The Resource Ranger : a soldier's life, Colonel Ralph Puckett, USA (Ret.) ; with D.K.R. Crosswell ; afterword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.)
Ranger : a soldier's life, Colonel Ralph Puckett, USA (Ret.) ; with D.K.R. Crosswell ; afterword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.)
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- Summary
- "On November 25, 1950, during one of the toughest battles of the Korean War, the US Eighth Army Ranger Company seized and held the strategically important Hill 205 overlooking the Chongchon River. Separated by more than a mile from the nearest friendly unit, fifty-one soldiers fought several hundred Chinese attackers. Their commander, Lieutenant Ralph Puckett, was wounded three times before he was evacuated. For his actions, he received the country's second-highest award for courage on the battlefield--the Distinguished Service Cross--and resumed active duty later that year as a living legend. In this inspiring autobiography, Colonel Ralph Puckett recounts his extraordinary experiences on and off the battlefield. After he returned from Korea, Puckett joined the newly established US Army Ranger Department, serving as an instructor and tactical officer, and commanding companies at Fort Benning and in the Ranger Mountain Camp in north Georgia. He went on to lead companies in Vietnam, train cadets at West Point, and organize the Escuela de Lancero leadership course in Colombia. Puckett's story is critical reading for soldiers, leaders, military historians, and others interested in the impact of conflict on individual soldiers as well as the military as a whole."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Georgia boy: early influences
- Want to be a flyboy: aviation cadet training with the U.S. Army Air Corps
- A soldier's apprenticeship: West Point, Fort Riley, Kansas, and Fort Benning, Georgia
- Korea: Eighth Army Ranger Company
- Back on track: convalescence, marriage, and the Ranger Department
- Latin sojourn: U.S. Army Caribbean Command and forming the Colombian Ranger School
- Climbing the Army School Ladder: Infantry Advanced Course, USMAPS, and the Command and General Staff College
- Tenth Special Forces Group : three-year idyll in Bavaria
- Three more way stations cleared: Armed Forces Staff College, the Pentagon, and U.S. Army War College
- Strike force: battalion command in Vietnam
- Tet: the unexpected crossover
- West Point: changing times at the Academy
- The Fort Carson blues: troubled birth of the new Army
- Life in mufti: Outward Bound, Discovery, and MicroBilt
- Not all old soldiers fade away: Fort Benning redux
- Afterword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.)
- Isbn
- 9780813169330
- Label
- Ranger : a soldier's life
- Title
- Ranger
- Title remainder
- a soldier's life
- Statement of responsibility
- Colonel Ralph Puckett, USA (Ret.) ; with D.K.R. Crosswell ; afterword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.)
- Subject
-
- Autobiographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- Biographies
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Military | Other
- HISTORY -- Military | Veterans
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American
- Personal narratives -- American
- Puckett, Ralph
- Puckett, Ralph
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Officers -- Biography
- United States, Army | Eighth Army Ranger Company
- United States, Army | Eighth Army Ranger Company -- Biography
- United States, Army | Ranger Regiment, 75th
- United States, Army | Ranger Regiment, 75th -- Biography
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
- 1950-1975
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "On November 25, 1950, during one of the toughest battles of the Korean War, the US Eighth Army Ranger Company seized and held the strategically important Hill 205 overlooking the Chongchon River. Separated by more than a mile from the nearest friendly unit, fifty-one soldiers fought several hundred Chinese attackers. Their commander, Lieutenant Ralph Puckett, was wounded three times before he was evacuated. For his actions, he received the country's second-highest award for courage on the battlefield--the Distinguished Service Cross--and resumed active duty later that year as a living legend. In this inspiring autobiography, Colonel Ralph Puckett recounts his extraordinary experiences on and off the battlefield. After he returned from Korea, Puckett joined the newly established US Army Ranger Department, serving as an instructor and tactical officer, and commanding companies at Fort Benning and in the Ranger Mountain Camp in north Georgia. He went on to lead companies in Vietnam, train cadets at West Point, and organize the Escuela de Lancero leadership course in Colombia. Puckett's story is critical reading for soldiers, leaders, military historians, and others interested in the impact of conflict on individual soldiers as well as the military as a whole."--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Puckett, Ralph
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Crosswell, D. K. R.
- Series statement
- American warriors
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Puckett, Ralph
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Puckett, Ralph
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- HISTORY
- Armed Forces
- Label
- Ranger : a soldier's life, Colonel Ralph Puckett, USA (Ret.) ; with D.K.R. Crosswell ; afterword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.)
- Note
- Includes index
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Georgia boy: early influences -- Want to be a flyboy: aviation cadet training with the U.S. Army Air Corps -- A soldier's apprenticeship: West Point, Fort Riley, Kansas, and Fort Benning, Georgia -- Korea: Eighth Army Ranger Company -- Back on track: convalescence, marriage, and the Ranger Department -- Latin sojourn: U.S. Army Caribbean Command and forming the Colombian Ranger School -- Climbing the Army School Ladder: Infantry Advanced Course, USMAPS, and the Command and General Staff College -- Tenth Special Forces Group : three-year idyll in Bavaria -- Three more way stations cleared: Armed Forces Staff College, the Pentagon, and U.S. Army War College -- Strike force: battalion command in Vietnam -- Tet: the unexpected crossover -- West Point: changing times at the Academy -- The Fort Carson blues: troubled birth of the new Army -- Life in mufti: Outward Bound, Discovery, and MicroBilt -- Not all old soldiers fade away: Fort Benning redux -- Afterword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.)
- Control code
- ocn971493588
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813169330
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt1kqrrb2
- f3002dc5-7d46-4883-98db-1e90ec718452
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)971493588
- Label
- Ranger : a soldier's life, Colonel Ralph Puckett, USA (Ret.) ; with D.K.R. Crosswell ; afterword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.)
- Note
- Includes index
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Georgia boy: early influences -- Want to be a flyboy: aviation cadet training with the U.S. Army Air Corps -- A soldier's apprenticeship: West Point, Fort Riley, Kansas, and Fort Benning, Georgia -- Korea: Eighth Army Ranger Company -- Back on track: convalescence, marriage, and the Ranger Department -- Latin sojourn: U.S. Army Caribbean Command and forming the Colombian Ranger School -- Climbing the Army School Ladder: Infantry Advanced Course, USMAPS, and the Command and General Staff College -- Tenth Special Forces Group : three-year idyll in Bavaria -- Three more way stations cleared: Armed Forces Staff College, the Pentagon, and U.S. Army War College -- Strike force: battalion command in Vietnam -- Tet: the unexpected crossover -- West Point: changing times at the Academy -- The Fort Carson blues: troubled birth of the new Army -- Life in mufti: Outward Bound, Discovery, and MicroBilt -- Not all old soldiers fade away: Fort Benning redux -- Afterword by General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.)
- Control code
- ocn971493588
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813169330
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt1kqrrb2
- f3002dc5-7d46-4883-98db-1e90ec718452
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)971493588
Subject
- Autobiographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- Biographies
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Military | Other
- HISTORY -- Military | Veterans
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American
- Personal narratives -- American
- Puckett, Ralph
- Puckett, Ralph
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Officers -- Biography
- United States, Army | Eighth Army Ranger Company
- United States, Army | Eighth Army Ranger Company -- Biography
- United States, Army | Ranger Regiment, 75th
- United States, Army | Ranger Regiment, 75th -- Biography
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
- 1950-1975
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- Autobiographies
Genre
- Personal narratives
- Personal narratives, American
- Electronic books
- Biographies
- Autobiographies
- Biography
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