The doomed horse soldiers of Bataan the incredible stand of the 26th Cavalry / Raymond G. Woolfe Jr.

Author/creator Woolfe, Raymond G.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Descriptionviii, 397 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 395-397).
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LCCN 2015039187
ISBN9781442245341 (cloth : alk. paper)

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