The 31st Infantry Regiment: A History of "America's Foreign Legion" Peace and War in Bloomington, MN

Formed in 1916, the U.S. Army 31st Infantry Regiment—known as the Polar Bears—has fought in virtually every war in modern American history. This richly illustrated chronicle of the regiment's century of combat service covers their exploits on battlefields from Manila to Siberia—including Pork Chop Hill, Nui Chom Mountain and Iraq's Triangle of Death—along with their survival during the Bataan Death March and the years of brutal captivity that followed.