Company C
John Sack. Avon Books, $5.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-380-71752-1
Journalist Sack chronicles an American tank company's trial by fire in the Gulf War. (June)
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Reviewed on: 06/03/1996
Genre: Nonfiction
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