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Far Eastern tour : the Canadian infantry in Korea, 1950-1953 /

What was it like to serve in the infantry during Canada's "Forgotten War"? In Far Eastern Tour Brent Watson tells the story of the Korean War from the perspective of Canadian soldiers. Dealing with the fiasco surrounding recruitment, a training regime inappropriate for the war they we...

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Основен автор: Watson, Brent Byron, 1970-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ℗♭2002.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=404148
Подобни документи: Print version:: Far Eastern tour.
Съдържание:
  • Introduction: bums from the slums
  • Slit-trench attitude
  • A lot of good men died
  • Domain of the golden dragon
  • Rice burners and KATCOMS
  • Keeping the gunners in good training
  • Pucker factor
  • Butcher's bill
  • Permanent souvenirs
  • Forgotten people
  • Rum and Coke
  • Conclusion: Kap'yong couldn't have been much of a battle.