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1	Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War more books like this by Eric M Hammel During the brutally cold winter of 1950, it seemed the Korean conflict was all but over, then in November a force of Chinese volunteer fighters - armed with little more than rice flails and scythes - poured over the Yalu river, encircling the 30,000 UN troops at the Chosin Reservoir, including royal marines, and the U.S. 1st Marine Division. For ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Root: The Marines in Beirut, August 1982-February 1984 more books like this by Eric M Hammel (Introduction by) Terrorism, insurgency, truck bombings - the definitive account of this precursor to today's conflicts in the Middle East. It was early one morning in October 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon. Terrorists drove a truck loaded with 12,000 pounds of explosives into the atrium of a building housing the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit. The explosives were detonated, ... see all copies from $2.02! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Bloody Tarawa: The 2D Marine Division, November 20-23, 1943 more books like this by Eric M Hammel, John E Lane (Editor) On the morning of Saturday, November 20, 1943, the 2d Marine Division undertook the first modern amphibious assault against a well-defended beachhead. The objective was tiny Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, and the going was supposed to be easy--a target already ""pounded into coral dust"" by a massive naval and air bombardment. But what the Marines ... see all copies from $17.43! new only from $21.84! \| SVS
4	Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle: United States Marines at War in the Pacific more books like this by Eric M Hammel Iwo Jima stands out as one of the hardest won battles of the United States Marines in World War II in the Pacific. see all copies from $12.70! new only from $28.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Guadalcanal: Starvation Island more books like this by Eric M Hammel A JOHN GRESHAM MILITARY LIBRARY SELECTION A MASTERLY ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S FIRST OFFENSIVE IN THE PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II When the Marines' campaign to wrest the remote Southwest Pacific island of Guadalcanal from the Japanese began in August 1942, few knew how to conduct it--and no one expected it to last six months. Hammel collects the ... see all copies from $4.04! new only from $26.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Lima-6: A Marine Company Commander in Vietnam, June 1967-January 1968 more books like this by Richard Camp, Eric M Hammel Camp's narrative tells of his one year as a professional Marine officer, a year that encompassed the siege of the Khe Sanh and the Tet Offensive. Two 8-page photo inserts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Ambush Valley: I Corps, Vietnam 1967: The Story of a Marine Infantry Battalion's Battle for Survival more books like this by Eric M Hammel see all copies from $5.79! new only from $16.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Munda Trail Turning the Tide a more books like this by Eric M Hammel Popular historian Eric Hammel tells the story of the battle for New Georgia Island, where America lost her innocence and learned the full price of victory in the Pacific. Two 8-page photo inserts. see all copies from $4.35! new only from $17.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Carrier Clash: The Invasion of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942 more books like this by Eric M Hammel Beginning with detailed descriptions of the history of the aircraft carrier, the development of carrier-air tactics, the training of carrier pilots, and numerous operational considerations that defined the way carrier battles had to be fought, Carrier Clash takes the reader into the air with brave U. S. Navy fighter pilots as they protect their ... see all copies from $2.94! new only from $14.30! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Ace!: A Marine Night-Fighter Pilot in World War II more books like this by R Bruce Porter, Col., Eric M Hammel This work follows Porters life as a Marine combat fighter pilot, from his earliest days as a naval aviation cadet before World War II to his adventures guarding Americas forwardmost defense line in the South Pacific to his aerial combat over the Solomons--including a rare double-kill night mission over Okinawa. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $24.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Marines in Hue City: A Portrait of Urban Combat, TET 1968 more books like this by Eric M Hammel Hue is the former Imperial capital of Vietnam, spared from conflict for decades until January 31, 1968. On this day, the start of the lunar New Year, a national holiday, and marked by a mutual ceasefire, the North Vietnamese launched a massive strike - the now-infamous Tet Offensive. Hue was overrun, with the only troops available to counterattack ... see all copies from $6.63! new only from $6.63! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Fire in the Streets: The Battle for Hue, TET 1968 more books like this by Eric M Hammel This volume is the highly detailed combat history of U.S. Marine Corps units in urban combat in Hue City during the 1968 Communist Tet Offensive. The focus of the story is on small units and individual fighting men as they grapple with advancing through the unfamiliar terrain across an urban battlefield. see all copies from $14.50! new only from $31.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Aces Against Japan: The American Aces Speak: Aces Against Japan: The American Aces Speak more books like this by Eric M. Hammel Heaven Belonged to God. The Sky Belonged to America's Aces. From the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, to the last dogfight over Kyushu on July 2, 1945, America's fighter aces blasted their way across the skies of the Pacific and East Asia-- hurling their Warhawks and Wildcats, Lightnings and Thunderbolts, Mustangs and Corsairs-- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $71.87!
14	Guadalcanal Decision at S more books like this by Eric M Hammel The third and final volume in Hammel's highly acclaimed Guadalcanal series, this is an entirely new examination in vivid detail of the pivotal naval surface battle in WWII. Black-and-white illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
15	Khe Sanh Seige in the Clouds more books like this by Eric M Hammel From critically acclaimed military historian Eric Hammel comes an oral history of the siege of Khe Sanh, an ordeal that represents in microcosm virtually all the aspects of the Vietnam War. The actual voices of the American fighting men in this grueling 77-day battle create a harrowing portrait of tragedy and triumph. 44 photos, maps. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $86.94! \| first editions
16 view cover	Munda Trail: The New Georgia Campaign, June-August 1943 more books like this by Eric M Hammel see all copies from $9.95! new only from $18.97! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Six Days in June more books like this by Eric M Hammel This is the original classic work by one of America's most respected modern military historians. It is a thrilling account of six extraordinary days in June 1967 when Israel embarked on a bold, risky war of national survival - and won! Hammel decisively disproves the myth that Israel's stunning victory was a 'miracle' or a 'fluke' and reveals how ... see all copies from $9.05! new only from $81.46! \| SVS
18 view cover	Aces Against Germany: The American Aces Speak more books like this by Eric M Hammel On the 50th aniversary of the end of WWII in Europe, 39 fighter aces who dared to challenge Hitler's mighty Luftwaffe tell their heroic stories in their own words, with an inside-the-cockpit immediacy that brings this critical and harrowing air war vividly to life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.84! \| SVS
19 view cover	Guadalcanal: Decision at Sea, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13-15, 1942 more books like this by Eric M Hammel see all copies from $17.49! new only from $26.33! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	First Across the Rhine: The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany more books like this by David E Pergrin, Col., Eric M Hammel In what quickly came to be called the Battle of the Bulge, the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion found itself directly in the path of the German spearhead. With heart-stopping suspense, Colonel David Pergrin describes one of the European theater's critical delaying actions as his unit destroyed bridges, planted mines, and defended roadblocks in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Carrier Strike: The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942 more books like this by Eric M Hammel It was a Japanese victory - but it spelled the end for Japan in the war at sea. In Carrier Strike, Eric Hammel gives a blow-by-blow, edge-of-your-seat account of this crucial naval battle - a turning point in the bitter Guadalcanal Campaign. Drawing on American and Japanese battle reports and the recollections of aviators and seamen who were there ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $16.49! \| SVS
22 view cover	New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester: The U.S. Marines in World War II: A Pictorial Tribute more books like this by Eric M Hammel After the 1st Marine Division defeated the Japanese on Guadalcanal late in 1942, there was still fighting to be done in and around the Solomons - including New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester - before reaching the Japanese fortress at Rabul. Between late 1942 and early 1944, the Marines took part in four major campaigns in the Solomons ... see all copies from $21.45! new only from $25.29! \| SVS
23 view cover	Lima-6 more books like this by Richard Camp, Camp Hammel, Eric M Hammel In this vivid and intensely frank memoir, retired Marine Colonel Dick Camp recounts his daily experiences as "Lima-6" -- the commander of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines -- from June 1967 through January 1968. As much as it is about the Vietnam War, Lima-6 is also a candid account of the camaraderie that a Marine infantry company forges ... see all copies from $3.11! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24	76 Hours: Invasion more books like this by Eric M. Hammel, John E. Lane In November, 1943, miscalculated tidal conditions forced inexperienced Marines to march through 500 yards of knee-deep water under enemy fire as they attacked the Tarawa Atoll. Here is the gripping story of how the Marines triumphed against impossible odds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $69.04! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Duel for the Golan: The 100-Hour Battle That Saved Israel more books like this by Jerrold Asher, Jerold Asher, Eric M Hammel The first published eyewitness accounts of the greatest tank battle since World War II, and a gripping account of how Israeli defenders, outnumbered ten to one, successfully saved their homeland. 48 black-and-white photographs. see all copies from $10.00! first editions

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