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A Forgotten British War The Accounts of Korean War Veterans
Title
A Forgotten British War [electronic resource] : The Accounts of Korean War Veterans / edited by Michael Patrick Cullinane, Iain Johnston-White.
ISBN
9783031100512
Edition
1st ed. 2023.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XI, 245 p.) 16 illus.
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Summary
This book presents oral histories from the last surviving UK veterans of the Korean War. With the help of the UK National Army Museum and the British Korean Society, this book collects nearly twenty testimonials of UK veterans of the Korean War. Many only teenagers when mobilized, these veterans attempt to put words to the violence and trauma they experienced. They recall the landscape and people of Korea, the political backdrop, and touching moments in unlikely situations. Like other oral histories of war, their stories recount friendship, hardship, the loss of innocence, and the perseverance of humanity in the face of cruelty. The testimonies were taken by academics and students from the University of Roehampton, and supported by the National Army Museum and the British Korean Society. Through their memories we learn a great deal about the conflict in macro and micro scales. Michael Patrick Cullinane is Professor of U.S. History at the University of Roehampton, London, UK. Iain Johnston-White is Senior Lecturer in British History at the University of Roehampton, London, UK.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 22, 2023
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Lance Corporal Mike Mogridge, First Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment
3. Private Alan Maggs, First Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
4. Staff Sargent Alan Guy, Royal Army Medical Corps
5. Private Arnold Schwartzman, First Battalion, The Royal Sussex
6. Private Chris Garside, First Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
7. Brigadier Brian Parritt, Twentieth Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
8. Corporal Derek Alden, Corps of Royal Engineers
9. Private Edgar Green, Twenty-seventh British Commonwealth Brigade, Middlesex Regiment
10. Rifleman Anthony James White, Royal Ulster Rifles
11. Lieutenant John Lane, Fourteenth Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
12. Corporal Jim Tait, Royal Military Police
13. Radio Operator Roy Painter, First and Third Battalions, Royal Australia Regiment
14. Private Jim Bridges, King's Own Scottish Borderers
15. Fusilier Cecil Moule, First Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
16. Gunner William Shutt, Twentieth Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
17. Second-Lieutenant Sir William Purves, King's Own Scottish Borderers
18. Private Walter Coote, Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment
19. Sergeant Raymond Rogers, South Staffordshire Regiment
20. Glossary of Oral Histories.
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