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Ranger : A Soldier's Life
Overview
On November 25, 1950, during one of the toughest battles of the Korean War, the US Eighth Army Ranger Company seized and held the strategically important Hill 205 overlooking the Chongchon River. Separated by more than a mile from the nearest friendly unit, fifty-one soldiers fought several hundred Chinese attackers. Their commander, Lieutenant Ralph Puckett, was wounded three times before he was evacuated. For his actions, he received the country's second-highest award for courage on the bat
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780813169316
- ISBN-10: 0813169313
- Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
- Publish Date: April 2017
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.15 pounds
- Page Count: 306
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