The Darkest Summer: Pusan and Inchon 1950 The Battles that Saved South Korea - and the Marines - From Extinction

 By Bill Sloan


I was particularly interested in this book because my Grandpa Carlsen was a chaplain in the Korean War and ministered to marines who had been in the Chosin Reservoir. Although this book did not focus on that part of the Korean War, it was fascinating to learn about the rocky start to this war and how many WWII veterans who thought their service to the country had been complete had to turn around and head back into war. It was very interesting to learn about the politics of the time which were trying to get rid of the marines altogether. For anyone interested in war history this is a great book about the brutal Korean war.

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