USMC "ELITE" RECON COMPANY of the KOREAN WAR 1950 to 1953 the upcoming book by Jerry Ravino will cover the first combat copter landings behind enemy lines in Korea, operation Drysdale with the accounts of Sgt. Morrie Estes as a prisoner of war and his escape with 17 others,

The Elite

The first use of copters taking wounded to MASH and hospital ships at Inchon, Harbor,
Recon Company, along with 4 flame tanks covering Operation Big Switch that included the exchange of the CCF our Prisoners of war. The USMCs Little Foreign Legion recruited and made up of Marines mostly from other countries for intelligence purposes, many individual accounts of Recon Company courage exploiting via patrol what the enemy was planning. A full tribute with pictures of many KIAs..MIAs and wounded in action. The forward will be done by Col. Clyde Hunter, USMC Ret. a veteran of Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Korea and the C.O. of the 26 th. USMC Regamental combat outfit located at Elephant Valley, Vietnam. Clyde was one of my commanding officers when we served in the First Tank Battalion, First Marine Division FMF Korea.

There are numerous exciting chapters with over 150 combat pictures in the field Korea that also include some of our most admired and respected Marines like Chesty Puller that have never before been seen by the media let alone the Marine Corps

Coming Soon

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