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I cannot forget : imprisoned in Korea, accused at home / Johnny Moore and Judith Fenner Gentry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Johnny, 1932-
- Series:
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 142.
- Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 142
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons.
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American.
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoners of war--Korea (North)--Biography.
- Trials (Military offenses)--United States.
- Trials (Military offenses).
- United States--History, Military--20th century.
- United States.
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 35th--Biography.
- Moore, Johnny, 1932-.
- Moore, Johnny.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Eighteen-year-old Johnny Moore was an energetic, self-confident private first class when he entered combat with a heavy-weapons platoon in Korea. Four and a half months later, after surviving heavy attacks on the Pusan Perimeter and in one of the forward units of the western column advancing on the Yalu River, he was captured by the Chinese infantry. Moore and other American POWs suffered from starvation rations, bitter cold, and mental torment. Although the intense Chinese efforts to change the prisoners' ideologies were largely unsuccessful, they were very effective in engendering distrust a
- Contents:
- B Company, 35th Infantry in Korea. Scattered holding actions and the Pusan perimeter ; From victory over the North Koreans to defeat by the Chinese
- Prisoner of war. Capture, misery, and escape attempt ; The starving time ; So-called brainwashing ; Passing the time, plans to escape, and getting into serious trouble
- An Army career during McCarthy-era Army investigations. My Army and my family ; The US Army moves against former prisoners of war ; Going crazy: I couldn't clear my name.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-62349-009-X
- OCLC:
- 855907715
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