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Thomas Petri

Lightning From The Sky Thunder From The Sea

Paperback (AuthorHouse May 21, 2009)
ANGLICO: "Super Grunts" of 1st ANGLICO were deployed to all fourtactical zones of Vietnam in small mobile fire control teams, providing support to U.S. Army and allied elements. This organization was the last tactical unit to stand down from the war and gained distinction as the only Marines in-country reporting directly to MACV. Working closely with Korean Marines, recounting several actions involving these legendary warriors from the Land of the Morning Calm, this little known but highly effective unit had an impact on the war far greater than their small numbers. Field radio operators and naval gunfire spotters composed the tactical membership of this unit. Both professions were crosstrained in each competence, and each in turn was further qualified as tactical air controllers. An airborne capable platoon was established, mandating many ANGLICOs attend jump school and undertake other specialty training in the event they are called on to enter combat by unconventional means. Not being able to predict who they may be called on to support, training was pushed to the level of the most elite forces in the free world. BLUE DRAGONS: Most men of the Blue Dragon Brigade came of age during a war that raged fierce on their own homeland little more than a decade earlier. During a short lived occupation by North Korea, the people of the south endured extremely harsh treatment by would be conquerors. Events of recent historystill burned in their hearts and haunted their dreams. They were mostly all childrenat the time leaving scarcely a man untouched by personal tragedy that could only be forged in a crucible of terror. Many were orphaned and all shared athirst to settle a score that only those who drink deep from the same cup ofdread can truly understand.
ISBN
1438945957 / 9781438945958
Pages
424
Weight
25.6 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 1.1 in.