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Summary: Probably the best account of a war that I have ever read.
Review: This book is not just another war story, it vividly tells of how Baker-one-seven survived this chilling ordeal that proved America's military mortal.
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Summary: Once again.... A Few Good Men.
Review: This close up look of a small group of United States Marines in the most hostile of conditions reminds one that there is no shortage of heros. The focus on one company of Marines and especially Lt. Owen's platoon does not overwhelm with times dates and strategic details.Semper Fi.
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: This is an excellent account of combat in Korea. The author avoids glamorizing himself and the exploits of his buddies; instead concentrating on an accurate recounting of events and circumstances of the time. His writing skill is exceptional and the story is riveting. Unlike S.L.A. Marshal, this is a 'real' soldier sharing his own firsthand experiences. He's not overly dramatic and he doesn't take 'liberty with the truth' for artistic sake. For those who are interested in the Korean war and can handle vivid recollections of the horrors of combat with the Chinese, this is the best available.
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Summary: From happy home into life and death combat. Fascinating
Review: This is an outstanding and honest autobiography, done by a combat marine officer leading a mortar platoon through some of the proudest moments in Marine Corps history. In the Navy and PHIBPAC at the time, I was familiar with how many 7th Marines had their civilian lives torn to shreds and somehow had to cope, out of nowhere, with fighting for their lives. This book helped me understand what they had to go through, and how many of them survived, and many of them did not. I am truly grateful to Lieutenant for giving me the opportunity to read this account.
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Summary: these men were heros
Review: this is the first korean war book i have read. this book describes in vivid detail the terror these men faced each day (and many nights as well). these men faced overwhelming odds and survived. an excellent book.
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Summary: That 47 million could breathe free¿
Review: When preparing to travel to an Asian country on business, I seek context by reading of the wars the U.S. has fought there. When I look in those Japanese, Chinese and Korean eyes, I see the children of old enemies and old friends. While plowing through Fehrenbach's canonical Korean War history, "This Kind of War", I took a break and lost a weekend of yard work to "Colder Than Hell" which I ordered based on the praise given by my fellow Amazon reviewers. My thanks to the other reviewers, for this is a superb first person account of a Marine company fighting it's way up and then back down the Korean peninsula in 1950. Marines of Baker one-seven fought and froze to the death too often, but their sacrifice has let 47 million Koreans in the South build a democracy and learn the meaning of freedom. The price of freedom was huge for Baker one-seven, but the esprit de corps so crisply described by ex-Second Lt. Owen carried his Marines from hill to hill. This is an excellent book and a must read for fans of first person stories of war and sacrifice.
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