Author : Gary R. Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 23,4 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Explosive ordnance disposal
ISBN : 0671520539
Readers take a nerve-jangling ride into risky operations where a single mistake is paid for in blood, loss of limbs, or death. From savagely simplistic Vietnamese explosives to modern HEAT munitions in Kuwait, this book chronicles a history of heroic and horrific incidents. This is a fascinating salute to a special breed of men who handle death with an iron grip.
Author : George Carroll Dyer
Publisher :
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 17,61 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Admirals
ISBN :
Author : Mai Elliott
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 42,52 MB
Release : 2010-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0833049151
This volume chronicles RAND's involvement in researching insurgency and counterinsurgency in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand during the Vietnam War era and assesses the effect that this research had on U.S. officials and policies. Elliott draws on interviews with former RAND staff and the many studies that RAND produced on these topics to provide a narrative that captures the tenor of the times and conveys the attitudes and thinking of those involved.
Author : George Benson Kuykendall
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 17,91 MB
Release : 1919
Category : History
ISBN : 5872287712
With Genealogy as Found in Early Dutch Church Records, State and Government Documents, Together with Sketches of Colonial Times, Old Log Cabin Days, Indian Wars, Pioneer Hardships, Social Customs, Dress and Mode of Living of the Early Forefathers
Author : Dick R Couch
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1612514197
This now-classic tale of SEAL combat action in Vietnam marked Dick Couch's debut as a novelist in 1990 and sold more than 100,000 copies. Hailed for its authenticity, it was the first novel about Navy SEALs to be written by one of their own. Couch, a SEAL platoon leader in the Mekong Delta from 1970 to 1971, includes gripping descriptions of dangerous operations that continue to attract a broad audience, with many bestselling authors calling his book a sensational story they can't put down. This new paperback edition features a foreword by the former head of the Naval Special Warfare Command.
Author : Thomas Hone
Publisher :
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 2020
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Buell
Publisher : Crown
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 40,86 MB
Release : 1998-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0609801732
master historian gives readers a fresh new picture of the Civil War as it really was. Buell examines three pairs of commanders from the North and South, who met each other in battle. Following each pair through the entire war, the author reveals the human dimensions of the drama and brings the battles to life. 38 b&w photos.
Author : United States. Department of the Navy. Library
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 26,39 MB
Release : 1976
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 18,62 MB
Release : 1906
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : John C. Chapin
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : History
ISBN :
"Breaching the Marianas" by John C. Chapin is a book about the WWII campaigns and Marine Corps history. The book gives a detailed account of what happened on the Mariana Islands of Saipan during the war. Excerpt: "Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan by Captain John C. Chapin, USMCR (Ret) It was a brutal day. At first light on 15 June 1944, the Navy fire support ships of the task force lying off Saipan Island increased their previous days' preparatory fires involving all calibers of weapons. At 0542, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner ordered, "Land the landing force." Around 0700, the landing ships, tank (LSTs) moved to within approximately 1,250 yards behind the line of departure. Troops in the LSTs began debarking from them in landing vehicles, tracked (LVTs). Control vessels containing Navy and Marine personnel with their radio gear took their positions displaying flags indicating which beach approaches they controlled."
