Fortune Favors the Brave
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Published: August 3, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780312996802
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Naval forces & warfare; Special & elite forces; War & defence operations; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; History - Military / War; Military; USA; Military - World War II; History / Military / General; Military - General; Reconnaissance operations, American; Regimental histories; United States; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Vietnamese War, 1961-1975
First sentence: The first unit in marine history to be organized and trained specifically for amphibious reconnaissance was created during World War II, in January 1943, under the leadership of Capt. James Logan Jones.