Under Fire: SIGNED
by Griffin, W. E. B
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399147888
- ISBN 13
- 9780399147883
- Seller
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Synopsis
After the epic struggle of World War II, W.E.B. Griffin's bestselling chronicle of the Marine Corps enters a new stage of modern warfare—with new weapons, new strategies, and a new breed of warrior—on the battlefields of Korea…In 1950, Captain Ken McCoy's report on North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that he is promptly booted out of the Corps—and just as promptly picked up by the fledgling CIA. Soon, his predictions come true: on June 25th the North Koreans invade across the 38th parallel. Immediately veterans scattered throughout military and civilian life are called up, many with only seventy-two hours notice. For these men and their families, names such as Inchon and Pusan will acquire a new, bloody reality—and become their greatest challenge of all…
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001261
- Title
- Under Fire: SIGNED
- Author
- Griffin, W. E. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399147888
- ISBN 13
- 9780399147883
- Publisher
- Putnam Pub Group
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Bookseller catalogs
- War & Military;
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