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Leader LDR cam a 00
Control # 1 hbl99041408
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20220419120057.0
Fixed Data 8 080603s2009 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2008024558
ISBN 20    $a9780451225931
ISBN 20    $a0451225937
Local Ctrl # 35    $a(OCoLC)ocn230916713
Local Ctrl # 35    $a(OCoLC)230916713
Obsolete 39    $a255042$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dOCLCG$dYDXCP$dOCO$dC#P$dCDX$dDLC$dGCG
Geog. Area 43    $an-us---$ap------
LC Call 50 00 $aD767$b.A66 2009
Dewey Class 82 00 $a940.54/2599$222
ME:Pers Name 100 $aAlexander, Larry,$d1951-
Title 245 10 $aShadows in the jungle :$bthe Alamo Scouts behind Japanese lines in World War II /$cLarry Alexander.
Imprint 260    $aNew York :$bNAL Caliber,$cc2009.
Phys Descrpt 300    $a336 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aIntroduction: The Best of the Best -- 1 Hollandia: "Looks Like We Walk Home." -- 2 "I'll Form My Own Intelligence Unit." -- 3 Recruitment and Training -- 4 The First Mission -- 5 "God Bless You, Brave Soldiers." -- 6 " ... The Entire Shoreline Was Ablaze." -- 7 Final Operations in New Guinea -- 8 " ... By Far the Best Show I've Ever Seen." -- 9 The Rescue at Cape Oransbari -- 10 "Maybe We Can Save the World." -- 11 Samar/Ormoc Bay -- 12 "Only an Act of God Is Going to Get You Out." -- 13 First In, Last Out -- 14 "If I Don't Make It, It's Up to You." -- 15 "I Wouldn't Trade the Whole Damned Jap Army for One Alamo Scout." -- 16 "It Would Have Been Near Suicide." -- Epilogue: Through the Years -- Appendix A Alamo Scout Team Rosters.
Subj:Corp 610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bArmy, 6th.$bSpecial Reconnaissance Unit.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zPacific Area.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zUnited States.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xReconnaissance operations.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMilitary intelligence$zUnited States.