323 Days A Marine Battery Commander’s Firsthand Account of the Korean War, 1951-1952

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Transcription and Editorial by John Harris

Albert Harris was a hometown hero in the small
east Texas town of Greenville. He was captain
and quarterback of the high school football
team and married Mary Alice Norwood, the pretty
daughter of the local county judge, in 1945.



Trained as an artillery officer in the Marines,
Lieutenant Harris joined the reserves shortly
after his marriage.

When the Korean War broke out in the summer of
1950, Lieutenant Harris knew he would be
leaving his wife and one-year-old son for the
hills of North Korea. There was no more
practice—it was going to be the real thing.

In 323 Days, we travel back in time to 1951-
1952 and the early stages of the Cold War. The
United States was battling international
communism and there was the ever-present danger
of World War III.

The Marine Corps had already suffered significant
losses in the first year of the Korean War and
Lieutenant Harris knew his tour of duty would not
be easy.

During the war, Albert Harris wrote over 50
letters to Mary Alice detailing a wide variety
of subjects. The letters are packed with
information and reveal both a love story and a
brutal war story.

They are an important and unique window to a
critical segment of the Korean War and are
published here for the first time.

Order from online bookstores or by email to the
author.

978-1-63337-292-4

larry.amy.jones@gmail.com

https://www.amazon.com/323-Days-John-Harris/dp/1633372928