Ed Gilbert

US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1965-70 (eBook, PDF)

Vietnam
Illustrator: Gerrard, Howard

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

By 1960, following Korea, tanks and their crews had proved themselves to be a fundamental part of the Marine Corps' combined arms team. When the Marines were ordered to Vietnam in 1965, they took their tanks with them. This book explores this decision, which created a political storm. The presence of the tanks became a lightning rod for accusations of an 'escalation' of the war. Nevertheless, the tanks not only proved their value in the anti-guerrilla campaigns, but also amid the bitter conventional fighting and extraordinary casualties at Hue City. The ability to undertake such radical change and to prevail demonstrated the versatility, courage and tenacity that are the hallmarks of the 'ordinary' Marine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780966762
• Artikelnr.: 38351237

Autorenporträt

Ed Gilbert has written numerous titles in Osprey's Warrior, Battle Orders and Campaign series, with a focus on the history of the US Marine Corps and state militias in the American War of Independence and the War of 1812. The author of a four-volume history of Marine Tank battalions, and co-author of Tanks in Hell: A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa and True for the Cause of Liberty (written with his wife Cathy), Ed sadly passed away in February 2019.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction · Chronology · Enlistment · Training · Belief & Belonging ·
Appearance & Dress · Everyday Life · Field Operations · Combat - the Tet
Offensive · Museums, Collections & Historical Records · Collecting ·
Cinematic Treatment · Reenactment · Glossary · Bibliography · Color plate
commentary · Index