| Description |
1 online resource |
| 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 |
| Summary |
This is the story of the last mounted American troops to see action in battle, when, in 1941, six-hundred men and their horses held off the Japanese invasion of Luzon in the Philippines just long enough to allow General Douglas MacArthur's forces to withdraw to Bataan. This stirring account of the Philippine campaign is military history at its best |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 26th.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 26th fast |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Luzon
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Cavalry operations.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Military campaigns
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Military operations, Cavalry
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Philippines -- Luzon
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442245358 |
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1442245352 |
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