Merrill's Marauders: The Untold Story of Unit Galahad and the Toughest Special Forces Mission of World War II

by Gavin Mortimer

In August of 1943, a call went out for American soldiers willing to embark on a "hazardous and dangerous mission" behind enemy lines in Burma. The war department wanted 3,000 volunteers, and it didn't care who they were; they would be expendable, with an expected casualty rate of 85 percent. The men who took up the challenge were, in the words of one, "bums and cast-offs" with rap sheets and reputations for trouble. One war reporter described them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760344329
• ISBN13: 9780760344323
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"