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“john wilson moore”

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  • I Cannot Forget

    Imprisoned in Korea, Accused at Home

    by Judith Fenner Gentry, John Wilson Moore ...
    Series Book 142 - Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series
    Eighteen-year-old Johnny Moore was an energetic, self-confident private first class when he entered combat with a heavy-weapons platoon in Korea. Four and a half months later, after surviving heavy attacks on the Pusan Perimeter and in one of the forward units of the western column advancing on the Yalu River, he was captured by the Chinese infantry.Moore and other American POWs suffered from ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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    A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat

    by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin ...
    "The authors of the bestselling Halsey's Typhoon do a fine job recounting one brutal, small-unit action during the Korean War's darkest moment." — Publishers WeeklyNovember 1950, the Korean Peninsula. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deeper into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 ... Read more

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  • Sergeant Major, U.S. Marines

    The Biography of Sergeant Major Maurice J. Jacques, USMC

    by Maurice J. Jacques, Bruce H. Norton ...
    “The story of Sergeant Major Maurice Jacques is the story of a true warrior. With close to fifty months’ combat in Korea and Vietnam, he’s one of that rare breed, men who have looked the Devil in the eye—for a long time—and never blinked!”**—**LtCol. Oliver North, USMC (Ret.)COMBAT AND DEATH, SACRIFICE AND HONORMaurice Jacques served for thirty years with the U.S. Marine Corps, nearly six of them ... Read more

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  • This Kind of War

    The Classic Military History of the Korean War

    by T. R. Fehrenbach ...
    The book that former Defense Secretary James Mattis recommends as America faces the threat of conflict with North Korea.In a recent story, Newsweek reported: "Amid increasingly deteriorating relations between the U.S. and North Korea, as President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un exchange barbs and the threat of a nuclear conflict looms, Mattis responded to a question on how best to avoid such a war. ... Read more

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  • Marine!

    The Life of Chesty Puller

    by Burke Davis ...
    The gripping story of an extraordinary American hero, the most decorated man in US Marine Corps history, from a New York Times–bestselling author."We are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can't get away from us now!" —Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMCIn the glorious chronicles of the US Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. ... Read more

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  • The Hidden History of the Korean War, 1950–1951

    by I. F. Stone ...
    Series Book 10 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    "A great journalist" raises troubling questions about the forgotten war in this courageous, controversial book—with a new introduction by Bruce Cumings ( The Baltimore Sun)."Much about the Korean War is still hidden, and much will long remain hidden. I believe I have succeeded in throwing new light on its origins." —From the author's prefaceIn 1945 US troops arrived in Korea for what would become ... Read more

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  • The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot

    A True Story About the Birth of Tyranny in North Korea

    by Blaine Harden ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden tells the riveting story of Kim Il Sung's rise to power, and the brave North Korean fighter pilot who escaped the prison state and delivered the first MiG-15 into American handsIn The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot, New York Times bestselling author Blaine Harden tells the riveting story of how Kim Il Sung grabbed ... Read more

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  • Marine Corps Tank Battles in Korea

    by Oscar E. Gilbert ...
    An award-winning military historian delivers "an excellent read" on tank combat in the Forgotten War based on interviews with veterans who were there (MAFVA.org).The outbreak of the Korean conflict caught America (and the Marine Corps) unprepared. The Corps' salvation was the existence of its Organized Reserve (an organization rich in veterans of the fighting in World War II), the availability of ... Read more

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  • King of Spies

    The Dark Reign of an American Spymaster

    by Blaine Harden ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14 returns with the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War, and its legacyIn 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was repairing jeeps on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from the army's Counter Intelligence Corps. After just ... Read more

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  • The Quiet Professional

    Major Richard J. Meadows of the U.S. Army Special Forces

    by Alan Hoe ...
    Series series American Warriors Series
    Major Richard J. "Dick" Meadows is renowned in military circles as a key figure in the development of the U.S. Army Special Operations. A highly decorated war veteran of the engagements in Korea and Vietnam, Meadows was instrumental in the founding of the U.S. Delta Force and hostage rescue force. Although he officially retired in 1977, Meadows could never leave the army behind, and he went ... Read more

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  • The Not Forgotten War

    by Nicholas Dick ...
    The Not Forgotten War chronicles the experiences of Private Nicholas Dick, who served in a machine gun crew during the last few months of the Korean conflict. Those last months were among the bloodiest, as both sides fought to claim as much territory as possible prior to reaching a cease-fire agreement. For years after his discharge, Nick was never able to talk about his horrific experiences and ... Read more

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  • Dog Company Six

    A Novel

    by Edwin Howard Simmons USMC (Ret.) ...
    Series series Bluejacket Books
    A Marine who wielded both pen and sword in a long, distinguished career captures the heroism and horror of the early days of the Korean War in this gripping novel. As a young man—with his own experiences in the war still vivid in his mind—Simmons wrote of the complex gamut of emotions and experiences that made this bloody encounter between East and West so unique. He kept the manuscript to himself ... Read more

    $15.89 USD