KOREA "ELITE: USMC FIRST RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY OF THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953""

Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs. PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES: 1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:From a Book Review: Now, in a rare recognition of the role of reconnaissance during the so-called "Forgotten War," "ELITE: USMC First Reconnaissance Company of the Korean War, 1950-1953" offers a riveting first-of-its-kind history focusing upon those few Marine Corps volunteers who served as the eyes and ears of the First Marine Division that was immediately dispatched to stop the North Korean People's Army (NKPA) and a bit later the Chinese Communist Forces (CCF).Early one Sunday morning, June 25, 1950, some 60 years ago, after hours of harrowing barrages of artillery and mortar fire, 90,000 North Korean troops, in seven assault infantry divisions, poured across the 38th parallel, overwhelming the eight lightly armed divisions of the Republic of Korea. Within two days, Seoul was abandoned. Within 20, the enemy had pushed aside the ill-prepared, poorly equipped U.S. Army's 24th Infantry Division.By the end of July, the NKPA was poised to break through the Pusan Perimeter and drive the few American and United Nations forces into the Sea of Japan. Although they fought bravely, the 24th Division and 34th Regiment were no match until General of the Army Douglas MacArthur launched the incredibly successful Inchon invasion, which resulted in our troops reaching the Chosin Reservoir and beyond.Ravino, a flamethrower tank commander with the Flame Platoon, Headquarters Company, 1st Tank Battalion, First Marine Division during the Korean War, allows readers to tag along as he recounts the history of the Recon Marines on major operations as they slipped through no-man's-land into enemy territory to gather urgently needed tactical information.So thorough is he in following the company's history that readers are even privy to the exchange of prisoners in 1953 and the postwar transition. Aiding him in depicting the full story of the 1st Reconnaissance Company are recently released declassified official documents, long-forgotten after-action reports, recent personal interviews and the written recollections of those involved in the actual fighting.Some military historians and ordinary armchair enthusiasts of combat literature will find Ravino's cool chronicling departure from the accepted form of storytelling irksome. But for those of us who know a little about aerial reconnaissance, and virtually nothing about ground reconnaissance during America's previous wars, "Elite" is a must-read. One is tempted to argue that the book was written with such tender faith and tireless attention to factual detail that it automatically places it among the best military titles of this past year.The hardcover's hitherto unpublished photographs that validate all the 1st Recon Co's achievements are, by themselves alone, worth the price of the book.Ravino's next book, "The Driving Force: USMC Tank Warfare," about Marine tankers during Operation Desert Storm, is due out this month (April).Ravino is a member of the Marine Corps Tankers Association and an associate member of the Vietnam Tankers Association and the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Association

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