In Missing Dog Tags: An American GI in North
Korea author Kenneth Eaton recounts what it was like to be a prisoner
of war in North Korea. His story of his capture while surviving as a corporal
in the 9th Tank Company of the 2nd division, U.S. Army, begins early
in 1951 with a Chinese attack on his unit. After the tank he was in was
severely disabled, he was forced to abandon it. In the confusion of battle and
troop movement he was unable to get onboard another tank and was soon captured
while on foot as were other soldiers.
Captured by the Chinese soldiers he expected to be
quickly executed along with the other men of his unit. Instead, they began a
forced march that ultimately would result in a nightmarish captivity that would
last over 30 months under brutal conditions.
Despite three failed escape attempts, starvation, and various horrors he
endured, Kenneth Eaton survived and came home to be reunited with friends and
loved ones.
In a blow by blow detailed fashion this book recounts
the experiences of Kenneth Eason during the Korean War. As such, the book pulls
no punches as the story comes out. Those who expect a politically correct read
with sanitized language regarding the enemy would be best to look elsewhere for
their cleaned up history. Corporal Kenneth
Eaton bluntly tells it like it was for him in Missing Dog Tags: An American GI
in North Korea.
Missing
Dog Tags: An American GI in North Korea
Kenneth
Eaton
Patience
Press
September
2012
ISBN#
978-1-892220-13-4
Paperback
(also available as an e-book)
300
Pages
$19.95
Material
supplied by publicist PJ Nunn, owner of BreakThrough Promotions, for my use in
an objective review.
Kevin
R. Tipple ©2013
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