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Drive North: U.S. Marines at the Punchbowl
This is an official U.S. Marine Corps history about the Battle of the Punchbowl during the Korean War.
Following the breakdown of armistice negotiations in August 1951, the United Nations Command decided to launch a limited offensive in the late summer/early autumn to shorten and straighten sections of their lines, acquire better defensive terrain, and deny the enemy key vantage points from which they could observe and target UN positions.
This book describes the battle and strategy behind it, and includes pictures and maps. It also includes descriptions of specific marines, why they fought (and in some cases) how they died.
About the Allan R. Millett is a historian and a retired colonel in U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. He is known for his works on the Korean War, and on other military topics.
His other works
Common A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012 (with Peter Maslowski and William B. Feis); The Politics of The Military Occupation of Cuba, 1906-1909; The Robert L. Bullard and Officer ship in the United States Army, 1881-1925; Semper The History of the United States Marine Corps; In Many a General Gerald C. Thomas and the U.S. Marine Corps, 1917-1956; A War to be Fighting the Second World War (2000) (co-authored with Williamson Murray); The War for Korea, 1950-1951: They Came from the North; The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning.
Following the breakdown of armistice negotiations in August 1951, the United Nations Command decided to launch a limited offensive in the late summer/early autumn to shorten and straighten sections of their lines, acquire better defensive terrain, and deny the enemy key vantage points from which they could observe and target UN positions.
This book describes the battle and strategy behind it, and includes pictures and maps. It also includes descriptions of specific marines, why they fought (and in some cases) how they died.
About the Allan R. Millett is a historian and a retired colonel in U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. He is known for his works on the Korean War, and on other military topics.
His other works
Common A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012 (with Peter Maslowski and William B. Feis); The Politics of The Military Occupation of Cuba, 1906-1909; The Robert L. Bullard and Officer ship in the United States Army, 1881-1925; Semper The History of the United States Marine Corps; In Many a General Gerald C. Thomas and the U.S. Marine Corps, 1917-1956; A War to be Fighting the Second World War (2000) (co-authored with Williamson Murray); The War for Korea, 1950-1951: They Came from the North; The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning.
169 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 10, 2011
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Allan Reed Millett
47 books21 followersA specialist in the history of American military policy and twentieth century wars and military institutions, Allan R. Millett is professor emeritus at The Ohio State University, where he taught form 1969 until his retirement in 2005.
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