Brotherhood of war
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They were the young ones, the bright ones, the ones with the dreams. From the wastes of North Africa to the bloody corridors of Europe, they answered the call gladly. War -- it was their duty, their job, their life. They marched off as boys and they came back -- those who made it -- as soldiers and professionals, forged in the heat of battle.
2. The captains
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In this story of the Korean War, "from Pusan to the Yalu, they drove forward with commands too new and tanks too old."--Cover.
4. The colonels
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They were the professionals, the men who had been toughened by combat in the mine-laden fields of Europe, in Korea, in Greece, in Indochina. Now, in the twilight of a dying decade, they must return to the United States to forge a new type of American soldier--one to be tested on the beaches of Cuba and in a new war yet to come...
5. The berets
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They were the chosen ones and the ones who chose to be the best. Never before had the United States given so select a group offighting men such punishing preparation. Now they were headingfor their ultimate test of skill and nerve and sacrifice, in a war unlike any they or their country had ever fought before..ina land that most of america still knew nothing about . . . Vietnam.
6. The generals
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They were the leaders, the men who made the decisions that change the outcome of battles... and the fate of continents. From the awesome landing at Normandy to the torturous campaigns of the South Pacific, from the frozen hills of Korea to the devastated wastes of Dien Bien Phu, they had earned their stars. Now they led America's finest against her most relentless enemy deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia. It was a new kind of war, but the Generals...
8. The aviators
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As the Vietnam War begins to escalate in 1964, the formation ofthe new Air Assault Division is delayed by logistical problems and by conflicts among the men and women who comprise the fighting force.