"A great read that has frozen the events in print that molded great men who stood alone on the mainland of Asia against the first Asian Communist Army to engage the West." - From the Foreword by Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, Jr., USAF (Ret.), author of GOD IS MY CO-PILOT The rapid-fire success of the North Korean Army's (NKA) invasion of South Korea, launched on June 25, 1950, and supported by Russia's vaunted T-34 tanks, stunned the world. By August 1, the entire South had fallen, save for the port city of Pusan. As the enemy prepared to deliver the coup de gr ce, only one obstacle remained- Lt. Addison Terry's unit, the famous Wolfhounds of the 27th Regimental Combat Team. Used as a "fire brigade" to shore up imperiled American defenses, these intrepid soldiers were in the thick of it, stopping the NKA's threat of a breakthrough at every turn. Against all odds, the Wolfhounds stood firm, racking up two Presidential Unit Citations within weeks. Terry's account, written while recovering from injuries he suffered during the battle, captures the war in all its grit, sacrifice, and courage.
This is a very well written book and of great interest to those researching the actions of the 25th Division, 27th Regiment beginning a short time after the start of the Korean War, when the UN/US forces had been compressed back to the Pusan Perimeter. The 27th, "Wolfhounds" regiment was an unusual force, commanded by a WW II veteran who was a remarkable leader and with a higher than usual number of experienced men. It was used repeatedly to rescue threatened sectors of the defensive perimeter, and was key in holding the UN position until mobilization caught up. The author was an forward observer who directed artillery fire in coordination with the infantry elements of the unit. He describes in excellent and accurate detail the many actions this unit was in the first two months of the war, until his own injury and evacuation, before the Inchon landing. I can attest to the veracity of this memoir, because my father was an artillery liaison officer in another part of the same unit and was killed in action during the time of the narrative, an event referred to on page 165; his letters mirrored the author's account accurately.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
The Battle for Pusan is a good read for any history buff. Well written and interesting memoir of a frontline soldier.
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