One Helluva Soldier: The boldest historical military fiction novel this decade.

Description: One Helluva Soldier by Phil Kline One Helluva Soldier is the story of 21 year-old George Martin, graduate of Officers Candidate School Class of 9-A. In spite of being known as one helluva soldier to those who served with him, he was subjected to harassment from two other officers who pegged him as homosexual. This continued throughout his service as forward observer, and into a POW camp. One of the most dynamic stories told in this decade. Previous to the Korean Conflict, most of the enlisted men who served had been on occupation duty in Japan and many had never fired their rifles. In this account, they face highly trained North Koreans who have artillery, machine guns, air support, and Russian tanks. Americans had none of those. Phil Klines book follows fellow Class 9-A graduates, some of whom became prisons of war. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Influenced by his father, and older brother Bob-both of them World War II army officers-Phil decided he could be an officer, too. He joined the navy at 17, but did not face active duty until he was 18, in 1945. After boot camp at Great Lakes, Michigan, he was an enlisted man stationed aboard the USS Haskell, APA 117, crewman of one of their 28 landing crafts scheduled to invade the home islands of Japan. Two-thirds of the way across the Pacific, the war ended. Discharged from the navy in August 1946, Phil signed up for the army in 1948, and attended officers training with Class 9-A of Officer Candidate School, Fort Riley, Kansas. Following graduation, Second Lieutenant Phil Kline was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, in the artillery, where he received orders that sent him to Eighth Army in Japan. Within weeks, North Korea invaded South Korea. By the time Phil was to go, Eighth Army had been sent to defend South Korea. When the war was over, he resigned his commission. After attending numerous reunions with comrades who had served in Korea-and just prior to the fiftieth anniversary of the Korean War-Phil traveled 18,000 miles to interview them on video and to record their stories. Kline wrote ONE HELLUVA SOLDIER to honor comrades who served in combat in Korea. Details ISBN1518799108 Author Phil Kline Short Title 1 HELLUVA SOLDIER Pages 336 Language English ISBN-10 1518799108 ISBN-13 9781518799105 Media Book Format Paperback Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-11-06 Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Subtitle The boldest historical military fiction novel this decade. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97256122;

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