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New Book Tells Stories of the "Forgotten War"
When North Korea attacked its southern neighbor in the summer of 1950, the world stage suddenly got a lot colder. McCarthyism, détente, the Cold War … all rose on the tide of tensions in Korea. Wisconsin Korean War Stories: Veterans Tell Their Stories from the Forgotten War, a new book from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, and a companion book to the Wisconsin Public Television documentary, tells the story of this "forgotten war" through first-person interviews, photographs and letters from Wisconsin men and women. These are the voices of green infantrymen, of farm boys from the heartland, and of small-town nurses in MASH units who treated the wounded and sometimes sent them back into the fray. Wisconsin vets remember the long, cold march to POW camps; weathering a typhoon during the landing at Inchon; swimming the Han River on a reconnaissance mission; kissing the ground after the "Big Switch" (prisoner exchange); and much, much more.
 Cover of Wisconsin Korean War StoriesWisconsin Korean War Stories is an emotional reconstruction of what the war meant to Wisconsin people who found themselves caught up in it. They fought courageously and expected to lose their lives. "I felt terribly sorry for what it would do to my mother and father," one vet remembers. From enlistment to front-line combat, Wisconsin Korean War Stories is an unforgettable collection that honors veterans' experiences and preserves their memories for future generations.
Wisconsin Korean War Stories is available for purchase by calling, toll free, 888-999-1669, as well as at your local bookstore.
Wisconsin Korean War Stories is a partnership of the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television, in association with the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs.
:: Posted May 21, 2008
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