Korean battle chronology : unit-by-unit United States casualty figures and Medal of Honor citations / Richard E. Ecker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ecker, Richard E., 1930- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean War, 1950-1953--Biography.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Medal of Honor.

Soldiers--United States--Biography.

Soldiers.

Heroes--United States--Biography.

Heroes.

United States--Armed Forces--Biography.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On June 28, 1950, five U.S. airmen died when their aircraft were shot down over Korea. They became the first U.S. casualties in a war that started three days earlier, when the North Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel and invaded the Republic of South Korea. The losses of U.S. military personnel that began with those five airmen would continue for 37 months and would ultimately total 33,985 American fatalities and more than 100,000 other American casualties. This is a history of U.S. involvement in the Korean War as told through those casualties--by the dates they occurred, their ca

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; I. The Peninsular War; II. Active Defense; III. The War of the Hills; IV. The End of Hostilities; V. Summary Statistics; Appendix: Data Sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1232-3