Sharpen Your Bayonets

Author : Timothy R. Stoy,Anthony A. Cucolo
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781636242415

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Sharpen Your Bayonets by Timothy R. Stoy,Anthony A. Cucolo Pdf

The first full-length biography of World War II general and Cold Warrior John Wilson "Iron Mike" O’Daniel, featuring "the very essence of the man... who spent more time under fire with his front-line troops than behind the safety of his office desk." — ARGunners.com John Wilson “Iron Mike” O’Daniel was one of the U.S. Army’s great fighting generals of the 20th century. He began his military career with the Delaware Militia in 1914, served on the Mexican border in 1916, received a Distinguished Service Cross in World War I, was Mark Clark’s man for hard jobs in the early days of World War II, and commanded the storied 3rd Infantry Division from Anzio to the end of the war in Europe, ending the war in Salzburg after liberating Munich, and Hitler’s Berghof and Eagle’s Nest on the Obersalzberg, Bavaria, Germany. “Iron Mike “commanded I Corps in Korea 1951–1952 and ended his career as the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam in the early days of American involvement there. LTC Stoy paints a vivid picture of this great American warrior who played an important role in World War II, became an ardent anti-Communist crusader after duty in Moscow as Military Attaché 1948–1950 as the Cold War intensified, laid the foundation for the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and remained an ardent supporter of President Ngo Dinh Diem while serving as Chairman of the American Friends of Vietnam from his retirement in 1956 until 1963, shortly before Diem’s assassination.

Author : LT Col (Ret) Timothy R Stoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1636242405

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Sharpen Your Bayonets by LT Col (Ret) Timothy R Stoy Pdf

The first full-length biography of World War II general and Cold Warrior John Wilson Iron Mike O'Daniel.

Author : John Watts,Peter White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Bayonets
ISBN : 0950457302

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The Bayonet Book by John Watts,Peter White Pdf

Author : Michael Hickey
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781468305579

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The Korean War by Michael Hickey Pdf

An authoritative account by the historian and Korean War vet offers “a comprehensive picture of the war . . . and riveting tales of heroics . . . Gripping” (The Washington Post Book World). Winner of the Westminster Medal for Military Literature On June 25, 1950, the North Korean People’s Army shocked American troops by crossing the 38th parallel into South Korea. After five years of relative quiet following the close of World War II, the US Army was unprepared to face a battle-ready enemy. After an initial defeat, General MacArthur turned the tides along with significant contributions from UN allies. Joining the Americans were troops from Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey, and elsewhere, working together despite problems of culture and logistics. In The Korean War, Michael Hickey frames the conflict in the larger context of international power politics. A veteran of the war himself, he recounts such masterstrokes as MacArthur’s landing behind the enemy lines at Inchon, the drama of the glorious Glosters episode, and both collaboration and mutiny in the prisoner-of-war camps of either side. Drawing on many previously unexamined sources from several countries, including recently declassified documents, regimental archives, diaries, and interviews, Hickey adds extensively to our knowledge of one of the most significant conflicts of modern times. “[A] fine, opinionated contribution to Korean War literature . . . Not to be missed.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : George M. Van Sant
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781450045629

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Taking on the Burden of History by George M. Van Sant Pdf

This book is a memoir of the authors active service in the United States Marine Corps. It recounts his decision to enlist, boot camp, service in North China, recall in 1950, commissioning, adventures in Hollywood, combat service in Korea, and his homecoming. The author reveals he was not your typical hard-charging Marine. The book tells stories of many heroes, and a few cowards. It recounts some terrifying experiences, some hilarious episodes, and graphically illustrates how the superlative history of the Corps imposes a burden on every individual Marine to measure up.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89010628162

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The Metropolitan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Artillery
ISBN : UIUC:30112071912718

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Antiaircraft Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : J. J. Knopf
Publisher : Vantage Press, Inc
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0533157641

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The Filibustero by J. J. Knopf Pdf

Set against the backdrop of the United States' raging Civil War, Irishman Perry Jameson finds himself to be a soldier of fortune, a mercenary fighting for what he knows will be a lost cause. In the midst of the fighting, Perry finds himself in the arms of several women of the war. Marie, a freed slave and practicing voodoo princess, is a skilled nurse who is highly in demand during the bloody conflict of brother against brother. There is also Ellen Anson, the wife of a wealthy plantation owner. When Perry becomes involved with both women, it is time to leave the relative comfort of his new found home and be off to fight with the Confederate troops- fighting what is perhaps the bloodiest battle of the war.

Author : James Brady
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429901956

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The Coldest War by James Brady Pdf

James Brady's The Coldest War is a powerful and moving memoir of the Korean War. America's "forgotten war" lasted just thirty-seven months, yet 54,246 Americans died in that time -- nearly as many as died in ten years in Vietnam. On the fiftieth anniversary of this devastating conflict, James Brady tells the story of his life as a young marine lieutenant in Korea. In 1947, seeking to avoid the draft, nineteen-year-old Jim Brady volunteered for a Marine Corps program that made him a lieutenant in the reserves on the day he graduated college. He didn't plan to find himself in command of a rifle platoon three years later facing a real enemy, but that is exactly what happened after the Chinese turned a so-called police action into a war. The Coldest War vividly describes Brady's rapid education in the realities of war and the pressures of command. Opportunities for bold offensives sink in the miasma of trench warfare; death comes in fits and starts as too-accurate artillery on both sides seeks out men in their bunkers; constant alertness is crucial for survival, while brutal cold and a seductive silence conspire to lull soldiers into an often fatal stupor. The Korean War affected the lives of all Americans, yet is little known beyond the antics of "M*A*S*H." Here is the inside story that deserves to be told, and James Brady is a powerful witness to a vital chapter of our history.

Author : Steven K Dixon
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781636241944

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Keeping the Peace by Steven K Dixon Pdf

The complete operational history of an outstanding Marine fighter squadron throughout the Cold War. The Thunderbolts of VMFA-251 were reactivated as a Marine Air Reserve squadron in 1946. Their Cold War only included a few weeks of traditional combat operations—in Korea—but they would undertake constant training exercises and deployments from 1946 to 1991 as they prepared for a potential war against the USSR or China, the two giants of Communism. From South Korea to Norway to Turkey and points in between, the Thunderbolts found themselves defending the free world and living up to their motto, Custos Caelorum. Following the end of the Korean War, the squadron remained in the Far East until 1956. Back in the States it began flying the FJ-3 Fury, a jet fighter, before converting to its first supersonic fighter, the F-8U “Crusader.” In early 1962, it was the first Marine F-8 squadron to deploy aboard an aircraft carrier, as part of CVW-10 (Carrier Air Wing) aboard the USS Shangri-La. During deployment in the Mediterranean Sea, the squadron set a record for the most flight time in one month for a Sixth Fleet-based F-8 squadron by flying over 500 hours. In 1964, the Thunderbolts were the first Marine squadron in 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing to transition to the F-4B “Phantom II,” which they would fly for 21 years and 80,000 flight hours, until transitioning to the F/A-18 “Hornet” in 1987. These deployments and exercises, while not “at war,” were not without dangers. The Thunderbolts lost many personnel and aircraft, but they persevered as the armed forces of freedom-loving nations faced the ongoing threat of communism for over four decades. Compiled from archive records and interviews by a veteran of VMFA-251, this account narrates how the Thunderbolts worked hard to maintain the peace. They were indeed Custodians of the Sky.

Author : John Norris
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473883789

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Fix Bayonets! by John Norris Pdf

The bayonet is an essential item of a soldier's kit even on today's modern hi-tech battlefield. This work examines the origins of this humble weapon and the 'cult of the bayonet' as espoused by the Russian General Alexander Suvorov who asserted that The bullet misses, the bayonet does not. The first bayonets appeared in France in the early 17th century and soon they were being used by every army in Europe. The author examines the spread of this simple weapon and how it led to fundamental changes being made in battlefield tactics. Over 300 years later, in the age of hi-tech warfare and weapons of mass destruction, the bayonet is still in service with armies around the world. British and US forces in Afghanistan regularly have their bayonets fixed. Fix Bayonets illustrates how tactics changed and the design of the weapon, although fundamentally the same, has evolved over the centuries.Much myth and legend surrounds the subject of bayonet charges and the weapon has become an icon of defiance and the determination to do whatever it takes to win. The author examines evidence for the reality of such actions. How did the ordinary soldier feel to be told 'fix bayonets'? John Norris draws on personal accounts of soldiers using bayonets in combat from the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars, various Colonial campaigns, through the World Wars, Falklands War and into the 21st century in Afghanistan. In so doing he explains the seemingly anachronistic survival of this simple weapon on the modern battlefield.

Author : Al Brown
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770971868

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My Comrades and Me by Al Brown Pdf

Author Al Brown, like a few million others, was a civilian one day and a serviceman the next. In My Comrades and Me: Staff Sergeant Al Brown's WWII Memoirs, he gives readers a glimpse into his life as a soldier and his personal experiences during the Second World War. In My Comrades and Me, Brown takes readers through basic infantry training where they were drilled to follow the do something, even if it is wrong rule, the longest, loneliest night of his life, his first day in combat on a dark moonless morning, January 22, 1944, when he almost drowned, and more. He also shares his comrades' stories. Brown hopes that, with these memoirs, families and descendants of WWII soldiers will find answers to their questions about their soldier's combat experiences, experiences that soldiers never revealed to their families after their return or because they never returned. Rarely did the combat soldier reveal them in letters home. Sergeant Brown notes that all infantry combat experiences are fundamentally the same. Only the dates and settings are different for different soldiers.

Author : Burton WOLLASTON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026948692

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Love's labour [verse]. by Burton WOLLASTON Pdf

Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007454693

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Sharpe 3-Book Collection 4: Sharpe’s Escape, Sharpe’s Fury, Sharpe’s Battle by Bernard Cornwell Pdf

Three classic Richard Sharpe adventures

Author : Gordon L Rottman
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781636240718

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Hunters' Island by Gordon L Rottman Pdf

A young American farm boy and a Japanese student are swept away from their lives by war and end up playing a deadly game of cat and mouse on a Pacific Island. It is a world war between with the lives and cultures of empires at stake, the largest and most vicious war to sweep across the globe. In spite of the sweep of the war around the world, in August 1942 many were focused on a rugged and brutal South Pacific island called Guadalcanal. Here, two determined nations pitted all they could spare committing every airplane, ship and soldier they could funnel into the cauldron. It was not just men viciously battling each other to the death, but inhospitable terrain, weather, disease, illness and even starvation plagued both sides. Starvation Island ‘the Canal’ was called by the Americans, and the Japanese used the same phrase, ga-to to describe gadarukanaru. Private Henrik Hahnemann was an eighteen year old Missouri farm boy growing up in the hard scrabble times of the Great Depression. Known for his hunting skills, his close-knit family often depended on him to bring home dinner. Shaken and bitter about the dastardly Japanese sneak attack, he was fixated on revenge and righting a great wrong. He chose the Marine Corps as the means for his personal retribution. Granted an early high school graduation, ‘Handyman’ Henrik struggled with the change from a peaceful farmer’s son, but his platoon came to recognize his shooting and hunting skills. When the chips were down he summoned the determination necessary to survive against hopeless odds. Superior Private Obatia Yoshiro was an average twenty year old student expected to eventually take over his father’s glass works along with the production of mysterious glass spheres for the Japanese Army. The unassuming economics student has another side seldom seen by most. In the summer months he crews his uncle’s fishing boat, exposing him to the physical and mental demands of the elements. His school plans suddenly undermined by a draft notice, he makes the best of a dismal and brutal life of absolute obligation and unquestioning obedience. Values and beliefs, discipline and obedience, massed firepower or skill at arms, which would prevail in this nightmare? Or was it a matter of the small Stars and Stripes flag carried by one or the belt of a thousand stitches—sen’ninbari—carried by the other? Would either protect or inspire? Would they see home again, or did it matter?