The image of the famous “last stand” of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry under General George Armstrong Custer has transmogrified into myth. We imagine the solitary Custer standing upright to the end, his troops formed into groups of wounded and dying men around him. In To Hell with Honor, Larry Sklenar ana
Custer and His Commands: From West Point to Little Bighorn
✍ Scribed by Kurt Cox
- Publisher
- Greenhill Books
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 74
- Series
- G.I. Series Volume 16
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Кастер и его коммандос: из Вест-пойнта в Литтл-Бигхорн
Джордж Армстронг Кастер был одним из самых ярких и противоречивых офицеров армии Соединенных Штатов. Эта великолепно иллюстрированная книга представляет собой историю мужчины и воинского подразделения, которым он командовал. Редкие иллюстраций из частных коллекций показывают униформу, оружие и другие артефакты
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