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1 online resource |
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B Company, 35th Infantry in Korea. Scattered holding actions and the Pusan perimeter ; From victory over the North Koreans to defeat by the Chinese -- Prisoner of war. Capture, misery, and escape attempt ; The starving time ; So-called brainwashing ; Passing the time, plans to escape, and getting into serious trouble -- An Army career during McCarthy-era Army investigations. My Army and my family ; The US Army moves against former prisoners of war ; Going crazy: I couldn't clear my name |
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Eighteen-year-old Johnny Moore was an energetic, self-confident private first class when he entered combat with a heavy-weapons platoon in Korea. Four and a half months later, after surviving heavy attacks on the Pusan Perimeter and in one of the forward units of the western column advancing on the Yalu River, he was captured by the Chinese infantry. Moore and other American POWs suffered from starvation rations, bitter cold, and mental torment. Although the intense Chinese efforts to change the prisoners' ideologies were largely unsuccessful, they were |
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Print version record |
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Moore, Johnny (John Wilson), 1932-
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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 35th -- Biography
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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 35th. fast (OCoLC)fst00589825 |
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American
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Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
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Prisoners of war -- Korea (North) -- Biography
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Trials (Military offenses) -- United States
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Prisoners of war.
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Soldiers.
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Trials (Military offenses)
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United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140341
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Korea (North)
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United States.
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Biographies.
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Military history.
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Personal narratives
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1299780954 |
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9781299780958 |
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