Fallen comrade : a story of the Korean War / Walter Howell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howell, Walter G., 1936- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

King, Waller (George Waller).

King, Waller.

Albritton, Joe (Joe Burson).

Albritton, Joe.

Ainsworth, Homer (Homer Roy).

Ainsworth, Homer.

United States. Marine Corps--Biography.

United States.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Biography.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Marines--United States--Biography.

Marines.

Soldiers--Mississippi--Hinds County--Biography.

Soldiers.

United States--History, Military--20th century.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2024]

Summary:

"Fallen Comrade: A Story of the Korean War tells the story of three young men from Clinton, Mississippi, who served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean War. Waller King, Joe Albritton, and Homer Ainsworth were childhood friends who grew up in the same neighborhood, went to the same schools, attended the same church, and eventually joined the same Marine Corps reserve unit in Jackson. Through extensive interviews with people who knew them, as well as excerpts from their letters and journals, this volume traces the life experiences of King, Albritton, and Ainsworth through their adolescence and into the war. Despite their shared origins, the three young men met different fates. Ainsworth was in Korea just two months before he was killed. Albritton and King returned home after the war, but Albritton died tragically in an automobile accident mere weeks later. King went on to college and experienced success in business, the joys of a family, and the rewards of community service, all of which were denied his childhood friends by their early deaths. Part biography and part military history, Fallen Comrade examines what happened to three young men from Clinton, their childhood in small-town Mississippi, their service as Marines in Korea, and their legacy to their hometown"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Military units

United Nations support in Korea

List of maps

Introduction

Chapter 1. The backstory

Chapter 2. American intervention, June-August 1950

Chapter 3. Inchon and Seoul, September-October 1950

Chapter 4. Chinese intervention, October-November 1950

Chapter 5. The saga of the Chosin Reservoir, November-December 1950

Chapter 6. An entirely new war, December 1950-April 1951

Chapter 7. Fallen comrade. April-June 1951

Chapter 8. The fight for Hill 749, June-November 1951

Chapter 9. The armistice, December 1951-July 1953

Afterword

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Howell, Walter G., 1936- Fallen comrade

ISBN:

9781496850768

1496850769

OCLC:

1411221316