Army Fire Fighting: A Historical Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781468523690)

Army Firefighting details the history of this low-density military occupational specialty which represents a small section of the Corps of Engineers. Beginning with the Civil War through present day, this historical perspective contains the lineage and history of Army fire fighting units and includes unit rosters, activations and deactivations, deployment locations and description of some of the major fires fought. The book also contains photographs of Army fire fighters during World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, Desert Storm and the War on Terrorism. Using interviews, correspondence and diaries, as well as archived material, Leroy Allen Ward tells the remarkable story of the Army's Engineer Firefighters.

Author: Leroy Allen Ward
ISBN-10: 1468523694
ISBN-13: 9781468523690
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 12/28/2012
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d