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Author:
Woolfe, Raymond G.,.
Title:
The doomed horse soldiers of Bataan [Book] : the incredible stand of the 26th Cavalry.
Format:
[Book] :
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
viii, 397 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
United States--Cavalry Regiment, 26th.--Cavalry Regiment, 26th.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Luzon.--Luzon.
World War, 1939-1945--Cavalry operations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-397).
Contents:
Twilight of empire's paradise to the dawn of hell -- Hell comes for breakfast -- The Twenty-Sixth goes to war -- Interlude in Manila -- The road north & the nature of the enemy -- North to Rosario -- On to Rosario: first enemy contact at Lingayen -- Pause & preparations in Rosario before the storm: the 26th & 192nd join to face the impossible -- The blooding of American armor at Lingayen -- Lt. George's roadblock -- The longest six miles -- Stand on the ridge at Lingayen -- Miracle on the Bued River -- Christmas Eve ordeal at Binalonan -- "C" Troop's saga begins -- The long road to Bataan begins -- Baliuag: the 192nd's revenge -- Manila abandoned: return to Stotsenburg / Layac Jct. / Culis -- The 26th gets left behind at Culis -- The Battle of Bataan begins: the Abucay-Mauban line & the bridge of dead -- "C" Troop's raid on Tuguegarao Air Field -- Moron: the last charge -- The last dismounting of a U.S. horse regiment -- The beginning of the end of the defense of Bataan -- The final chapter for Bataan.
ISBN:
1442245344
9781442245341
LCCN:
2015039187
Locations:
XRPC157 -- Anita Public Library (Anita)

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