Gunners Glory : Untold Stories of Marine Machine Gunners

English

ISBN: 0345463897

EAN: 9780345463890

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Military/History / Military / World War Ii/History / Military / Vietnam War/History / Military / Korean War/

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Release Date: 12/09/2004

Synopsis: They were warriors, trained to fight, dedicated to their country, and determined to win. At Guadalcanal, the Marine Corps machine gunners took everything the Japanese could throw at them in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II; their position was so hopeless that at one point they were given the go-ahead to surrender. Near the Chosin Reservoir in Korea, as the mercury dropped to twenty below, the 1st Marine Division found itself surrounded and cut off by the enemy. The outlook seemed so bleak that many in Washington had privately written off the men. But surrender is not part of a Marines vocabulary. Gunners Glory contains true stories of these and other tough battles in the Pacific, in Korea, and in Vietnam, recounted by the machine gunners who fought them. Bloody, wounded, sometimes barely alive, they stayed with their guns, delivering a stream of firepower that often turned defeat into victoryand always made them the enemys first target. From the Paperback edition.

Gunners Glory : Untold Stories of Marine Machine Gunners

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.88 inches

Width: 4.13 inches

Length: 6.88 inches

Weight: 5.93 oz

Pages: 320