U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 1: The Pusan Perimeter
Author: first_name: Nicholas
last_name: Canzona
first_name: Lynn
last_name: Montross
Language: English
Year: 1954

It meant little to most Americans on 25 June 1950 to read in their Sunday newspapers that civil strife had broken out in Korea. They could hardly have suspected that this remote Asiatic peninsula was to become the scene of the fourth most costly military effort of American history, both in blood and money, before the end of the year. With a reputation built largely on amphibious warfare, Marines of the 1st Brigade were called upon to prove their versatility in sustained ground action. On three s