'The Red-Legged Devils' - Brooklyn's Best Regiment

by U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College and Major T.J. Hartshorne

The Fourteenth Brooklyn was a superb warfighting organization.. Five factors, when taken collectively, made the Fourteenth Regiment a superior combat unit. The Brooklyn communities exerted extraordinary force on the men to fight. As a militia unit, the soldiers had a close relationship to the rest of the community. The support from the citizen created a heightened sense of Espirit d' Corps in the regiment. The existing soldiers and the newer recruits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149750659X
• ISBN13: 9781497506596
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"