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by Montross, Lynn; Canzona, Nicholas A.; United States. Marine Corps
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The book is a scholarly monograph that records the United States Marine Corps’ first major combat operations in the Korean War, focusing on the desperate fighting around the Pusan Perimeter from the brigade’s landing on 2 August 1950 through its withdrawal on 13 September 1950. Authored by historians Lynn Montross and Nicholas A. Canzona with official Marine Corps input, it opens with a concise overview of the Corps’ rapid mobilization despite peacetime constraints, then moves into a detailed narrative of three successful assaults, south toward Sachon and twice along the Naktong River, highlighting the Marines’ steadfastness and their contribution to the United Nations effort. The introductory sections also set the broader geopolitical stage, tracing Korea’s colonial past, post‑World‑War II division, and the strategic rivalry that made the peninsula a “doorstep of strategy,” before turning to the operational account.
Written in the formal, document‑style prose typical of mid‑20th‑century military histories, the work blends official reports, firsthand interviews, and extensive maps and photographs. Its tone is precise and analytical rather than literary, making it especially valuable for military scholars, students of Korean‑War history, and readers who appreciate a rigorously sourced, campaign‑by‑campaign study of how a Marine brigade adapted amphibious expertise to grueling ground combat.
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This is the first volume of a planned series dealing with United States Marine Operations in Korea during the period 2 August 1950 to 27 July 1953. Volume I is designed to give the military student and the casual reader an accurate and detailed account of the operations in which Marines of the 1st Provisional Brigade and Marine Air Group 33 participated during the fighting in the Pusan Perimeter, from the date of their landing on 2 August until their withdrawal on 13 September 1950, in preparation for the Inchon landing.
Since this is primarily a Marine Corps story, the activities of other services during this period are not described in detail except to present a proper background to the overall account.
Many officers and men who participated in this campaign have contributed to the preparation of the book by answering inquiries, submitting to interviews, and commenting on the preliminary manuscript. Their assistance has been invaluable. Special acknowledgment is also extended to the Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, Pacific Section, and particularly Lieutenant Colonel Roy E. Appleman, USA, for enemy intelligence material; to the Marine Corps Board Study: An Evaluation of the Influence of Marine Corps Forces on the Course of the Korean War for its interpretations and conclusions; and to Life Magazine for courtesy shown in permitting use of Korean photographs made by Mr. David D. Duncan. Maps included herein were prepared by the Reproduction Section, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Va. United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps photographs have also been used to illustrate this monograph.
T. A. WORNHAM, Brigadier General, U. S. Marine Corps. Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3.
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