Combat Support in Korea

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Название: Combat Support in Korea

Автор: John G. Westover

Издательство: Center of Military History United States Army

Год: 1990

Страниц: 268

Формат: PDF

Размер: 2.2МБ

Язык: английский

U.S. Army in Action Series.

The contributions of combat service support soldiers to the success of American armies have often been overlooked by both historians and the public. Thus, it is altogether fitting that this first volume in the Army in Action Series should be John G. Westover’s compilation of short, but instructive, pieces on service and support activities during the Korean War. The Center of Military History has received many requests for a reprint of this work, which was first published by the Combat Forces Press in 1955; it is a useful companion volume to Russell A. Gugeler’s Combat Actions in Korea, which was reprinted in 1984 as part of the Army Historical Series. Both Westover’s subject and technique are worthy of study and comment. While the details of combat actions in America’s wars have been studied extensively, comparatively little has been done to enlighten the soldier of today regarding how logistical operations were conducted at the small unit level. This book will serve to repair that omission. Westover compiled this book primarily from a series of interviews conducted with men actually involved in the events “at ground level.” The oral history technique, which Army historians did much to develop in World War II and later, is now an accepted historical method. The value of oral history as a means of getting to the details is amply demonstrated here.

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