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    Steven E. Elliott
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    Centuries of Service: The United States Army, 1775-2025

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    CMH Pub 70-71-1

    David W. Hogan Jr.
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E27Korean War Part 3

September 29, 2025
S2E27
01:01:13

Army Historian Dr. Peter Knight addresses the Chinese invasion of Korea and the UN Forces and American response from November 1950 to July 1951.

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