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Prairie Boys at war. Korea. Volume I, June-October ... Read More

Helm, Merry M.,(author.).

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Moorhead Public Library 951.9042 HEL (Text) 33500012615639 Main Available -

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  • ISBN: 9780996095907
  • ISBN: 099609590X
  • Physical Description: v, 494 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 ... Read More
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Fargo, North Dakota : Prairie Boy Books, [2014]

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Personal accounts of men from the northern ... Read More
Subject: Korean War, 1950-1953 > Personal narratives, American.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > United States > Medals.
Soldiers > Middle West > Biography.
Korean War (1950-1953)
Medals.
Soldiers
Middle West.
United States.
Genre: Biography.
Personal narratives > American.
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520 . ‡aPersonal accounts of men from the northern prairies who received the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross and/or Navy Cross for heroism in the Korean War. Through their actions, as well as the experiences of other combat veterans, the history of this three-year war is presented as it was experienced by men from North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and Montana. They were husky farm kids, inner-city paperboys, small-town football players and Boy Scouts. Some were high school dropouts, while others were chosen for Military Academies and went on to become outstanding commanders. Many were sharp shooters, because they couldn't waste bullets on anything except what would land on the dinner table. Others were teenaged iron miners, guitar players, sheep herders, baseball players, grape growers or rodeo stars. A surprising number were orphans or runaways, while others were privileged sons of lawyers. At least two were freshly graduated physicians who thought they were going to spend a pleasant 90-day rotation in Japan but ended up on the front lines of Korea instead. These prairie boys had one thing in common: they grew up during the Great Depression, and they knew what it took to survive. Whether they were paratroopers, jeep drivers, jet aces, radio operators, frogmen, prisoners of war, engineers or infantry sergeants, each man in the Prairie Boy series was also unique, and their stories represent the experience of the Korean War for what it really was: a brutal, costly war in which tens of thousands were killed, captured and/or missing -- and from which the survivors returned to an indifferent nation.
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