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The Greatest Military Mission Stories Ever Told (Paperback)
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The Greatest Military Mission Stories Ever Told (Paperback)
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The orders to proceed were nothing more than an invitation to die,
and usually in unpleasant ways. But the soldiers proceeded
nonetheless, because a higher cause was at stake. This stunning
collection of stories is a tribute to the courage, steely resolve,
and discipline of men who accomplished daunting missions in the
face of almost certain death. Nonetheless, they stepped into the
breach and performed heroically. That was their duty and they did
not question. They had a mission and they accepted. Here are ten
powerful stories of American soldiers and sailors that span more
than 200 years of action with one common theme, summed up
succinctly a participant who took control of Omaha Beach on D-Day,
1944. "We were doing the very thing that we had trained so long to
do, and we were fascinated, and eagerly excited about it. We
realized that any number of things might happen to us and knew too
that some things we'd never dreamed of might very well be waiting
for us on the beach."' From Marines taking Iwo Jima's Mount
Suribachi or defending Khe San, Navy pilots taking to the air to
defend Pearl Harbor, or an outnumbered American regiment in Korea
defeating the Chinese at the Battle of Chipyong-ni, courage was the
common watchword, death the common consequence. Such is the lot of
soldiers everywhere. Here is a not-so-gentle reminder of the price
of freedom--paid by American men for more than 200 years of
struggle, from the Revolutionary War, the Spanish-American War,
Civil War, World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam.
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