Story of the men of a naval task force operating in the icy waters off the Korean shore with a vital mission to perform; to destroy with jet bombers the heavily guarded bridge at Toko-ri and thus to stop essential supplies from moving to the Communist front lines.
The men of a naval task force operating in the icy waters off the Korean shore work together to destroy the heavily guarded bridge at Toko-ri and stop essential supplies from moving to the Communist front lines.
Major Starr is told that he will shortly be called before a congressional committee. He talks over the situation with his wife and a lawyer and begins to think back to the long line of Americans from whom he is descended.
A fictional account of the history of the Caribbean area includes the racial, political, and economic struggles from the arrival of Columbus and Spanish control to present day problems.
A militant group of Polish farmers wish to present grievances and demands to Szymon Bukowski, the Communist Minister of Agriculture, and this introduces the reader to a 700-year sweep of Polish history.