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Book Review of Retreat, Hell! (Corps, Bk 10)

Retreat, Hell! (Corps, Bk 10)
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It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made the pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. While Douglas MacArthur chomps at the bit, intent on surging across the 38th parallel, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering works desperately to mediate the escalating battle between MacArthur and President Harry Truman. And somewhere out there, Pickering's own daredevil pilot son, Pick, is lost behind enemy lines - and may be lost forever...