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The doomed horse soldiers of Bataan the incredible stand of the 26th Cavalry

This is the story of the last mounted American troops to see action in battle, when, in late 1941, six hundred men and their horses held off the Japanese invasion of Luzon in the Philippines just long enough to allow General Douglas MacArthur's forces to withdraw to Bataan. The 26th Cavalry con...

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Main Author: Woolfe, Raymond G., Jr (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland Rowman & Littlefield [2016]
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Cavalry Regiment, 26th
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Philippines > Luzon
World War, 1939-1945 > Cavalry operations
Human-animal relationships
War horses
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