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Author Evans, James W. (James William), 1929-2010.

Title A morning in June : defending Outpost Harry / James W. Evans ; with a foreword by John S.D. Eisenhower
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 220 pages)
Contents 5th Regimental Combat Team : Korea with incoming artillery -- Lieutenant Evans : preparations for infantry combat -- Punch Bowl rim : North Korea People's Army -- Shower relief : MASH for treatment -- Christmas 1952 : winter combat on the mountain -- R & R : seven days rest, then return to Korea -- Relocating to the Chorwon Valley : finding the doors of hell -- Morning of 12 June : the siege starts -- Outpost Harry : destruction beyond comprehension -- Occupying the hill : with only twelve hours to rebuild and defend -- Chinese attack : hand-to-hand combat is the essence of an infantryman -- Relief from hell : three days before Operation Ranger -- Coming home : the trauma of returning to civilian life -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: reports on the defense of Outpost Harry -- Appendix B: awards and decorations earned for the defense of Outpost Harry
Summary By June 1953 the Korean War, marked at the outset by extremely fluid advances and retreats up and down the peninsula, had settled into position warfare very near the original pre-war demarcation line between North and South Korea. At this point both sides were fighting to win a peace, to achieve incremental advantages that could be translated into gains at the peace negotiations in Panmunjom. These last days of the war saw savage battles for control of important local terrain features, and in the trench warfare of the Chorwon Valley a young U.S. Army lieutenant was assigned to lead an infantry
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Evans, James W. (James William), 1929-2010.
SUBJECT Evans, James W. (James William), 1929-2010 fast
Subject Outpost Harry (Korea : Military Base)
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 3rd -- Biography
SUBJECT Outpost Harry (Korea : Military Base) fast
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 3rd fast
Subject Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (South) -- Ch'ŏrwŏn-gun
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
HISTORY -- Military -- Korean War.
Military campaigns
Soldiers
Korea (South) -- Ch'ŏrwŏn-gun
United States
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
Personal narratives
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Récits personnels.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Eisenhower, John S. D., 1922-2013.
ISBN 9780817381813
0817381813