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pp. xviii + 156, Maps.
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- Title
- Outpost Kelly
- Author
- Jack R. Siewert
- Publisher
- University of Alabama Press
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0817353410
- ISBN 13
- 9780817353414
In July 1952, Jack Siewert commanded a platoon of five M-46 tanks in Korea. In four days of battle against Chinese forces, Siewart was tasked with providing fire support for advancing infantry attempting to retake Outpost Kelly. Outpost Kelly: A Tanker's Story his a harrowing account of the success of that mission in the face of catastrophic obstacles.
Heavy rains turned the mountainous terrain around Outpost Kelly into shin-deep mud and muck. At the height of the fighting, Siewert was able to bring to bear the guns of only one of his five tanks against the enemy. Forced to abandon traditional tank warfare doctrine, he improvised. Allowing members of the 15th Infantry to retake Outpost Kelly, Siewert offers an excellent analysis of how theory and experience come together in a point-of-the-spear military situation.
Outpost Kelly also paints a fascinating picture of the type of fighting, often overlooked, that characterized the second and third years of the Korean War. With truce talks proceeding in Panmunjom, both sides fought to claim incremental pieces of real estate along the demarcation line between North and South.
Heavy rains turned the mountainous terrain around Outpost Kelly into shin-deep mud and muck. At the height of the fighting, Siewert was able to bring to bear the guns of only one of his five tanks against the enemy. Forced to abandon traditional tank warfare doctrine, he improvised. Allowing members of the 15th Infantry to retake Outpost Kelly, Siewert offers an excellent analysis of how theory and experience come together in a point-of-the-spear military situation.
Outpost Kelly also paints a fascinating picture of the type of fighting, often overlooked, that characterized the second and third years of the Korean War. With truce talks proceeding in Panmunjom, both sides fought to claim incremental pieces of real estate along the demarcation line between North and South.
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Jack R. Siewert, LTC USA (Ret.) is a retired career U.S. Army officer.
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