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Under fire

William E. Butterworth III

20024 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2002
first published
  • 2002G.P. Putnam's Sons · 576 pages · ENGISBN 9780399147883
  • 2002Random House Large Print · 1011 pages · ENGISBN 9780375431609
  • 2003Jove Books · 736 pages · ENGISBN 9780515134377
  • 2008Penguin Group USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781436219471
  • 2014Brilliance AudioISBN 9781491512548
  • 2001Books on Tape · ENGISBN 9780736684637
  • 2002Putnam Berkley Audio · 4 pages · ENGISBN 9780399148217
  • 2002Severn House Publishers · 500 pages · ENGISBN 9780727858191

After the epic struggle of World War II, W.E.B. Griffin's bestselling chronicle of the Marine Corps enters a new stage of modern warfare—with new weapons, new strategies, and a new breed of warrior—on the battlefields of Korea…In 1950, Captain Ken McCoy's report on North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that he is promptly booted out of the Corps—and just as promptly picked up by the fledgling CIA. Soon, his predictions come true: on June 25th the North Koreans invade across the 38th parallel. Immediately veterans scattered throughout military and civilian life are called up, many with only seventy-two hours notice. For these men and their families, names such as Inchon and Pusan will acquire a new, bloody reality—and become their greatest challenge of all…

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