Gunner's Glory

Gunner's Glory
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Publisher : Presidio Press
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9780345463890
ISBN-13 : 0345463897
Rating : 4/5 (897 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Gunner's Glory by : Johnnie Clark

Download or read book Gunner's Glory written by Johnnie Clark and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Marine’s vocabulary. Gunner’s 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 victory–and always made them the enemy’s first target.


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