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Rangers in Korea: The War the World Didn't Want to Remember, Fought by the Men
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Rangers in Korea: The War the World Didn't Want to Remember, Fought by the Men the World Will Never Forget Mass market paperbound - 2002

by Robert W. Black

The U.S. Army Rangers have fought in every war the U.S. has waged from Roger's Rangers in 1756 to the LRRPs of Vietnam. During the Korean War, the Rangers succeeded in making the first combat jump in Ranger history, destroying enemy headquarters, and inflicting the first defeat on Communist Chinese forces. This is their story.


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A generation before Vietnam, the war for Korea raged. It was as rough and dirty a war as has ever been fought--a war small in history, but very large to the men who waged it. . . . In the Korean War, one group above all others distinguished itself, a small elite band who volunteered for action behind enemy lines. They were the men of the U. S. Army's legendary Rangers. They succeeded in making the first combat jump in Ranger history, destroying enemy headquarters, and inflicting the first defeat on Communist Chinese forces while suffering a disproportionate number of casualties. This is their story, told here for the first time--based on military records, interviews with survivors, and the author's personal experiences as an American Ranger in the Korean War.

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In the dark early morning hours of Sunday, 25 June 1950, soldiers of the Republic of Korea huddled at their positions near the 38th parallel.

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A generation before Vietnam, the war for Korea raged. It was as rough and dirty a war as has ever been fought--a war small in history, but very large to the men who waged it. . . .
In the Korean War, one group above all others distinguished itself, a small elite band who volunteered for action behind enemy lines. They were the men of the U. S. Army's legendary Rangers. They succeeded in making the first combat jump in Ranger history, destroying enemy headquarters, and inflicting the first defeat on Communist Chinese forces while suffering a disproportionate number of casualties. This is their story, told here for the first time--based on military records, interviews with survivors, and the author's personal experiences as an American Ranger in the Korean War.

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  • Title Rangers in Korea: The War the World Didn't Want to Remember, Fought by the Men the World Will Never Forget
  • Author Robert W. Black
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition 1ST
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ballantine Books, New York
  • Date March 26, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780804102131 / 0804102139
  • Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.88 x 4.22 x 1.02 in (17.48 x 10.72 x 2.59 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Cultural Region: East Asian
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89091424
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.541

About the author

Robert W. Black is a retired U. S. Army colonel who served in Vietnam and with the 8th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War. He is a member and past president of the Airborne Ranger Association of the Korean War and is currently working on his memoir as a Ranger in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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