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Holding the Line : The Naval Air Campaign In Korea
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Holding the Line : The Naval Air Campaign In Korea Hardcover - 2019

by McKelvey Cleaver, Thomas

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Osprey Pub Co, 2019. New book, 320 pages. Naval and air power were crucial to the United Nations' success in the Korean War, as it sought to negate the overwhelming Chinese advantage in manpower. In what became known as the 'long hard slog', naval aviators sought to slow and cut off communist forces and support troops on the ground. USS Leyte (CV-32) operated off Korea in the Sea of Japan for a record 93 continuous days to support the Marines in their epic retreat out of North Korea, and was crucial in the battles of the spring and summer of 1951 in which the UN forces again battled to the 38th Parallel. All of this was accomplished with a force that was in the midst of change, as jet aircraft altered the entire nature of naval aviation. This paperback edition of Holding the Line chronicles the carrier war in Korea from the first day of the war to the last, focusing on front-line combat, while also describing the technical development of aircraft and shipboard operations, and how these all affected the broader strategic situation on the Korean Peninsula.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
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  • Title Holding the Line : The Naval Air Campaign In Korea
  • Author McKelvey Cleaver, Thomas
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition New
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Osprey Pub Co
  • Date 2019
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 010209
  • ISBN 9781472831729 / 1472831721
  • Weight 1.47 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 6.15 x 1.29 in (24.38 x 15.62 x 3.28 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Korean War, 1950-1953 - Naval operations, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Aerial operations
  • Dewey Decimal Code 951.904

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About the author

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has been a published writer for the past 40 years. He is a regular contributor to Flight Journal magazine. He has had a lifelong interest in the Korean War and this work is the product of 25 years of research. He is the author of Aces of the 78th Fighter Group and F4F and F6F Aces of VF-2, as well as Fabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15 and The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Group. During his 30 years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, he wrote the cult classic The Terror Within and worked as a supervising producer on a number of TV and cable series. He served in the US Navy in Vietnam and currently lives in Encino, California.