About this title: Operation Urgent Fury, conducted In October 1983, focused international attention on the US Army Rangers. This tough, highly mobile force performed an airborne-airland assault into Grenada on short notice and quickly seized objectives while sustaining only limited casualties. The performance of the Rangers in Grenada is indicative of the role that ...
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Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Combat Studies Institute,, Fort Leavenworth, Ks:
Date Published: 1985
Description: Near Fine; Slight wear to corners of oversize white wrappers; else, a bright clean copy! 89 p.; B&W illus. + 3 fold-out maps. ISSN: 0195-3451. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Combat Studies Institute, Ft. Leavenworth, KS
Date Published: 1985
Description: Very Good+ Vi, 89 pages, illustrations, 6 maps (3 folding), wrappers, fine. From the introduction: "This Leavenworth Paper is a critical reconstruction of World War II Ranger operations conducted at or near Djebel el Ank, Tunisia; Porto Empedocle, Sicily; Cisterna, Italy; Zerf, Germany; and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. ~ Although this Leavenworth Paper is mainly concerned with Ranger combat operations, it also traces the evolution of an elite fighting unit. The operations at Djebel el Ank, ... read more
Edition: First?
Binding: First?
Publisher: U.S. Army Command, Fort Leavenworth, KS
Date Published: [1985]
Description: very good. 25 cm, 89, wraps, illus., maps (incl. 3 fold-out), notes, bibliography. Covers U.S. Ranger operations in Tunisia 1943, Italy 1944 at Anzio, the raid on Cabanatuan in the Philippines 1945, and the raid near Zerf (Germany) in February 1945. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: For Sale By the Supt. of Docs., U. S. G. P. O, Ft. Leavenworth, Ks
Date Published: 1985
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. This is a paperback book, probably never issued as hardback. Scarce.; Leavenworth papers; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 89 pages. read more
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