Korean War category: 284 books
by Mark Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
On September 27th, 1950, the USS Hoquiam PF-5 was re-commissioned into the US Naval Service as a combatant. This ship was originally commissioned at Mare Island Naval shipyard in 1944, to serve as an escort vessel, manned by the USCG in the North Pacific. In early 1945, during Operation Hula, she and...
King of Spies
The Dark Reign of an American Spymaster
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
The New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14 returns with the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War, and its legacy
In 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was repairing jeeps on the sleepy island...
by Msgr Father Arthur Tonne
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2017
Emil Joseph Kapaun (1916–1951) was a Roman Catholic priest and United States Army captain who served as a United States Army chaplain during World War II and the Korean War. Kapaun was a chaplain in the Burma Theater of World War II, then served again as a chaplain with the U.S. Army in Korea, where...
British Soldiers of the Korean War
In Their Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
More than 30,000 British troops fought in Korea between 1950 and 1953 and more than 3,000 died, with over 1,000 being captured and held in atrocious conditions by the Chinese or Koreans. At least half of those captured died in prison camps. More than 70 per cent of those who fought were 18-19 year...
Dundurn Korean War Library Bundle
Fighting Words / Korea / Triumph at Kapyong / Deadlock in Korea / Cross-Border Warriors
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
This ebook bundle contains five books that chronicle Canada's participation in the conflict that gripped the Korean peninsula from 1950–53 and resulted in two very different nations that remain at odds today. This bloody and traumatic face-off between capitalist and communist ideologies highlighted...
![Cover of Over The Seawall: U.S. Marines At Inchon [Illustrated Edition]](https://www.kuoky.com/images/2015/november/300x300/9781786256096-YZ1r_300x.jpg)
by Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes more than 40 maps, plans and illustrations.
This volume in the official History of the Marine Corps chronicles the invasion by United States Marines at Inchon in the initial stages of the Korean War.
The Battle of Inchon was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War...
by Major Frank J. Merrill USAF
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This study undertakes to examine the aerial interdiction activities conducted against the enemy railway system by United Nations’ forces during the Korean War, June 1950-July 1953. It has three major goals: (1) to compile a concise history of these interdiction activities; (2) to evaluate the effectiveness...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
This official U.S. Marine Corps history provides unique information about an important aspect of the Korean War. Some of the subjects included in this history: Major General Field Harris, Colonel Lewis B. Chesty Puller, Major General Oliver P. Smith, 1st Marine Division, General Douglas MacArthur,...
by LTC James D. Clay
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Many military professionals regard General of the Army Douglas MacArthur as a very polarizing figure in military history, from his strategic use of maneuver to defeat the Japanese at Leyte to his public defiance of the Commander in Chief, President Truman on his policy towards the Korean War. Seen...
by Robert Orrick
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Korean War veteran and former community newspaper writer Bob Orrick has long felt that not enough is known on the Canadian participation in the Korean War. This book rectifies this in a well illustrated and easy to follow text making it a good choice for readers of all ages. Illustrated.
Single Handed
The Inspiring True Story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin--Holocaust Survivor, Korean War Hero, and Medal of Honor Recipient
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the incredible story of Tibor “Teddy” Rubin, the only Holocaust survivor ever to receive a Medal of Honor...
In 1944, a thirteen-year-old Hungarian boy named Tibor Rubin was captured by the Nazis and sent...
Hearts of Iron
The Epic Struggle of Teh 1st Marine Flame Tank Platoon: Korean War 1950-1953
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
HEARTS OF IRON is the epic true story of a little-known but significant part of the Korean War, told by the brave men of the Flame Platoon, First Tank Battalion, First Marine Division. This book shares the honest, personal accounts of combat, fear, death, and survival of these comrades of the Forgotten...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this fascinating Air Force publication provides a comprehensive chronology of U.S. air operations in the Korean War. It points out the relationship of these operations to the land battle, naval operations, and important...
by Christoph Bluth
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
For many in the West, North Korea is a secretive, reclusive, and enigmatic country, a rogue state that threatens the world with its nuclear program and ballistic missiles. Confronted with its numerous provocations involving nuclear tests and missile launches, however, the international community still...