Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+4359+4294966744+4294756187 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=366526 The author of a memoir about growing up black in Mississippi, Chalmers Archer now turns his attention to his experiences as one of the first members of the U.S. Armys Special Forces in the years between 1953 and 1965. His perspective is unique, not only as one of the first to wear the Green Beret but as a black man in the early days of armed forces integration.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=335344 U.S. Marine Corps amphibious reconnaissance patrols preceded every major landing in the Pacific during World War II, coming ashore on rubber boats from submarines and high-speed transports to recon enemy beaches. This book chronicles many force recon firsts: HALO jumps from jets; operational parachute jumps from navy carrier aircraft; lock out and underway recovery of recon patrols from navy fleet submarines; live pickup of downed personnel by Fulton Skyhook; and the development of pathfinding tactics and equipment for Marine helicopter assaults. The groundbreaking work by First Force Recon pioneers has never before been recorded in detail. Meyerss account makes it clear how the company earned the reputation it enjoys today.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=286892 In an effort to divert Chinas attention from the Korean front in 1950 and relieve pressure on the allied forces, the CIA sponsored a series of raids along the southeastern coast of China conducted by anti-Communist guerrillas. The guerrillas were trained and supported by the paramilitary arm of the CIA from coastal islands still in Nationalist hands, and their covert operations remained sealed from public view. Now for the first time in print, the full dramatic story of this large-scale paramilitary campaign is revealed by a veteran of the operations. This eyewitness account of special operations in an area that remains a political and military flashpoint will appeal to everyone from intelligence specialists and China scholars to history buffs and general readers who like action stories.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=251690 During the night of 6-7 February 1968, two dozen U.S. Army Green Berets and several hundred indigenous soldiers held off a numerically superior force of North Vietnamese tanks and infantry in one of the finest, most exciting examples of collective bravery, endurance, and will that any war has produced. Here for the first time is the full account of that violent, deadly stand by Special Forces Team A-101 at the tiny compound of Lang Vei. Making use of extensive interviews with survivors, recently uncovered oral histories, and official records, author William Phillips presents astounding tales of individual and team courage against overwhelming odds.--BOOK JACKET.