A Foxhole View: Personal Accounts of Hawaii’s Korean War Veterans
Edited by Louis Baldovi
A Foxhole View is a powerful and moving oral history of the Korean War. Here are highly personal accounts of
the war from the rank and file of the infantry—told in distinctive voices of Hawaii’s soldiers. Louis Baldovi
served as a rifleman with the U.S. Army’s 45th Infantry Division during the Korean War. After his reenlistment
in 1953, he was assigned to the Hawaiian Infantry Training Center at Schofield Barracks as an instructor and
drill sergeant. He later served as a schoolteacher and principal for 27 years. Baldovi lives in Hawaii.
Testimonial: "A terrific read. A Foxhole View tells an important story of fear, heroism, brotherhood, and
courage. It is at one and the same time a gritty, horrible, and glorious story. I found myself awed by the
everyday, humble, matter-of-fact valor of these men." - Dan Boylan, University of Hawaii-West Oahu and co-author
of John A. Burns: The Man and His Times.
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A Very Long Weekend: The Army National Guard in Korea 1950-1953
Authored by Bill Berebitsky
This is the story of the 43 Army Guard units that served in Korea. Unit command reports and long forgotten
news articles are combined with the recollections of 83 guardsmen and 9 men assigned to guard units. Hard cover,
300 pages, 28 illustrations, 9 maps.
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$22.45 + $2.50 shipping & handling. Send checks payable to "A Very Long Weekend", 250 Mugo Pine Circle, Reno, NV
89511. Nevada residents add appropriate sales tax.

A Marine Corps Boot: In Cold-War Parris Island
Authored by Chris Madeira, Jr.
ISBN: 0-7414-1443-0 ©2003
Price: $16.95 plus $4.50 shipping & handling
Book Size: 5.5 x 8.5, 244 pages
Category/Subject: Fiction/Military
Abstract:
MARINE CORPS BOOT relives, through naive but likable Chris Madeira, Parris Island's look-the-other-way training
during the Korean Crisis of 1954. At PI, Chris faces not only the unchecked harassments of that notorious
Carolina hell-hole, but also the double jeopardy of a home-town rival as Commanding Officer.
Highlighting his darkest days are letters from "Irish" Morgenstern and his kinship with Leatherneck Leon, a
kinky loner destined for global in-famy. (Try guessing his identity.)
Ending the story--and nearly Chris's life--is the midnight maneuver of an out-of-control DI.
Serio-comically, this novel remains the only full-length treatment ever published on "politically incorrect"
boot-camp discipline.
To order online: www.buybooksontheweb.com or call
toll free: 877-BUY-BOOK. Author: Chris Madeira, Jr.; Keyword: marine

Above and Beyond the Call of Duty: The Corporal Clair Goodblood Story
Review by Norman Zehr, Colorado
"In some respects, Martin O’Brien’s latest book is the story, similar to other such stories, of an American
military hero. But in many respects, it is a very different and more interesting story. It all starts with a
description of the Memorial Day 1998 dedication of the Cpl. Clair Goodblood Medal of Honor Memorial at this
hometown, Burnham, Maine. In the Preface, here is a picture of the monument itself. [ more info ]
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American POWs in Korea: Sixteen Personal Accounts
Authored by Harry Spiller
Over 7,000 Americans were captured during the three years of the Korean War. They wound up in 20 camps
throughout North Korea with nearly 40 percent of them dying there. Some were murdered or starved; others died
from poor medical treatment or from the severe cold. Despite brutal conditions, most of the POWs survived the
isolation, cold, hunger and disease. American POWs in Korea contains sixteen personal accounts of men who fought
the North Koreans and the Chinese, then faced life as a POW. They talk about the psychological effects, the
living conditions, the medical situation, the day to day details, and liberation. These compelling stories paint
a full picture of life as a prisoner of war in Korea. Along with the accounts, there is a listing of all camps
along with descriptions and locations of the camps, and other general information about POWs during the war. The
book has been reviewed and recommended by the Library Journal, President of the Korean POWs Association, and
others.
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Book available in paperback. Current cost $23.50 plus $2.00 shipping and handling. Illinois sales tax: $1.76
(7.25%). Direct orders to author: Harry Spiller, 603 South Carbon Apt. 3, Marion, IL 62959. Also view and order
from www.warandcrime.com.

Battle at the 38th Parallel: Surviving the Peace Talks at Panmunjom
Authored by Joseph E. Gonsalves
It may have been a talking war at Panmunjom, but in Easy Company, real ammunition was used and real people
paid the price for the cease fire…
The final phase of the Korean War-from April 1952 to July 1953-was not a time of vast battles, sea-borne
invasions, massive drives and retreats, or infusions of new combatants into the conflict. It was, rather, a
period of violent and often futile local battles, waged in an effort to gain high ground as peace talks
sputtered. During this period, the Iron Triangle area of central Korea saw some of the fiercest fighting of the
war. It was there, along the outpost line of the 7th Division, that many paid the ultimate price to achieve what
has turned out to be a lasting, though shaky, truce.
Battle at the 38th Parallel is a journey through those crucial months with an American rifle company, set
against the backdrop of the peace talks at Panmunjom. The experience of Company E, 17th Regiment, 7th Infantry
Division, has been meticulously recreated through oral histories of the soldiers on the front line, data from
the National Archives, news reports from back home, and the author's own first-hand accounts.
Joseph E. Gonsalves spent 11 months fighting with the 17th Infantry Regiment. After the war, he worked in the
aerospace industry for 37 years, most of that time for the Boeing Company. He currently lives in Bluffton, South
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ph. 843-705-5641; e-mail zarco@hargray.com.

"Because He Loves Me"
Authored by Richard Van Regenmorter
This is a book describing how difficult it was for an Iowa farm boy to be drafted into the Army and be sent
off to basic training. Then after a furlough, the author found himself in a distant land looking down the
barrel of a machinegun, trying to stop a massive attack on Old Baldy. The author describes the traumatic
experience of being on line the first night and being in this massive Chinese attack on Old Baldy. The
next day, faced with death and destruction all around, he prayed that he would never see another day or night.
He received strength to go on, and spent 14 months in an infantry company.
Upon returning to civilian life, he became a workaholic to help forget the pain of his war experience.
Finally, his health gave out. He was a patient in the VA hospital during the Gulf War. There, he was
diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and received counseling. The counselor asked the author to
write down one of his most painful, troubling experiences. When the counselor read the experience, he
asked Van Regenmorter to write about all his time in Korea and publish the book. The book is now in its
second printing.
Many of its readers have stated, "Once I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down again." This
is a great book for someone who has gone through any traumatic experience. According to the author,
"After I wrote the book, I discovered that there are many veterans who, when they retire and decrease their
daily work load, find that the trauma they experienced on the front lines in Korea all comes back to them.
Some veterans have responded after reading this book that they have found comfort in knowing that they are not
alone with the problem of recurring nightmares It is comforting to know that it is not an abnormal
reaction and that it is only natural, considering the trauma they experienced. This will often be
reflected in nightmares when they get older. The good news is that the VA has help available for them to
cope with their situation."
Because He Loves Me is also an excellent reference book for those who wish to understand loved ones
who have been in combat or experienced other traumas in their lives.
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Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War
By Eric Hammel
Available for the first time in over a decade, Eric Hammel's Chosin tells the true story of
determination, sacrifice, and survival at the Chosin Reservoir.
From November 26-December 13, 1950, U.S. Marines on the ground surrounding the Chosin Reservoir would face a
battle against a variety of enemies, from the numerically superior Chinese forces and perilously low levels of
food and ammunition to the unforgiving weather and poor decision-making of the U.S. high command. These
were the facts of life--and death--for the U.S. Marines on the ground at the Chosin Reservoir. These were
also the very reasons that the U.S. Marine Corps' near-miraculous withdrawal from Chosin lives on as one of
military history's best examples of defying the odds.
Told from the point of view of the men in the foxholes and tanks, outposts and command posts, Chosin:
Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War is the definitive account of the epic retreat under fire of the 1st Marine
Division from the Chosin Reservoir.
Available for the first time in over a decade in a new paperback from Zenith Press, Eric Hammel's gritty
narrative is the most complete book written to date on this iconic battle, offering an invaluable perspective on
war at the gut level.
Hammel first deftly sketches the errors and miscalculations on the part of the American high command that
caused the Marines to be strung out at the end of a narrow road scores of miles from the sea. He then
plunges right into the action: the massing of Chinese forces in about ten-to-one strength; the Marines' command
problems due to the climate and terrain and high-level over-confidence; and the onset of the overwhelming
Chinese assault.
About the Author
Eric Hammel is the author of 30 works of military history, including Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, The
Root, Bloody Tarawa, and Pacific Warriors. Hammel was a contributing editor for
Leatherneck: The Magazine of Marines from 1986 to 1994 and appeared as keynote speaker at the Admiral Nimitz
Museum's symposium on Pacific War commanders. Hammel was recipient of the Marine Corps Combat
Correspondents Association 1985 Award of Merit for The Root. He was a Livingston Foundation Lecturer for
the Atlanta Historical Society in 1990 and he keynoted the 2002 Admiral Nimitz Foundation symposium. He
and his family currently live in northern California.
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Pub. date: December 15, 2007
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Confess Confess Confess
By Nick A. Flores
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This is the story of Nick A. Flores who was captured during the first battle at Hell Fire Valley, a few miles
from Chosin Reservoir. He served 36 months as a POW at Camp One in Chong-sung, Korea. While a POW,
Nick attempted three escapes with the last one resulting in being captured by the Russians, after being gone
twelve days from Camp One.
While at Camp One, Nick nursed nineteen POWs brought in by the North Korean Army, and saved thirteen by
spoon-feeding, bathing, listening to and comforting them. He gave his food to fellow POWs and hand-made
moccasins for those soldiers with frostbitten feet.
During repatriation at Freedom Village, General McCall Pate, commander of the 1st Marine Division, was so
impressed by words spoken about Nick that he summoned Nick over to sit next to him. It was at this time
General Pate told Nick, "I know that our country will give you the highest honor that you could receive for your
heroism while a POW."
After returning home, Nick began yet another battle that lasted for forty years. He was driven with
determination to write a book about his life, events, and the often times painful memories he endured while in
the hands of the Chinese People's Army and his homeland tragedies.
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596-6149 (cell). E-mail justknutts@sbcglobal.net.

Chopper: A history of American military helicopter operations from World War II to the War on Terror.
By Robert F. Dorr
(New York: Berkeley Caliber Books, 2005)
"Chopper" is a beautiful, new hardbound book (100,000 words and 100 photos) that covers U.S. helicopter
pilots and crews in combat from the very beginning straight up to today's headlines. The cover price is $24.95.
Bookstores and amazon.com are
offering "Chopper" at discounted prices.
What's different about this history of rotary wing combat is that the story is told in the first-person, in
the words of the men (and one woman) who were there --- from the first, primitive Air Commando R-4 combat rescue
in 1944 to a battle between Marine AH-1W Cobras and Iraqi tanks in 2003.
There's a new and different look at the battle of Ia Drang Valley in the words of men who flew UH-1D Hueys,
and it covers events This is a story of helicopter pilots and crews in rescues, in covert operations, and in
straightforward, point-blank fighting. There are extended segments on Medal of Honor missions. We encounter
Marine Corps UH-34D and UH-1E crews. The first-person memoirs in this book cover all military service branches.
About the book's price: The cover price is $24.95. The lowest price for the book is available from
amazon.com. Currently, it's $16.45.
You can also get a personally inscribed copy by contacting Bob. Send him a check for $29.06 (that's the
undiscounted cover price plus priority mail postage plus a few cents). If you're planning to do that, send Bob
an e-mail message first:
Robert F. Dorr
3411 Valewood Drive
Oakton VA 22124
robert.f.dorr@cox.net
(703) 264-8950
[Posted 12/24/2005]

Christmas in July
Twenty co-authors have published Christmas in July, a tale of a forgotten battle in Korea, told a half
century later by 20 of the young men who fought it. They left the good ole USA for war as boys from all parts of
our country. They returned home as men, changed forever. The telling of this story has released these 20 former
soldiers from nightmares that plagued them whenever they recalled and relived their youth. The reader goes
back with them on patrols in pitch black nights, listening to every sound, and is with them in their
trenches as they fight a critically important, though forgotten, battle -- to beat back hordes of advancing
Chinese troops. Christmas in July is a moving story of fear and courage, related by those who had
to live through those challenges, day by day.
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plus $4.00 S/H
[Posted 6/18/06]

Cold Ground's Been My Bed
Authored by Daniel Wolfe
"Cold Ground’s Been My Bed: A Memoir of the Korean War" by Daniel Wolfe is the no-holds barred story of a
nice kid from the Bronx who grew up fast on the battlefields of Korea. The title, from a blues song sung by his
first bunker buddy, speaks to the conditions experienced by soldiers when suddenly faced with the reality of
war. Bronze Star recipient Wolfe tells his story with boyish innocence gone awry, injecting gallows humor into
the heart-breaking pathos of daily life in reserve and in combat. In recounting his story, he never pretends to
be more than he was, a young man shocked and shaped by the brutality of war.
Now 55 years later, on the anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War, he recalls the earsplitting
silence as his Company L, 15 Regt, 3 Division walked warily along a ridge above the Imjin River. Over his left
shoulder, the glow of lights from the fruitless Panmunjom peace talks mocked the operation as his company was
soon to be ambushed by the Chinese.
“The ambush was perfect. We walked into a crescent of blue flashes from the Chinese burp guns,” says Wolfe.
He was the last man out once the withdrawal began. He crawled over a fire-swept terrain to retrieve the body of
Sgt. Massengale then dragged him down a 60-foot cliff and waded into the Imjin River while overhead fire tried
to stop him from reaching the safety of his outpost. It was for such bravery and selflessness that the modest
Wolfe received the Bronze Star with a “V” for Valor, presented by Congressman David Price 46 years later in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where the Wolfes lived briefly.
Wolfe had never spoken about his war experience before he began writing about it in a creative writing class
at Duke University in North Carolina and at the Hudson Valley Writers Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY where he
currently attends. Wolfe’s daughter, Sharon, of Toronto, Ontario, recalls that neither she nor her brother Marc,
nor their late brother David, knew of their father’s brave deeds until he was awarded the Bronze Star. “He is an
unassuming man,” she reflects. “I’m very proud. It’s in keeping with his morality and loyalty to his friends and
family.”
Upon discharge from the service, with the aid of the GI Bill, Wolfe attended the City College of New York,
where he received his Bachelor’s Degree. He taught biology for 35 years at a high school in the South Bronx, New
York. His stories have been read on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and published in “The Urban
Hiker,” a literary magazine in Durham, North Carolina. He is currently working on a book about his childhood in
the Bronx and coming of age in the Great Depression.
Wolfe also keeps track of the survivors of Company L and publishes a newsletter for them, full of
reminiscences, corny GI humor, and reports of knee replacements, by-pass surgeries, and visits to VA hospitals.
Whether recounting the antics of the hapless young GI’s or paying witness to the tragedy of their untimely
deaths, Cold Ground’s Been My Bed leaves an indelible impression of the toll of war on soldiers and their
families. As the threat of nuclear build-up in North Korea and Iran looms large, now, more than ever "Cold
Ground’s Been My Bed" has an important story to tell.
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www.Barnes&Noble.com or www.Amazon.com.
Contact: Daniel Wolfe at Pitcha96@aol.com or phone 914-961-5709.
[Posted 10/18/06]

"Fightin' 'George' Light Infantry"
Authored by Glenn M. Justice
The
Korean War had no TV glitter or Hollywood hype. The few movies made of the Korean War were in no way close to
the type of war fought there in 1950/53. With such immense frontline, it is doubtful Hollywood could produce a
movie that would encompass such a large battle area. In Fightin’ "George" Light Infantry, the author takes you
there with real accounts of day-by-day action in the Korean War. The battle weariness, the frontline humor,
fear, sadness and living conditions of the infantryman are vividly portrayed, in clean language, of the lowly
GI—the Army infantry soldier, the winner of all our wars.
Fightin’ "George" Light Infantry was chosen as the title because the Great White Polar Bear is the mascot
symbol of the 31st Infantry. Sometime several years ago the bear was named "George." The veterans of the 31st do
not believe it was named for "G" or George Company, but for the Regiment as a whole. The author’s serving in
George Company did help decide the name of the title. The standing bear on the dust jacket with wounds of many
wars depicts the durability of the Regiment and speaks loudly of service to our country. [
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Fire For Effect! : Artillery Forward Observers in Korea
Authored by Anthony J. Sobieski
About the Book
FIRE FOR
EFFECT! is more than just a book about the Korean War. It is the untold history of the Korean War Artillery
Forward Observer, told by the men themselves. From the earliest days of the war in 1950 through the harrowing
battles of 1951 and on into the so-called ‘stalemate’ period of the hill battles of 1952 and 1953, into the
final climactic battles before the cease fire, the Forward Observer, or FO, was there. Korea was and is known as
the ‘Artillery War’ because more rounds were fired in Korea than in all of WWII, and it was the job of the FO to
direct these rounds onto their targets. FOs are the eyes of the artillery, and the importance of their job in
Korea has been largely overlooked until now. Serving as infantrymen, but not being considered one, Forward
Observers lived, ate and slept on the front lines, ever ready to respond to an attack, or defend friendly troops
and positions, and sometimes losing their lives doing it. The awesome responsibility and firepower that was
placed on a 22 or 23 year-old lieutenant or sergeant was staggering, and after reading these first hand
accounts, one can easily imagine what these young men faced on a daily basis. With over 100 interviews of
Forward Observers, from all time periods and from all locations and battles of the war, the grittiness and
reality of what these servicemen went through in the ‘Forgotten War’ is brought to life so that their deeds may
be remembered for future generations, so the battlefield known as Korea and it’s veterans will not be forgotten
any more.
About the Author
Tony Sobieski wears a number of ‘hats’ working for the U. S. Air Force. As a civilian he is the Information
Security Manager for McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey, and as a reservist he is a Senior Master Sergeant
assigned to the HQ Air Force Security Forces at the Pentagon where he serves as the Assistant for Nuclear
Security and Integrated Base Defense Policy. Tony also is still actively involved as a U.S. Air Force Phoenix
Raven, force protection and anti-terrorism specialists who protect U.S. aircrew and aircraft around the world.
After the success of his first book FIRE MISSION! concerning the history of his Father’s unit in Korea, Tony has
become an avid and recognized Korean War artillery historian. Tony’s love and respect for his Dad, a Korean War
Veteran, and others like him, is the continuing motivation for his interest in the ‘Forgotten War’. Combining
his military background and using a unique ‘matter of fact’ interviewing style are becoming Tony’s trademark,
enabling him to shed light on how American artillerymen lived and died in the wasteland known as Korea. This is
his second book.
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Fire Mission! : The Story of the 213th Field Artillery Battalion in Korea 1951-1954
Authored by Anthony J. Sobieski
About the Book
FIRE MISSION!
is a historical record and personal insight of the 213th Field Artillery Battalion during the Korean War. With
over sixty interviews from former members, the pages come alive with personal memories about a unique time in
our history. The number of allied lives saved, and the amount of enemy destruction wrought by this unit is
almost incalculable.
With the motto ‘Confidence in Calibre’, the 213th set the standard for artillery in Korea, firing over 10,986
Tons of artillery shells at the enemy in 893 days of combat. From when the 213th was a National Guard unit in
1950 to the final climactic battles of June and July 1953, the record of the 213th stands heads above the rest.
This unit history is written not only from a large scale, unit type perspective, but it also shows the
personal side of the war from the perspective of the everyday life and hazards of the artilleryman. Read how the
213th played a major role in such battles as The Kapyong Perimeter, White Horse Mountain, and Outpost Harry, and
many smaller incidents that occurred weekly that history and time have almost forgotten.
About the Author
Tony Sobieski is a Master Sergeant with the U.S. Air Force Phoenix Ravens, force protection and
anti-terrorism specialists who protect U.S. aircrew and aircraft around the world. Tony’s love for his Dad, a
Korean War Veteran, and the respect he has for his Dad’s service to our country became an odyssey of discovery
and knowledge about the Korean War and the artillerymen who served there. Using his military background to
better understand the life of an artilleryman in Korea, Tony has been able to bridge the gap of fifty years
between what happened to U.S. Servicemen in Korea and now to present a work giving the reader an excellent ‘what
was it like?’ feeling for those reading it. This is his first book.
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Freedom is Not Free
Authored by Ralph Hockley
This well documented book begins with a down-to-earth
account of Hitler’s rise to power in Germany. Mr. Hockley traces 20th Century events as he experienced them,
first as a child in Germany and in pre-war and Nazi-occupied France; later as a US soldier in Germany, a combat
officer in the Korean War, and an intelligence officer in Germany during the Cold War. But it is the personal
relationships, the acts of dedication to the many causes of the century, anti-Nazism, Quaker humanitarian, and
the fight against Communism in Korea and Berlin, that make this book a valuable tool for those who want a better
understanding of the background and the events of WWII, the Korean War and the Cold War. Mr. Hockley highlights
the fate of countries that fail to provide for an adequate national security.
Details from well-kept journal entries bring home the reality of Korean War battles. Colonel Ralph
Hockley...presents a keen insight and analysis of the causes, conduct and effects of that military adventure,
writes Brigadier General Robert D. Upp - JAGC-Ret. My family and I met him at the Quaker office in Marseille,
France, as a 14-year-old youngster. He was gifted with open eyes, ears and mind and the knowledge of three
languages (German, French and English).... Fred Buch, Engineer, former internee at Les Milles Internment Camp,
France, born 1900.
Ralph Hockley was one of the five or six outstanding intelligence officers of my experience in 25 years of
the ‘Great Game’... Colonel Thomas F. McCord, Ret., former Chief, US Military Liaison Mission to Group Soviet
Forces Germany. A life story of an extraordinary man of many talents who always put service to his country ahead
of personal interest and whose expert counsel was sought by our highest political and military leaders. The
moving account of multiple and turbulent lifetimes packed into one reads like a novel. Edward Rybak, European
Security Affairs Advisor, USAINSCOM
Ralph M. Hockley was born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1925. His
family left Nazi Germany and moved to Marseille, France when he was nine years old. At age 14 after the fall of
France, he worked as a volunteer interpreter (speaking French, German and English) and office boy for the
American Quakers in Marseille. In May 1941, the Quakers assisted his family in getting US immigration visas and
thereby the release of Ralph’s father from the Gurs Concentration Camp. 1945 found Ralph back in Germany as a US
soldier in Counter Intelligence.
Upon his return to the US, he earned his BA in Political Science/Russian Area Studies from Syracuse
University on the GI Bill; while there he was commissioned a 2nd Lt in Military Intelligence Reserve. In August
1950, 2nd Lt Hockley landed in Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division and participated in seven campaigns as an
Artillery Officer. After the Korean War, and for most of the next 25 years, (joined by his late wife, Eva) he
held various military and civilian Intelligence assignments in Germany (in beleaguered Berlin, then in
Frankfurt, Bonn and Munich). Simultaneously, he served in the Army Reserve and rose to the rank of Colonel,
Military Intelligence. In 1969, Ralph received a MS degree in Education from the University of Southern
California. He retired in 1981 to the San Francisco area. In 1985 he and his wife, Carolyn, moved across the
Golden Gate Bridge to Tiburon. Since 1997, he and Carolyn have resided in Houston, Texas.
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Heroes Among Us
By Stewart Portela and Russ Rapp
Foreward
Since our nation was founded, America has called upon its men and later women to answer the call to defend
and protect our country. Millions have answered that call to arms and have made the sacrifices necessary to keep
our nation free. Many have paid the ultimate price, "their lives." Our country can never repay them for what
they have done, but we can honor them and their memories by preserving their stories so that future generations
may know. These heroic individuals are called veterans, and many of them never tell their experiences to
anyone. As they disappear with age, a valuable national treasure is lost. They serve their country, come home
and lead productive and useful lives raising families and serving their respective communities in various ways.
Yet their stories remain untold and a secret known only to them. How sad that future generations are deprived of
this part of history. History books in our schools and libraries cannot and do not reveal the intimate feelings
of these veterans. This book responds to the need, pulling together a group of veterans who have agreed to "tell
their story." Time and space does not allow for all veterans' stories to be told, but I would suggest that the
chapters in this book give a good cross section of the veteran population and would be a fair representation of
all. I have been privileged to be a part of this book and I am sincerely thankful to the authors and the
publishers for their vision as they put many hours of interviews together to educate those that may not know. We
are all richer for having participated in its production. Let us all Thank God for those who have served
faithfully until the end. To the future generations, I hope that you will never be called upon to make the
sacrifices our veterans have made, but should it become necessary for you to do so, please remember that you
must uphold the standards that the past generations so nobly set. Today's veterans wish you well and hope that
you can enjoy our precious liberty and freedom; this is what we fought for and now hand the mantle to you. -
GySgt. Gene Dixon, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, 1st Bn 5th Marines, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade & 1st Marine
Division (Korea 1950-1951).
--
Stewart Portela is a Teacher and Coach at the Firth, Idaho High School and teaches classes in “Military
History”. Like Stewart, Russ Rapp also teaches at Firth High School and assisted in editing this book. From the
author: I know how many times veterans will say the real heroes are the ones that didn’t come home and that is
true. I didn’t interview a single veteran for this project, approximately eighty two right now that feels like
they are a hero. But a hero can also be someone that serves, sacrifices, does the dead and comes home to raise a
family, work and become the strength of our communities. That is what this book is about, an oral history of
individuals that have served our nation in armed conflict and now serve and care for their communities and
schools. Part of this book also centers on advice from these individuals to our youth of today. Hopefully the
chapters are historically correct, patriotic and motivational. They have been for me and all of my students who
are reading them. I have between thirty and fifty Military History students per year. It is a unique and
wonderful class. I have never heard of this being taught in any other schools. I get to focus an entire
trimester on just military issues. Each year I have numerous veterans’ come into my class and share their
history and our nation’s history with my students. I know the impact these men and women have had on these young
people is enormous. Gene, your web based material has been used by my students for the past couple years. Easily
I have had over 100 students benefit from your sites. The other veterans’ stories, in the Korean War Educator
Site, have also been extremely helpful. The greatest effect this project has had is on me. I wish I had begun
this project years earlier. I have had a few family members serve in the military. I still know very little
about their experiences and their history. These men have all passed away and I lost the opportunity to learn
about them. We have pictures and I use division and unit insignia to research where the men were. I never
thanked them for their service so this might be my way of thanking them. My individual testimony has grown from
this work. It has truly been an honor to sit in the homes of so many wise individuals and listen and learn. This
is a project that will affect me for the rest of my life. I am not an author or much of a writer. My degree is
in Bio-Chemistry and Natural Science and I am working on an advanced degree in Athletic Administration. Russ
Rapp has a Masters degree in Literature so he is the writer of us two. He has an amazing flair for writing and
is an extremely talented individual. Russ and I have both been in the public schools for many years. I am on my
twenty-second year of teaching science and history and Russ is our Special Education Director. Thanks again Gene
for all of your time and work. You are an inspiration to us all here at Firth High School. Sincerely, Stewart
Portela.
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http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=1-59886-14-3-3. Also orders may be submitted directly to
Stewart Portela, Email: sportela@d59.k12.id.us. 470 Pages.
$19.95. "Heroes Among Us"

Honor Clean
Authored by Bill Barry
A couple of old ex-Marines stand up for GI's accused of murder
at Nogun-Ri, the Naktong River, and elsewhere. Through them (when younger), the story of the war is told in
flashbacks, from start to finish, though the bulk of action occurs in the months after the Chosin Reservoir,
when the PLA was driven back and the MLR was established. Some new insights about the conduct of the war are
revealed in just 284 tightly packed pages, and they challenge some basic tenets of the historical record. The
book is dedicated to that selfless generation which fought the war, and it tells their story, no phony poetic
lyricism. The author is one of them. At age 19, he was a platoon sergeant with the 1st Marine Division, later
becoming an award-winning journalist and criminal investigator. Of Honor Clean, one reviewer said: "This is must
reading...for anyone who wants to know what really happened during the Korean War...a brutal and unforgettable
lesson about war itself..."
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website, or call toll free: 1-877-823-9235. Any local
bookstore can also order the book.

In the Shadow of Glory
Authored by R. B. Campbell, USMC veteran
A gripping story about the coming of age of an 18 year old
Marine fighting in Korea during the last half of that bloody war. There is no Hollywood hokum in this book. It
is a riveting, eye-opening account of the Forgotten War from the grunt's perspective--how they lived, how they
talked and how they died. Much of the book is based on the author's experiences during the Korean War.
Campbell, a former Marine sergeant, has drawn on his experiences as a Marine infantryman to craft a masterful
depiction of men at war. R. B. Campbell spent three years in the Marines, including a year fighting in
Korea. He was discharged with the rank of sergeant. He then attended the Cleveland Institute of Art for four
years before going to work for American Greetings Corp. where he spent 37 years as a cartoonist, art director
and humor writer. Campbell resides in Medina, Ohio with his wife Judy. He began writing novels after his
retirement in 1996.
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Korea: Back when...
Authored by Anthony J. DeBlasi
Dedicated to all who served and still serve in Korea
There were plots and bloodshed in South Korean prison camps, riots in Seoul, and an angry president who
refused to sit down and negotiate a peace treaty, planning instead to invade North Korea with his own troops.
Never mind the US/UN forces and the "peace talks"!
In spite of an armistice, the war wasn't over when I got my assigned unit in Korea. The ceasefire had
stopped the thunder at the front but fighting continued. Bed-Check Charlie stopped his bomb and grenade
raids, flying low in a single-prop plane. Off the radar screen and too slow for jet interception, the Gook
pilot hoped in the dark of night to hit something or somebody in this communications outfit in Bupyong.
1.8 million of us were sent to Korea between 1950 and 1953 after hell broke loose in Korea--just five years
after World War II. When Soviet-backed North Korea invaded South Korea, US and other UN troops rushed in
to keep South Korea out of the jaws of Communist North Korea. The question on many minds then was: is this
the start of World War III? The Soviet Union was armed with nuclear warheads and nervous Americans built
bomb shelters.
Between 1950 and 1953, on a peninsula between China and Japan one-third the size of California, over 36,000
American servicemen lost their lives. The staggering death toll on both sides, military and civilian, was
over 2 million. How could Americans forget such a war? How many Americans know that no peace was
ever concluded and our troops are still in Korea, facing the same enemy we did more than 50 years ago?
What other armed conflict keeps producing veterans after half a century!
This intense little book tells who we were and what sent us off to war. It sketches the role of a radio
company, reports a chilling moment during prisoner exchange, takes a trip to the DMZ, samples first-hand
accounts of GIs before the cease-fire, speaks of the Korean people and their culture during those war-torn
years, and answers the question: "What did we accomplish?" It winds down with some incisive commentary and
a poem, "Our War." It concludes with the service medals for duty in Korea. The book is illustrated
with photos I took there, including rare ones found in the company dark room taken at Panmunjom during the
prisoner exchange. I wrote this book to highlight a decisive chapter in history, forgotten by too many
older Americans, hardly known by younger Americans.
Despite its small size, the book conveys a wealth of information in very readable form. Korea: Back
when... is not just for veterans and war buffs but for anyone wanting to get a handle on the Korean War without
getting stuck in it--while gaining a vivid sense of the place, the time, and the people involved in this
mid-20th century tragedy.
About the Author
Anthony J. DeBlasi is a "retired" writer living in West Newfield, Maine. (Tony and Janet have three
children and six grandchildren.) After digitizing the 35mm slides he took in Korea, Tony found himself
reliving his tour of duty in Korea as he worked on the many images to remove age spots, scratches, etc.
Time, place, people, and events came right back to him and begged for some kind of book to get written.
The idea to write a book about the Korean War for everyone came when he tried to explain the war to his
daughter, Linda. Not an easy job. So--motive, images, memoirs, letters, and research fired up into
Korea: Back when...
Tony's sense of the hell that the men on the line went through haunts him still. Almost daily he fights
a sense of guilt for not having been in the thick of it. In part, his book is a tribute to the men who
lived that hell, to the POWs, and to those who never made it back.
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Montgomery, AL 36108. Price: $8.95; shipping and handling: $5.95 (flat rate per order). Also
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Korea: Frozen Hell on Earth: A Platoon Sergeant's Diary
Authored by Boris R. Spiroff
A man can live several lifetimes in only thirteen
months when he is fighting enemy fire in bitter cold and waist deep snow, or torrential rains and slick,
ankle-sucking mud. Boris Spiroff spent just such a year in combat against North Korean forces as a sergeant in
the United States Army, Company G, Seventh Calvary Regiment in 1950 and 1951. Spiroff's journal account of his
experiences provides a written testimony to the horrors and tragedies endured by so many gallant American
soldiers. Having been discharged from the army in 1945 with eight years of service in Panama and Germany
behind him, Spiroff was called again to serve in Korea in 1950, after only five months of marriage. Threaded
throughout his journal entries are letters written to and from his beloved Cassie, revealing the fear and pain
of a combat soldier's heart and the uneasy patience of a combat soldier's wife. The journal and the letters
present a snapshot of one soldier's experience warmed by love, strength, and unyielding faith. Boris
Spiroff, ISG-E8 USA retired from the U.S. Army in 1962 after twenty-five years of service having received the
Korea Victory Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, a pendant from the South Korean government, the Combat
Infantry Badge with Wreath, and the Parachute Combat Badge. In 1990 Catherine, his wife of forty years, died of
cancer. It is the letters that were written to her during his time in Korea that were the foundation for "Korea:
Frozen Hell on Earth." Spiroff resides in Severna Park, MD.
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$12.00, 96 pages, paperback. Send check or money order to author Boris R. Spiroff, 524 Old Annapolis Rd.,
Severna Park, D 21146. Ph. 410-647-4503. Maryland residents add appropriate sales tax.

Korea 1950-1953; The War That Never Was
Authored by Charles Reilly, Jr.
All proceeds for this book go to:
The Medical Center,
The Veterans Administration
Coatesville, PA 19320
Attn.: Mr. Earl Johnson
The book is not for sale But contributions are made to this VA Medical Center to benefit
hospitalized veterans. Those wishing an autographed copy of the Korea simply send a check in whatever amount
(we suggest a minimum of $10) they wish to contribute to the VAMC to:
Korea book
c/o Charles Reilly
Suite 111
500 Midland Circle
St. Davids PA 19087
Checks should be made out to VAMC, Not to the author, and sent to Charles Reilly at the
address above along with a note indicating to whom the book should be autographed. The author will send the
autographed copy postpaid to the person sending the check. At about the same time, The Veterans Administration
will send the book requester a receipt for a tax deduction for the amount contributed.
"Korea 1950-1953; The War That Never Was" follows a group of young men from a small town in
Pennsylvania to their duties in Korea and throughout the world. As everyone who ever served in the military
recognizes, "you go where they send you." Even as Russia and China were backing up the North Korean forces who
invaded South Korea, American military personnel were gearing up expecting a Russian attempt to sweep westward
across Europe.
This book is written by the men who served on the ground, in the skies above and on the waters off Korea as
well as elsewhere during that Forgotten War.

Korea Medal of Honor Recipients
HomeOfHeros.com e-book
A printable book on all the Medal of Honor
recipients from the Korean War. It is a FREE book that can be downloaded in MS WORD and printed in
full-color. It even has a place where a person can customize it with a dedication message on the title
page if they want to give it as a gift to a Korean War vet.
You can find the book at:
http://www.homeofheroes.com/publisher
Direct download link:
http://www.homeofheroes.com/e-books/publisher/W_Korea1950.doc
Korea: Tour of Duty and Beyond
Authored by William Stedman
The author tells about his tour in the Army from his date of enlistment November 27, 1950 to November 26,
1953. A member of the 936th Field Artillery Battalion, Stedman was wounded while in Korea and evacuated to
the 8055th MASH. In his post-Korea military duty, he served in the Presidential Honor Guard in Washington,
D.C.
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$22.00 purchase price includes shipping and handling to anywhere in the 50 states, including Alaska, Hawaii, or
Puerto Rico. Approximately 143 pages hardbound. No photographs. No chapters. Just a
running account. Self-published by the author. Send check or money order to: William Stedman, 23
Mill Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538-2065.

Korea: We Called It War
Authored by Denzil Batson
It was the winter of 1951-52 and Denzil Batson was a sergeant in the Second Platoon of F Company, 15th
Regiment, 3rd Division, ordered to recapture a hill called Little Gibraltar from the Chinese. Denzil
Batson tells about a two-day assault on a 60-degree slope with chilling detail. At the end of the assault, half
of his platoon had been killed or wounded. At the time, Batson was eighteen and newly married.
Batson recreates the sights and sounds that caused him to sometimes shut his eyes to block out the horror,
from artillery fire to heart-sickening screams for medics--all the things he would remember for a lifetime.
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$15.95 per copy plus $3.00 shipping. To contact the author: Denzil Batson, 158 Brooks Street, Republic,
MO 65738; ph. 417-732-7423 or e-mail batsondenz12@aol.com.

Korean Battle Chronology
Unit-by-Unit United States Casualty Figures and Medal of Honor Citations
Authored by Richard E. Ecker
On June 28, 1950, five U.S. airmen died when their aircraft were shot down over Korea. They became the first
U.S. casualties in a war that started three days earlier, when the North Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th
parallel and invaded the Republic of South Korea. The losses of U.S. military personnel that began with those
five airmen would continue for 37 months and would ultimately total 33,985 American fatalities and more than
100,000 other American casualties. This is a history of U.S. involvement in the Korean War as told through
those casualties—by the dates they occurred, their causes, their numbers and the units in which they served.
This work is subdivided into three units including The Peninsular War, Active Defense and The War of the Hills.
About the Author: Retired scientist and educator Richard E. Ecker is a combat veteran of the Korean War. He
lives in Downers Grove, Illinois.
Order information: ISBN 0-7864-1980-6; tables, notes, appendix, index, 215pp. illustrated case binding (7 x
10) 2005, $55, available for immediate shipment. Visit http://users.aol.com/ocomm/ for more information.

Korean Veterans: The Forgotten War but not The Forgotten People
Compiled by JoAnne Foley and Tami K. Plank
This is a history of the Korean War from
the perspective of rural America. Compiled by a museum volunteer for their Korean War exhibit, this is a
complete local history of the Stevens County Korean War Veterans. Serving in the Army, Air Force, Navy and
Marines, ninety-four men from a rural farming community lived, fought, were injured, went missing and died on
Korean soil. This is their version of the Korean War story. It includes photos, brief service records, the names
of their parents and their experiences.
Order Information: $14.95 paper + $3.00 shipping & handling. 144 pages, 156 illustrations. Send a check or
money order to Stevens County Historical Society & Museum, 116 West 6th Street, Morris, MN 56267
Ph. 1-320-589-1719 or email info@stevenshistorymuseum.com.
Letters of War
By Herbert G. Renner, Jr.,
Master Chief, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy, Retired
Synopsis:
In part an anthology of articles surrounding the era of the Korean War, giving a historical view of the events
that shaped the conduct of the war from both the enemy and United Nations sides and events that were on-going on
other than war fronts. The focus of the manuscript is the collection of the actual letters written by the
Marines and Corpsmen in what was probably the last sustained trench warfare that will ever be seen. Also
included is a collection of stories and vignettes of the episodes of actual combat on the front lines at the
Marine company level.
A saga of the life of a young Corpsman, to whom the manuscript is dedicated, is told to give the reader an
understanding of the route a man takes to become a Navy Corpsman and his ultimate insertion into the chaos with
his Marine comrades and the courage that developed.
In all, it gives the convoluted and narrow picture from the eyes of a combatant to a broader picture of the
war from summaries and excerpts. There is a multi-fariousness to the manuscript as it is prepared as a table of
articles that are interconnected only as to the general subject – the era of the Korean War.
Author's Biography:
Herb Renner was born in the early nineteen thirties in Washington, D.C. and enlisted in the Navy immediately
after high school graduation. Graduate of nine naval schools which included the Navy’s Nuclear power schools
related to nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine operations, in the fields of health physics and radiation
safety. He served aboard the nuclear powered, ballistic missile submarine USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN
600) for 5 years as Chief of the Watch and with medical duties.
In the early days of his naval career, served with the Marines in Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines,
an infantry company, as a Corpsman, rendering first aid to battle casualties during the Korean War. After the
armistice served with the 1st Engineer Battalion on mine clearing details and in the battalion aid station.
During the Vietnam War, served with a naval medical research unit studying diseases of military importance in
Southeast Asia.
Retired with 22 years naval service in 1971 as a Master Chief Hospital Corpsman, USN, after which employed as
a Purchasing Agent and later a Director of Materials Management in civilian hospitals for 16 years. Widower, two
grown children. Presently living in Nevada on the High Desert.
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ISBN: 1-4241-3938-4, Title: Letters of War, $34.95, 527 pages, including photos, paper back. Published by
PublishAmerica, LLLP; www.publishamerica.com, Baltimore, MD. Genre:
History, Military, Non-Fiction, An Anthology. Premise: Comrades, Chaos and Courage

Line Kansas - Memories of Korea 1950 to 1958
Authored by David Baillie
The events depicted throughout the book are short stories of experiences that took
place in Korea during and through the years 1950 to 1958. While not in actual combat, the author provides
information about many events that tell the story of the day to day life of one GI and the men he served with
during these times. Every GI who has been in a campaign which involved the loss of life can recall the events,
but each in his own way. Though they all saw the same action take place at the same time, when asked about it
later, they retold it differently from others, as only their eyes saw it.
Combat is an experience that few ever forget, at least knowingly. Some suppress it within their minds to
protect the mind from the real horrors of what the eyes have seen. These events become a color film in one's
memory, and from time to time replay themselves to the viewer; the GI who went through it all. "They become our
dreams, our baggage, and even our nightmares," says the author of "Line Kansas." "Some of us come to this point
right after the event takes place and can't deal with it. Others block it out and some for 40 years or more, and
still others never come to grasps with it."
Baillie's book contains many types of experiences, told in a down-to-earth manner
with as little technical language as possible. A reader doesn't have to be a veteran to understand it. Baillie
hopes it reflects the more human side of the soldier and that his readers understand that the dangers of war are
not always getting shot at from on the line--Line Kansas.
The author of this book served in Korea with the 24th Infantry Division, 34th Infantry Regiment, 34th Tank
Company. He later did tours there with the 1st Cavalry Division. His final tour in Korea was with B Troop, 1st
Recon Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment.
For detailed information about his book and a good website about the 24th Infantry Division in Korea, see the
Line Kansas website.
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$20.00, plus S&H. Illinois sales tax: $1.50 (7.25%) for a total of $24.00 pre-paid by check or money order.
E-mail David at scottie16@earthlink.net or send a check or money
order to the author David Baillie at P.O. Box 5, Elburn, IL 60119.
Mid-Century Warrior: A Soldier's Journey to Korea
Authored by Warren Gardner MacDonald
A nonfiction memoir providing the reader a close-up look at ground combat in Korea, 1951-1952. The Korean War
was deadly, the enemy fought ferociously, with no quarter given by either side. This is a personal account of a
1950’s American soldier with the basics, barracks and bullets described in all the warts and glory of the era.
The ending is bittersweet as the soldier leaves the service and reenters civilian life.
About the author: Warren Gardner MacDonald was born in Medford, Massachusetts in 1933. His family was of
modest means and they worked hard to provide the basics of food, clothing and shelter during the depression
years.
In 1950, Warren enlisted in the U. S. Army, serving for three years. While in Korea, he was awarded the
Combat Infantry Badge, two Purple Hearts, the Korean Campaign Medal with two Bronze Stars, and other earned
ribbons and medals. He spent eighteen months in Army Hospitals recovering from wounds received in combat.
He is a graduate of Boston University, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, and Long
Island University, NY, with a Masters in Business Administration degree. Married, with four children, he is
retired and resides with his wife, Dorothy Ellen, in Jupiter, Florida.
Order Information:
Published by Lulu Press, Inc., Morrisville, NC 27560; First Edition March 2006; ISBN 1-4116-7307-7 Hardcover
with color jacket $22.95; ISBN 1-4116-7894-X Paperback $14.95; 152 pages with photos; Available: At all fine
bookstores and on line at Amazon.com and Lulu.com. Link to publication:
http://www.lulu.com/wmacdonald. Media contact: Warren
G. MacDonald, wmacdonald@adelphia.net
(561)743-8650

My Uncle Jim: Fullback General
Authored by Medora Van Fleet
I have written a book about my uncle,
General James A. Van Fleet. I did not attempt to give a play by play account of all the battles, which were:
Mexico and Pancho Villa, World War I, World War II landing on D-Day at Utah beach at the beginning, the
Communistic terrorists of Greece who were trying to take over the country (he did not lose one American but won
the war), and the one you know so well, Korea. This was like the Greek war in that they were fighting
terrorists. He trained the Koreans through setting up a Korean "West Point", helping the ROKs and starting the
Korean Service Corps. Later after retiring, he was appointed roving ambassador of Asia. He was on the boards of
20th Century Fox and Reynolds Aluminum and others. Uncle Jim said encyclopedias could report the battles.
As a local ROTC instructor historian friend said, "She told about the man behind the stars." It was the man
and his ideas and ideals and how he accomplished them in which he was interested and wanted told.
General Van Fleet graduated from West Point with the class of 1915 "that the stars fell on." His last year
only he played fullback football. The army/navy game was the last one. The New York Herald Tribune said: "Navy
0, Van Fleet 20" as its headline. Later he coached at the University of Florida for two years and it took about
another 50 to equal his scores. That is why the "Fullback" General.
The book is filled with pictures which aid in telling his story. It is paper back. If you or your friends
would be interested in my book, I can send it to you. The book is $29.95 and the postage is $3.00. Please
contact me at the address below.
Contact information:
Medora Van Fleet, PhD
1024 East Lake Silver Drive
Winter Haven, FL 33881
Phone: 863-294-1098
e-mail: medoravf@yahoo.com

Nogun-ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident
Authored by Robert Bateman
In the Fall of 1999 the world was shocked when the Associated
Press revealed what appeared to be an account of a mass killing of defenseless civilians over a three-day period
in the opening days of the Korean War at a place called Nogun-ri, Korea. According to the sources in the AP
story, as many as 400 innocent civilians were wantonly gunned down for no reason by American soldiers who
"played with our lives like little boys playing with flies," (as one of the Korean claimants put it) during a
three day slaughter lasting from 26-29 July 1950. The unit accused of this crime was the 7th Cavalry regiment of
the 1st Cavalry Division.
In the AP version of this story the American soldiers were witnesses and participants, and at least three of
these American witnesses say they took part in or witnesses to what could only be called a case of mass murder.
Six months later the AP team won the Pulitzer Prize for their reporting of this "massacre." But immediately
after that the problems with their "investigative" reporting began to bubble to the surface. What made the story
especially compelling was the AP's assertions that no story like this had ever been reported before, that
historians were unaware of events like those they portrayed took place, and that they had "dozens" of American
witnesses to the slaughter. [ more info ]
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Operation Aviary: Airborne Special Operations-Korea, 1950-1953
by Colonel Douglas C. Dillard
A firsthand account of secret operations during the Korean
War. Operation Aviary consisted of a series of airborne special operations conducted by US and Korean partisans
behind the lines.
Endorsement by Nels Running, Major General, USAF (Ret), Executive Director, Department of Defense, Korean War
Commemoration Committee.
The history of the Korean War remains unknown to far too many who owe gratitude to those whose courage,
commitment and sacrifices secured a victory for freedom and democracy over communist aggression. Even deeper in
the shadows of the unknown, lay the clandestine operations of 'special' forces, whose actions often serve to
enhance the conventional forces' opportunities for success in combat operations. Cloaked in "special secrecy" at
the time, the stories of special operations emerge from the shadows much later than conventional combat
histories.
In this work, Colonel Doug Dillard illuminates an important arena of operations heretofore largely ignored:
airborne special operations. Special operations teams and individuals, sometimes supported by or in conjunction
with 'available' conventional resources, made daring airborne penetrations of the enemy's rear areas and areas
of current combat operations to disrupt or defeat the enemy's operations. They gathered and reported critical
elements of information regarding enemy dispositions and capabilities to the conventional forces. The men of
"Operation AVIARY" were indeed force multipliers whose actions contributed immeasurably to the United Nations
Command's victory over communist aggression. A FASCINATING READ!
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Out of Savannah: Dog Company USMCR
Authored by James Edward McAleer
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The compelling story of the men of Dog Company, 10th Infantry Battalion, USMCR, and the 182 men who bravely
served in the Korean "police action".
This is an historical account of Dog Company, 10th Infantry Battalion, United States Marine Corps Reserve,
and the experiences of the 182 men from Savannah, GA who came from all walks of life to serve together in the
life-changing and world-changing Korean Conflict from 1950 to 1953.
Reviewed by The Leatherneck magazine in January, 2004, the reviewer stated "James Edward McAleer has done a
superb job in capturing the experiences of these Korean veterans. Considering that he was writing about a war
that took place more than a half-century ago, it is a truly extraordinary achievement."
"...their frostbitten fighting withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir would be an unforgiving experience.
McAleer writes, 'Dante made no mistake in The Inferno when he made the lowest levels of hell ice, not fire.'
Besides being a good read, the value of McAleer's book lies in its singular look at that bitter conflict, and
chronicles the experiences of 56 of these Reserve Marines. Rarely does a reader of military history enjoy such
an opportunity to examine a complex campaign from so many different personal perspectives."
The author served in World War II as well as the Korean Conflict and retired from the practice of law in 2003
after 50 years.
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Outpost Kelly: A Tanker's Story
Authored by Jack R. Siewert
I am writing to inform you of a
new book-- Outpost Kelly : A Tanker’s Story --that is about a personal Korean War experience. I think it would
be of interest to your members.
My 82 year old father, Jack R. Siewert, wrote the book that was published recently by the University of
Alabama Press. The memoir tells of his life altering experience in an outpost battle in Korea during 1952. While
the book was undergoing the expert review process Dr. Paul Edwards, Executive Director of the Center for Study
of the Korean War, was so impressed by this work that he offered to write the book’s forward.
I think this book is important to the memory of the Korean War veterans. I am including a copy of the press
release and a picture of the book’s cover. If you need any further information please let me know. Thank you for
your consideration! Cathy Gibney

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Book review by Thomas Zacharis- Military History magazine, January/February 2007
In Outpost Kelly, Jack R. Siewert describes his experiences as a first lieutenant in command of the
2nd Platoon, C Company, 64th Armored Battalion, during the Korean War. His weapon, the M-46 Patton tank,
was a development of the M-26 Pershing. Entering service at the end of World War II, the M-26 was better
than the Soviet T-34/85 and German King Tiger, but it--and the M-46--were still inferior to the formidable Josef
Stalin JS-3 heavy tank. In Korea, however, tanks seldom engaged each other.
In July 1952, Siewert's 2nd Tank Platoon was ordered to reinforce the 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment, 3rd
Infantry Division, to relieve disabled tanks of the unit's integral 7th Tank Company. That routine
operation brought him to Hill 199 and nearby Outpost Kelly, from which his tanks bombarded Hill 317, then
occupied by the 348th Regiment, 116th Division, 39th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.
Siewert got to know the United Nations troops fighting alongside the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division: the Greek
Expeditionary Force and the 1st Division of the British Commonwealth. He explains how Korea's mountainous
terrain dictated the tank's primary role as mobile artillery. Engines froze in the Korean winter, and the
monsoon season meant that tanks were bogged down in mud, both factors that the U.S. Army staff should have taken
into consideration when it studied World War II battles on the Eastern Front.
Amid the monsoons, the U.S. Army's I Corps replaced the 7th Regiment with the 15th, while Siewert's 2nd Tank
Platoon was ordered to remain in position on Hill 199. Meanwhile the Chinese, who had already learned of
the change in regiments, took advantage of the muddy terrain to launch an infantry assault that occupied Outpost
Kelly. In spite of artillery preparation by Siewart's 90mm guns, the first American counterattack failed.
At that point, it became a point of honor for the I Corps to retake Outpost Kelly.
The second American assault, on July 31, was better organized and resulted in the occupation of both Outpost
Kelly and Hill 164. With one of his tanks out of action, Siewert supported that attack with his remaining
21. To increase the rate of fire, he developed a new, faster method of reloading the cannons that he
called the "bucket brigade." For his courage and dedication, the 3rd Division put him in for the Bronze
Star, which he received in December 1952. By then, however, the Chinese had retaken Outpost Kelly.
Siewert rightly observes that the U.S. Army in Korea seemed more reminiscent of 1918 than of 1952.
Behind his writing I detected an underlying sorrow, not only for the loss of so many lives for an outpost but
also as a reflection on the entire execution of the Korean War. Outpost Kelly is an excellent book
on a forgotten aspect of the "Forgotten War" that could be particularly informative to young officer candidates
training to be future commanders.
Military Club Book Review
Unfortunately, Korean War books are few and far between--and combat memoirs by soldiers who fought there are
almost nonexistent. Why is that? I don't really know. But what I do know is that when a new
Korean War book comes my way, I always give it an especially close look. Too many American soldiers died
in that war, and it's a crime that it's still rightfully called the "forgotten war." When I received
Outpost Kelly from Fire Ant Books, I got my hopes up--and I'm happy to report that I wasn't disappointed.
To be honest, it exceeded my expectations.
When you begin reading the story of Jack Siewert, commander of a platoon of M-46 tanks, you won't stop.
Siewart's descriptions of combat are so dead-on, it's as if you're there in the morass with him. The focus
of this outstanding memoir is four days of intense fighting between Siewert's unit and Chinese forces. The
objective: a seemingly unimportant hill named Outpost Kelly. But Siewert had his orders, and he was going
to fight for the hill, come hell or high water. The fight was surely hellish itself and when the high
water came in the form of monsoon rains, Siewart and his men found themselves fighting in a foot-deep field of
mud.
Outpost Kelly doesn't only fill a gap in the history of American wars. It takes you on a
mind-blowing trip into the heart of the Korean War. B/w photos. 176 pages.

Photographic Aerial Reconnaissance and Interpretation, Korea, 1950-1952: Yokota Air Base, Japan, Taegu and
Kimpo Air Bases, Korea
Authored by Ben Hardy and Duane Hall
Fifty years after the Korean War, Ben Hardy and Duane Hall, photo interpreters in that conflict, could
proudly say, "We were the first to know." Photo interpreters contributed volumes of intelligence
information for many of the Korean air missions--including the Inchon landing and the Sukchon/Sunchon paratroop
campaigns--in support of combat forces. "Never before in the history of warfare," the authors state, "were
ground forces so rapidly supplied with photo intelligence as they were in the Korean conflict.
Admittedly caught off guard by the "unanticipated explosion on Korea's 38th Parallel," the Far East military
establishment rushed American troops to South Korea from Japan, outlying areas of the Far East, and the United
States, as well as from America's UN allies. Combat forces and the supporting intelligence community were
pressed into immediate front-line support.
Ben Hardy and Duane Hall were part of this early support personnel, suddenly on alert status: U.S. Air Force
photo interpreters with a new and awesome responsibility.
Aerial intelligence reports from photo reconnaissance missions, flown by pilots in unarmed planes, were
critical to front-line operations. The photo interpreters were charged with preparing these reports,
monitoring all enemy activity in the whole of North Korea and surrounding territory, gleaning all the
information possible from a study of the aerial photos. Interpreters provided daily reports on the enemy
to Commanders, from quickly processed film: reports on the enemy order of battle, the status of their airfields,
their transportation lines and industries, and their artillery and antiaircraft installations--everything the
U.S. Air Force could target and destroy that might adversely affect the enemy. Yet the Photo Intelligence
people--and the photo interpreters--have been frequently overlooked in accounts of the Korean War.
Hardy and Hall have put together a record of their very personal experiences while stationed with the Far
East Air Forces during the early stages of the war, with well over 100 photographic and documentary
illustrations. Their purpose, they state, "has been to preserve some of the documents, photos, and
memories." As part of the 548th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, and then the
67th RTS at Taegu and Kimpo Air Bases, Korea, the authors contribute to the historical record of the men on the
ground, the often unsung support people who "enable the front-line troops to continue their task of defeating
the enemy."
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124 pp., illus., index, softcover; ISBN 0-89745-275-5 ; US$25.95. - Available from Sunflower University
Press, P.O. Box 1009, Manhattan, KS 66505-1009. Ph. 785-539-1888. Orders: 800-258-1231.

RAC'S KOREA
Written & Illustrated by Robert Allen Carpenter, Sr.,
United States Army Sergeant, 185th Engineer Battalion Combat Korean War
In this book the author writes about his experiences in the Korean War and after. Sadly, he died before the
book was completed, so his wife, who also acted as editor, saw the project through to its completion. This is a
used 8-1/2" x 11" hardcover with a pictorial cover, apparently issued without a jacket, that contains ink
illustrations by the author as well as some black-and-white photographs. 109 pages. The author's wife (who also
edited the book) signed the copyright page. Someone wrote on the inside of the front cover the words: "In loving
memory of Robert Allen Carpenter, Sr." and dated it "September 2003". The pages have no creases or tears. The
cover is scuffed along the edges and the corners turn inward. Black ink is smeared near the spine on the front
cover (see photo). The entire book is detached from the spine beginning at the top and going down about 2" and,
as a result, the top half of the book leans to the left (this could be corrected if the the 2-inch gap is
re-attached with fresh glue). I am happy to say that no pages appear to be in danger of completely detaching. In
fact, the binding is cracked only between two blank pages near the end and remains tight throughout the rest of
the book.
Order Information: $30.00 plus $3.00 shipping/handling. Click here to order:
http://tinyurl.com/57afc. This book is being
offered for sale by a private individual.

Quiet Heroes: Navy Nurses of the Korean War, 1950-1953, Far East Command
Authored by Frances Omori, Commander, US Navy
Quiet Heroes tells the personal stories of the Navy nurses
stationed at the Naval Hospital Yokosuka and aboard the hospital ships, USS Consolation (AH-15), USS Repose
(AH-16) and USS Haven (AH-12). For fifty years the US Marines who were their patients held a deep desire to
thank the nurses who saved their lives. Their efforts to find these nurses were thwarted as they never knew
their names. Quiet Heroes tells of the Marines’ heroes as seen through their stories.
Order Information:
$18.95, 7x10, 256 pages, 120 photos, ways to order:
- Mail 2700 Rice St., St. Paul, MN 55114 (check or credit card) - Call toll free phone 1-888-220-5402 9 a.m.-5
p.m. CT Mon-Fri; fax 651-490-1450; - E-mail smithhseprs@aol.com

Reactionary-Revised 2000
Authored by Lloyd W. Pate
Reactionary was the tag the Chinese put on Lloyd W. Pate when he was captured during the Korean War. It was a
badge of honor for the young soldier. Placed with others in a Reactionary Squad, he did his best to torment the
enemy, as was his duty. Looking back from a half-century afterward, 1SG Lloyd W. Pate, Ret. Inf., tells his
story of combat and his term as a POW in frank, honest language. Torture and attempted brainwashing were the
rule of the day and he depicts this in unflinching detail. Sabotage, misery, and the pain of seeing one's own
countrymen collaborate with the enemy all had their part to play. Reactionary-Revised 2000 is a griping and
important work. 1SG Lloyd W. Pate, Ret. Inf., served as an Infantryman for twenty-three years. In addition to
his Korean service, Pate pulled two tours in Vietnam in the Second Battalion, Twelfth Cavalry, 1st Cavalry
Division (1965-66) and in the Reconnaissance Platoon, First Battalion, 505th, Eight-second Airborne (1968-69).
Now retired, Pate enjoys coin collecting and metal detecting. He is a resident of Georgia.
Order Information:
$15.00 Paperback, 200 pages. , autographed, postage included. Order through Lloyd W. Pate, 5720 Broad Oak Drive,
Grovetown, GA 30813. Georgia residents add appropriate sales tax.

Round Trip, Looneyville/Tokyo Second Edition
Authored by Jake Miller, retired Navy veteran of multiple wars
The book affords the reader an opportunity to explore the little details of the lives of over fifty people
who served their country in the military during the twentieth century from cultural and social perspectives,
emphasizing the human and personal dimensions shouldered by them. The primary thrust of this book is to provide
an honest look into those remarkable young people born in the 20th century who helped stave off the yoke of
tyranny and save democracy in the United States until the 21st century. [ more info ]
Order Information:
$22.94. 599 pages, soft cover. ISBN 0-7388-6903-1. Also available in e-book format at ISBN 1-4010-0635-3.
Available through the publisher telephone 1-888-795-4274. On line:
www.xlibris.com/JakeMiller.html. By mail:
Xlibris Corporation, 436 Walnut St., 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Short Stories by John
Authored by John Kronenberger
This is a compilation of short stories about the many
happenings and strange occurrences in the life of John Kronenberger, who grew up in a poor family in the
southern part of Belleville, Illinois. John says, "Quite often we tend to blot out some of the more unpleasant
things that happen to us. I find it easier to write about them than to hold them within." Pages 165 to 239
are devoted to John's military experience, including his time while stationed in Korea during the war. Comments
from readers of John's Short Stories: "This is John's way of paying tribute to his many associates while in the
military and with others. A celebration of his spirit in his way through life." "John, I will be passing this
and other books by veterans on to my grandson who is in the Marine Corps. Semper Fi. Well done." "I enjoyed
reading your book. The part I enjoyed most was your military time because I could relate to that. Your personal
life was very interesting." "When I started reading the book I said to my wife, 'My goodness, these stories
bring back some nice memories of the early years in my own life. These stories could have well been about my
childhood years in Pennsylvania during the 1930's. You see John, I too grew up during the great depression when
everybody had nothing but their families and friends and shared everything with everybody including their joys
and miseries. I truly believe that the similarity of our backgrounds, the time of our growing up followed by our
military service during the Korean War era is what made your book of short stories so enjoyable for me."
Order Information:
$15.00 plus $2.50 shipping & handling. Soft-cover Book. Send check or money order to: John Kronenberger, 102
Williamsburg Dr., Belleville, IL 62221-3157. Ph. 618-277-2311. E-mail:
skronen266@aol.com. Website:
www.johnkronenberger.com

SOS Korea 1950
Authored by Raymond B. Maurstad
BOOK REVIEW BY RICHARD C. KAGAN, PH.D., HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
Local writer recalls first days of Korean War
SOS. Korea 1950
They were There Then . . . & Write About it Now. Eyewitness Accounts of Americans in South Korea when the
North Attacked.
Author Raymond B. Maurstad
Illustrated.
Beaver's Pond Press: Edina, MN.
A review from Richard C. Kagan, Ph.D., Hamline University
"The embassy security people asked those of us who were healthy and young to volunteer to be on the last
plane out." This quotation is not from the fall of Saigon in 1975, or the retreat from Mogadishu, or from
Haiti. It is a quotation from Robert J. Rudolph who was ordered to leave Kimpo Airport in Seoul, Korea on June
27, 1950. The Korean War had begun just two days earlier on June 25th.
Raymond Maurstad has compiled dozens of autobiographies, diaries, biographies, and photographs to narrate
the lives of Americans, civilian and military, living in South Korea from 1947 until their evacuation in 1950.
These stories are very folksy tales which provide detailed descriptions of daily life: traveling to Korea on
small ships; setting up a household, using uni-sex bathrooms, watching executions; surviving a train wreck;
shopping and cooking; and learning about Korean customs and history.
Mr. Maurstad was born in Minnesota in 1928 and served in the U.S. Maritime Service. He served in pre-War
Korea where he became friends with the small company of Americans who dedicated themselves to working for the
American government and for the Korean people. The conditions then were very chaotic and rudimentary. The
Americans overcame tremendous obstacles to develop and maintain an effort to rebuild Korea after the
degradation of Japanese rule and World War 2. Mr. Maurstad's book provides us with a little known history of
the American experience in Korea before the Korean War. He now lives in retirement in Coon Rapids, MN.
Mr. Maurstad's compilation of first-hand materials, photographs, letters, government documents, helps to
remind us of the sacrifices and achievements of Americans in this "Forgotten War." On the positive side, this
material is unique. It provides a thicker description of the lives and attitudes of Americans and Koreans
during a time of severe crisis. There is a wonderful amount of information of how Americans "discovered" Korea
and how they were treated on a day-by-day basis. Compared to the anti-American feelings today in both North
and South Korea, this historical memory is refreshing. It reminds us that in the beginning, we were
well-liked.
On the negative side, this work exposes the limits of eye-witness accounts. There is no recognition at all
of the larger political, colonial, economic, and intellectual issues. If one only read this book of the lives
of about 100 individuals, one would never expect that Koreans would have been hostile then, and now, to
American interference in their lives. Many contemporary critics were jailed, tortured, and even executed.
Today, we see rampant anti-American feelings. These are expressed through novels, movies, and demonstrations.
Many of the youth in South Korea today are not aware of the sacrifices of the late 40's. Many blame America
for their current problems. Mr. Maurstad's narration of the goodwill and effort of American advisors would
give these folk a little balance and perhaps a moment of tolerance for a past that was complex and unclear to
many who lived through it.
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Order Information:
414 pages, over 140 photos, ISBN#1931646910. For those interested in purchasing this book, send a check, money
order or cash for $20 to R.B. Maurstad, 12082 Goldenrod St NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55448. The author will send you
an autographed copy immediately. Makes a great gift. (The book is available in all the book stores but it would
cost you more, be slower to ship, and no autograph.)

Stay Safe, Buddy (A Story of Humor & Horror During the Korean War)
Authored by John Charles Cheek
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Promised that he won't have to fight in combat, instead of being drafted for 2-years, 19-year old John
Lefter enlists for a 3-year hitch in the Army Security Agency and ends up in the Korean War.
At first, Lefter has a "candy ass" assignment 30 miles behind the fighting area. He spends a lot of time
drinking beer, laughing and partying. Then he is forced to face his own mortality after being assigned bunker
duty in the fighting area.
He breaks down after his foul mouth buddy is hit with burp gun fire while saving Lefter's life. In a
hospital psychiatry ward, his recovery is aided dramatically by an innovative doctor and the only man he has
ever hated.
Back on the front line and atop the bunker celebrating just after the cease-fire, Lefter is again
confronted with a shocking incident that takes him over fifty years to find closure.
Fiction. This soft-bound book has 298 pages. The ISBN is 159286631X. A signed copy may be ordered by
sending a check for $20 (U.S. delivery) to: John C. Cheek, 17401 SE 39th Street, #104, Vancouver, WA 98683. The
book is also available from the publisher at
www.publishamerica.com, www.Amazon.com and most other
online book sellers. With shipping, it typically costs around $25 from them.

Tent Pegs and 2nd Lieutenants
Authored by John W. Harper
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The most dramatic events of the Korean War all took place during the year following the June 25, 1950,
invasion of South Korea by the North Korean Peoples Army. This has led too many people to believe the
second and third years of the war involved no real fighting but only public relations battles and quibbling
about repatriation of prisoners of war. In fact, thousands of military personnel on both sides were killed
or wounded during this so-called quiet period.
It is the reality of this fierce fighting that 1st Lieutenant John Harper recalls and recreates in this
well-crafted memoir. His portraits are drawn from the generally untold portion of the Korean War
narrative. They deal not with grand strategy and politics, but with the lives, deaths and psychological
stresses of the junior officers and enlisted men who were in the foxholes and fighting to hold the lines in that
"forgotten war."
The author shares a Marine heritage with his father and brother, and various ancestors joined in battles
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