Prairie Boys At War: Korea June October 1950

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By Mary M. Helm

The compelling and fast-paced account of men
from the northern prairies who received the
Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross
and/or Navy Cross for heroism in the Korean
War.

Through their actions, as well as the
experiences of other combat veterans, the
history of this three-year war is presented as
it was experienced by men from North and
South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and
Montana.

They were husky farm kids, inner-city
paperboys, small-town football players and Boy
Scouts. Some were high school dropouts, while
others were chosen for Military Academies and
went on to become outstanding commanders.

Many were sharp shooters, because they
couldnt waste bullets on anything except what
would land on the dinner table. Others were
teenaged iron miners, guitar players, sheep
herders, baseball players, grape growers or
rodeo stars. A surprising number were orphans
or runaways, while others were privileged sons
of lawyers. At least two were freshly graduated
physicians who thought they were going to spend
a pleasant 90-day rotation in Japan but ended
up on the front lines of Korea instead.

These prairie boys had one thing in common:
they grew up during the great depression, and
they knew what it took to survive. Whether they
were paratroopers, jeep drivers, jet aces,
radio operators, frogmen, prisoners of war,
engineers or infantry sergeants, each man in
the Prairie Boy series was also unique, and
their stories represent the experience of the
Korean War for what it really was: a brutal,
costly war in which tens of thousands
were killed, captured and/or missing and from
which the survivors returned to an indifferent
nation Volume 1: June  October 1950 covers
the deadly delaying actions of the wars first
four months. Future volumes will cover the
terrible winter of 1950-51 during which
hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers
abruptly came to the aid of North Korea,
followed by the little known outpost wars of
1952-53.

Published by Prairie Boy Books, you may
purchase directly from author.

Price: $22.00
ISBN: 978-0-9960959-0-7

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