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The battle for Pusan a Korean War memoir

In 1950, North Korean Army forces shocked the world as they streamed across the 38th peninsula by force of arms under the communist regime in Pyongyang. American occupation forces had been withdrawn from the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 1949 leaving a modest group of advisors to the ROK army, whose eight divisions were capable of little more than maintaining internal security. Outnumbered and outgunned, the South was doomed to defeat if America's military might could not quickly be brought to bear. Hastily thrown into battle, U.S. forces finally stabilized a defensive perimeter around the south port city of Pusan. But could they hold it? Addison Terry recalls these perilous times in his exciting memoir, replete with the drama and sacrifice of men in combat.

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  • "In 1950, North Korean Army forces shocked the world as they streamed across the 38th peninsula by force of arms under the communist regime in Pyongyang. American occupation forces had been withdrawn from the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 1949 leaving a modest group of advisors to the ROK army, whose eight divisions were capable of little more than maintaining internal security. Outnumbered and outgunned, the South was doomed to defeat if America's military might could not quickly be brought to bear. Hastily thrown into battle, U.S. forces finally stabilized a defensive perimeter around the south port city of Pusan. But could they hold it? Addison Terry recalls these perilous times in his exciting memoir, replete with the drama and sacrifice of men in combat."
  • "In 1950, North Korean Army forces shocked the world as they streamed across the 38th peninsula by force of arms under the communist regime in Pyongyang. American occupation forces had been withdrawn from the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 1949 leaving a modest group of advisors to the ROK army, whose eight divisions were capable of little more than maintaining internal security. Outnumbered and outgunned, the South was doomed to defeat if America's military might could not quickly be brought to bear. Hastily thrown into battle, U.S. forces finally stabilized a defensive perimeter around the south port city of Pusan. But could they hold it? Addison Terry recalls these perilous times in his exciting memoir, replete with the drama and sacrifice of men in combat."@en
  • ""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 grAce, 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. "A fascinating first-person account of the early days of the Korean War." 'themilitarybookreview.com From the Paperback edition."@en

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