Gilbert and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-20 with History categories.
The US Marine Raider was an "elite within an elite." Modeled on British Commandoes, they were the earliest forerunners of the various special operations units of the modern US military. These units would conduct operations with only the equipment they could carry on their backs; their heaviest weapons were light mortars and light machine-guns. Highly trained in close-in fighting, the Raiders were expected to be equally skilled in watercraft, jungle survival, and jungle warfare. This book details the Raiders' experiences through some of the toughest raining ever to be experienced by a Marine and onto combat during the Makin Raid, and through the horrific jungle battles of the Solomon Islands.
Raider
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Author : Charles W. Sasser
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2013-12-03
Raider written by Charles W. Sasser and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Raider is the true story of the legendary soldier who performed more POW raids than any other American in history. He went into battle as a boy. And on one of the most daring missions of World War II, he became a man-- and the perfect soldier for America's next wars... Galen Charles Kittleson was slight, modest, and born to wage war. The son of an Iowa farmer, Kittleson volunteered in 1943 and caught the eye of his commanders. By 1945, PFC Kittleson was selected for the Army's smallest elite unit, the Alamo Scouts. While U.S. forces were pushing back the Japanese in the Pacific, the Alamo scouts unleashed legendary raids deep behind enemy lines, including the liberation of over 500 starved, beaten prisoners of the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. For Kittleson, a career as a raider had just begun... Charles W. Sasser chronicles the remarkable journey that was Kit Kittleson's courageous life in the service of his country. Now a veteran after first going to war as a boy twenty-five years ago, Kittleson volunteered for one last mission-- the most extraordinary and daring POW raid ever attempted by secret American Special Forces in Vietnam...
Us Marine Corps Raider 1942 43
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Author : Ed Gilbert
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-04-20
Us Marine Corps Raider 1942 43 written by Ed Gilbert and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-20 with History categories.
The US Marine Raider was an "elite within an elite." Modeled on British Commandoes, they were the earliest forerunners of the various special operations units of the modern US military. These units would conduct operations with only the equipment they could carry on their backs; their heaviest weapons were light mortars and light machine-guns. Highly trained in close-in fighting, the Raiders were expected to be equally skilled in watercraft, jungle survival, and jungle warfare. This book details the Raiders' experiences through some of the toughest raining ever to be experienced by a Marine and onto combat during the Makin Raid, and through the horrific jungle battles of the Solomon Islands.
The Do Or Die Men
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Author : George W. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2003-08-25
The Do Or Die Men written by George W. Smith and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-25 with History categories.
The gripping true account of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion—from its formation and training to its heroic baptism under fire in the battles of Tulagi and Guadalcanal. No campaign in World War II was undertaken with as many shortcomings as Operation Watchtower—the invasion of Guadalcanal in the summer of 1942. Rushed into action with little training, virtually no enemy intelligence, and using equipment left over from World War I, the gutsy-but-green men of the 1st Marine Division and its attached units were thrown headlong into what would become one of the bloodiest battles of the war. During almost four trying months of constant shelling, bombing, and ground attacks, the 1st Marine Division defied all the odds and somehow managed to beat the hardened Japanese troops at their own game. No campaign in World War II was conducted with as much ferocity. No campaign saw such sustained violence on land, at sea, and in the air. And no other campaign hung in the balance for so long—to finally be won by the unrelenting courage of a group of American heroes who never gave up the fight.
Real Blood Real Guts
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Author : James D. Gleason
language : en
Publisher: Raider Publishing
Release Date : 2003
Real Blood Real Guts written by James D. Gleason and has been published by Raider Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
The Raiders
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Author : Robin Neillands
language : en
Publisher: Fontana Press
Release Date : 1989
The Raiders written by Robin Neillands and has been published by Fontana Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Great Britain categories.
