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Botany --- United States Military Academy --- New York (State) --- West Point

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United States. Military Academy, West Point. Association of Graduates

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Many histories have been written about West Point and some of its famous graduates, but very few address an entire class. 'For Brotherhood and Duty' is a narrative history of the Class of 1862 from the time its members first entered the United States Military Academy in 1858 through the end of the Civil War. These cadets watched as their superintendent, commandant, and instructors changed frequently, eleven states seceded from the Union to form the Confederacy, and resignations left the class at half strength before graduation. The remaining members of this class 'joined in a common cause', as evidenced by their class motto. Their shared experiences during the catastrophic events that threatened to split the Union in two created strong beliefs in duty to country.

United States Military Academy. --- West Point Class of 1862 --- United States --- History --- Campaigns.

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They entered West Point shortly before the end of World War II. Four years later the class of USMA '49 graduated amid peacetime military cutbacks and national complacency. A year later these young officers were plunged into a cruel and unexpected war and were forced to compensate, by valor and leadership, for the nation's unpreparedness. Some called it a U.N. Police Action, but to the 2nd lieutenants fighting as platoon leaders, forward observers, and jet pilots, it was. War to the fullest. Men of '49 served along the Naktong Perimeter, landed at Inchon, flew combat missions against Chinese MiG's, and fought the war of maneuver, and of stalemate, from Pusan to the Yalu. They fought well - some to their death. These are their individual stories, based on the '49ers' own firsthand accounts, of what it was like to enter combat, as one said "green as grass," and suddenly face life-and-death responsibility for American troops entrusted to. Their care. It is the story of men such as Sam Coursen, awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing a wounded comrade at the cost of his own life; of Ranger hero Ralph Puckett, fighting off the initial Chinese onslaught; of D.D. Overton, becoming an ace as he scores his fifth aerial victory; or of Herb Marshburn, dying heroically as he leads men trying to escape a Chinese trap. The author, who went to Korea as an armored officer but wound up leading an infantry platoon, Uses his own story as a narrative framework for this chronicle of the Korean War years. He brings the big picture to life by means of vivid stories of that "forgotten war," told by men who knew it face-to-face at the junior officer level.

Korean War, 1950-1953 --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- East Asia --- Personal narratives, American. --- Personal narratives, American --- United States Military Academy. --- West Point '49 --- West Point Class of 1949