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020 _a9781589793927 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a9781589794764 (electronic)
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100 1 _aSizer, Mona D.
245 1 4 _aThe glory guys :
_bthe story of the U.S. Army Rangers /
_cMona D. Sizer.
260 _aLanham, Md. :
_bTaylor Trade Pub. :
_bDistributed by National Book Network.,
_c2010.
300 _aviii, 293 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aDistributed by national book network.
505 0 _aA new kind of warrior : Captain Robert Rogers -- America's most famous soldier after George Washington : "Swamp Fox" Marion -- Old Rough and Ready's "lawless set" : Captain Ben McCulloch and the Texas Rangers -- The un-Civil War -- Scott's anaconda, the blockade and the man who made it work : Commander William Barker Cushing -- The Gray Ghost of the Confederacy : John Singleton Mosby -- The tragedy of World War II -- The point of the spear : William Orlando Darby -- Marauders in the jungle : Frank Merrill -- Take the high ground : James Earl Rudder -- From the Pusan perimeter to the Chongchon River : Ralph Puckett -- A new kind of warfare -- One warrior's experience--ranger training school : Robert L. Pickett -- The glory ethos -- Further readings about ranger battalions.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xCommando troops
_xHistory.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xCommando troops
_vBiography.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory, Military.
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