Description Naval and air power was crucial to the United Nations' success in the Korean War, as it sought to negate the overwhelming Chinese advantage in manpower.
In what became known as the 'long hard slog', naval aviators sought to slow and cut off communist forces and support troops on the ground.
USS Leyte (CV-32) operated off Korea in the Sea of Japan for a record 93 continuous days to support the Marines in their epic retreat out of North Korea, and was crucial .
Osprey Publishing (uk) Holding the line: the naval air campaign in korea, hardcover/thomas mckelvey cleaver
