ELI002: The US Marine Corps since 1945

Author
Lee E Russell

Author
Andy Carroll

About this book
Lee E Russell utilises his expert knowledge to guide us through the post-WWII history of the Marines, chronicling their involvement in Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon and Grenada. The account includes such remarkable exploits as the gruelling Chosin Reservoir campaign, which proved a supreme test of courage and discipline with the Marines isolated and overwhelmingly outnumbered in an unhospitable terrain where temperatures reached as low as -35F at night - they nevertheless emerged unbeaten - and the siege of Khe Sanh during the Vietnam conflict, providing a comprehensive overview of the history, organisation, appearance and equipment of these famous troops

Contents
The Post-War Marines · A Brigade for Korea · The Chosin Reservoir · The 1950s and 1960s · Vietnam: The Early Years · 1968: Khe Sanh and Tet · The 1970s: Rebuilding the Corps · The Plates

Paperback; March 1984; 64 pages; ISBN: 9780850455748