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Holding the Line - The Naval Air Campaign In Korea (Paperback)
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Holding the Line - The Naval Air Campaign In Korea (Paperback)
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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.
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