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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Sloan, Bill, 1935-
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United States. Marine Corps -- History -- Korean War, 1950-1953.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (South) -- Pusan Region.
Inchon Landing, Inchʻŏn, Korea, 1950.
Pusan (Korea) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Inchʻŏn (Korea) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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The darkest summer :...
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The darkest summer : Pusan and Inchon 1950 : the battles that saved South Korea--and the Marines--from extinction / Bill Sloan.
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Sloan, Bill, 1935-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Subjects
United States. Marine Corps -- History -- Korean War, 1950-1953.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (South) -- Pusan Region.
Inchon Landing, Inchʻŏn, Korea, 1950.
Pusan (Korea) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Inchʻŏn (Korea) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781416571742 (hardcover)
1416571744 (hardcover)
9781416575931 (e-book)
1416575936 (e-book)
Description:
ix, 385 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, plans ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Contents:
Suddenly, a not-so-sudden war -- An army in disarray -- A proud corps in peril -- Missions impossible -- Enter the "fire brigade" -- A melee of confusion and chaos -- Triumph, tragedy, traps, and tears -- Nightmare on the Naktong -- Commanders in conflict -- The enemy goes for broke -- A 5,000-to-one "sure thing" -- Turning the tide at Inchon -- The bloody road to Seoul -- A "terrible liberation" -- Taking the hard way home -- The rest of the story.
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Sloan recounts the dramatic first three months of the Korean War, when South Korea was saved from Communism's conquest.
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
951.90424 Sl
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951.90424 Sloan
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Waimea Public Library (Kauai)
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