Captured at the Imjin River: The Korean War Memoirs of a Gloster

by David Green

Overview

The author, a young conscript, fought with The Glorious Glosters at the legendary Imjin River battle. Heavily outnumbered by the Chinese and subjected to 'human-wave' infantry attacks, he and his colleagues suffered the trauma of being overrun and the vast majority of those who were not killed became POWs. This serious reverse of fortunes shocked postwar Britain but the bravery of the Battalion caught the public's imagination. The inhuman treatment suffered at their captors' hands by the survivors, including the author, has possibly never been fully realized. This memoir written from the perspective of a fighting soldier will surely bring home some most unpalatable truths.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844683727
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/24/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	361,019
File size:	627 KB

About the Author

David Green is an author and historian.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii

Foreword xi

1 Called up 1

2 Life with the Battalion: Preparations for War 12

3 Six Weeks at Sea 21

4 Korea: Our Baptism of Fire and an Historic March 30

5 A Touch of Frostbite 53

6 Close Encounters 66

7 A Battle Honour Won: Hill 327 80

8 Heesoon 88

9 The Battle of the Imjin River 93

10 The March 108

11 A Prisoner in Chongsong 115

12 A Failed Escape: The Cages and Slave Labour 131

13 Back to the Main Camp: The Chongsong 'Olympics' 143

14 Peace at Last!: Homeward Bound 162