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Morning in June, A by James W Evans Defending Outpost Harry w/ DJ
Morning in June, A by James W Evans
Defending Outpost Harry
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
220 pages
Copyright 2010
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xix
List of Abbreviations xxi
1. 5th Regimental Combat Team: Korea with Incoming Artillery 1
2. Lieutenant Evans: Preparations for Infantry Combat 11
3. Punch Bowl Rim: North Korea People's Army 26
4. Shower Relief: MASH for Treatment 44
5. Christmas 1952: Winter Combat on the Mountain 50
6. R & R: Seven Days Rest, Then Return to Korea 69
7. Relocating to the Chorwon Valley: Finding the Doors of Hell 75
8. Morning of 12 June: The Siege Starts 87
9. Outpost Harry: Destruction beyond Comprehension 100
10. Occupying the Hill: With Only Twelve Hours to Rebuild and Defend 122
11. Chinese Attack: Hand-to-Hand Combat Is the Essence of an Infantryman 140
12. Relief from Hell: Three Days before Operation Ranger 167
13. Coming Home: The Trauma of Returning to Civilian Life 181
Epilogue 190
Appendix A: Reports on the Defense of Outpost Harry 193
Appendix B: Awards and Decorations Earned for the Defense of Outpost Harry 197
Notes 205
Bibliography 213
Index 215
List of Illustrations
Figures
1. From inside the Punch Bowl 3
2. Officer candidate James Evans relaxing with other soon-to-be officers18
3. Rim of the Punch Bowl 28
4. Second Lieutenant Evans, in a cozy UN forces bunker, studying a map to determine his company's location 39
5. Parkas with fox fur around the hoods, winter 1952-1953 48
6. A Korean laborer approaches the MASH helicopter medical-evacuation landing spot 70
7. East view from the rim of the Punch Bowl 76
8. Evans talks with a South Korean friend 77
9. The winding road from the Punch Bowl to the Chorwon Valley 83
10. Chorwon Valley 84
11. Weapons are clean and ready, illustrating the discipline of the men of the 5th RCT 85
12. Outpost Harry time exposure with flares descending 97
13. Outpost Harry with exploding shell 103
14. Approximate location of the American body run over by a tank 109
15. The trip up to Outpost Harry 110
16. Soldiers in trench and covered ammunition bunker 119
17. Aerial side view of the trench line of Outpost Harry 120
18. Aerial top view of the trench line on Outpost Harry 121
19. Outpost Harry 126
20. Trench with open machine-gun positions, March 1953 135
21. Barbed wire as seen by the Chinese attacking Outpost Harry 135
22. Obstacles awaiting the Chinese attacking the trench near the covered bunker 136
23. Machine-gun positions 136
24. Trench from the Chinese Star Hill to a few yards in front of Outpost Harry 141
25. Spent shell casings in the defense of Outpost Harry 170
26. 1LT James Evans on the morning of 14 June 1953 171
27. Enemy killed the night of 12-13 June 1953 on Outpost Harry 173
28. Evans showing his parents the spoon 182
Table
1. Action for the Defense of Outpost Harry 179
Maps
1. North and South Korea frontispiece
2. Punch Bowl 5
3. Outpost Harry and the Punch Bowl 82
4. Positions of U.S. and Chinese forces in the Chorwon Valley 85
5. The Iron Triangle 101
6. Outpost Harry and trench line 112
7. Weapon positions 131
8. Chinese attack lanes 146
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
By June 1953 the Korean War, marked at the outset by extremely fluid advances and retreats up and down the peninsula, had settled into position warfare very near the original pre-war demarcation line between North and South Korea. At this point both sides were fighting to win a peace, to achieve incremental advantages that could be translated into gains at the peace negotiations in Panmunjom. These last days of the war saw savage battles for control of important local terrain features, and in the trench warfare of the Chorwon Valley a young U.S. Army lieutenant was assigned to lead an infantry company charged with holding Outpost Harry against a determined Chinese assault.
The battle devolved into hand-to-hand combat during a period of constant, intense fighting that lasted two days. The author, although seriously wounded that night, refused evacuation and remained on the hill to successfully lead his company in defense of the outpost. It wasn't romantic; it wasn't chivalrous; and many died or were badly wounded. Some of the survivors never fully overcame the mental and physical damage they suffered during the nightmare.
With this book, one of those scarred by that experience recounts the events of the battle and his lifelong efforts to deal with the residual horrors. The Korean Conflict may be called "the forgotten war" by some, but not by those who were on the front lines.
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