The Battle for Pusan: A Memoir

This is a very well written book and of great interest to those researching the actions of the 25th Division, 27th Regiment beginning a short time after the start of the Korean War, when the UN/US forces had been compressed back to the Pusan Perimeter. The 27th, "Wolfhounds" regiment was an unusual force, commanded by a WW II veteran who was a remarkable leader and with a higher than usual number of experienced men. It was used repeatedly to rescue threatened sectors of the defensive perimeter, and was key in holding the UN position until mobilization caught up. The author was an forward observer who directed artillery fire in coordination with the infantry elements of the unit. He describes in excellent and accurate detail the many actions this unit was in the first two months of the war, until his own injury and evacuation, before the Inchon landing. I can attest to the veracity of this memoir, because my father was an artillery liaison officer in another part of the same unit and was killed in action during the time of the narrative, an event referred to on page 165; his letters mirrored the author's account accurately.

The Battle for Pusan is a good read for any history buff. Well written and interesting memoir of a frontline soldier.