
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Fallen Comrade: A Story of the Korean War presents an account 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Military Units
- United Nations Support in Korea
- List of Maps
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Backstory
- Chapter 2 American Intervention, JuneāAugust 1950
- Chapter 3 Inchon and Seoul, SeptemberāOctober 1950
- Chapter 4 Chinese Intervention, OctoberāNovember 1950
- Chapter 5 The Saga of the Chosin Reservoir, NovemberāDecember 1950
- Chapter 6 An Entirely New War, December 1950āApril 1951
- Chapter 7 Fallen Comrade, AprilāJune 1951
- Chapter 8 The Fight for Hill 749, JuneāNovember 1951
- Chapter 9 The Armistice, December 1951āJuly 1953
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author