TRYING TO LOCATE "LOST" BOOK ON KOREAN WAR POWS

Paperback Book | 1959 | Unknown

[Dennis Paul Morony]

This was a paperback book with the picture of a white POW on its cover. He has reddish-blond hair and with a desperate expression is staring out through coils of barbed wire in a Communist concentration camp in Korea.

[Dennis Paul Morony]

Paraphrased from memory:

Communist interragators learned something interesting:

When American Catholic POWs showed up, breaking them was simple. You just tore off their medallions, scapulars, etc., and after spitting on what you tore off, you just stomped it into the mud. Period.

Black Southern Baptist POWS, by contrast, were Bad News. Not docile at all. They not only believed in God, they insisted on acting like it!

They were used to working hard and toughing it out. They already knew all about racial bigotry and class hatred.

They had a deep interior faith and abosolute conviction that Jesus Christ was their Lord and Savior, and didn't hesitate to throw all this in the Reds' faces.

They were everything the American Catholic Church COULD so easily have been, but wasn't.

In short, a great book!

But, man!

I've hit most all data bases I've been able to find online regarding list of books dealing with POWs and found NONE that matches.

So, thanks for any help, anyone can give me.

Dennis

[Always Right]

Full Listing With Book Covers
100 Profiles of Sergeants Major of Color: Black Americans Who Paved the Way for Others to Follow 100 Sergeants Major of Color 300th Field Artillery Battalion Wyoming National Guard. The Cowboy Cannoneers 3rd Bombardment Wing (Light): Korean War Chronology 1950-1953 40th Division Army Aviation In Korea 1952-1954 A Country Such As This A Cruise In The Corps: The View From The Ranks A Death March And Nightmares A POW Diary: My Father's Struggle A Very Long Weekend: The Army National Guard in Korea, 1950-1953 A Warrior....By Choice...By Chance Accordion War: Korea 1951 - Life and Death in a Marine Rifle Company Air Commando! 1950-1975: Twenty-five years at the Tip of the Spear. American Dream Poetry American Military Camps In the Republic of Korea, 1866-1996 Apollo's Warriors As I Recall: A Marine's Personal Story B-26 Invader Units Over Korea B29 Navigator; Korean War 1951 Ballads of Honor Korea Bataillon de Coree: Les volontaires francais 1950-1953 Battle at the 38th Parallel: Surviving the Peace Talks at Panmunjom Battleground Korea: The British In Korea Beautiful Feet and Real Peace Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950 Buck, A Tennessee Boy in Korea Call To Duty: A Novel Of The Korean War Captain Red Change Of Station: The Great Depression,World WarII,Korea, Cuba,El Salvador Christmas In July: The Forgotten Battle of the Forgotten War Circle Of Courage Cold Ground's Been My Bed: A Korean War Memoir Colder Than Hell. A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir Coming Of Age In The 60's Crimson Imjin: Korea 1951, Korean War Rats The Infantrymen Dark Moon: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War Deception and Decency: Unforgettable Incidents Decisive Battles of the Korean War: An Infantry Company Commander's View of the War's Most Critical Engagements Deep Regrets, The Story of one man's journey Deep Water: The Adventures of Arthur Tucker - Or I've Led Eight Lives Delayed Letters From Korea: Thirty Five Korean War Veterans Reveal Their Unique Stories of America's Least Known War Dog Company Six Dogging Their Steps: Some Military Engagements of the 9th Infantry Regiment in Korea, Winter 1950-1951 Drive North, US Marines at the Punchbowl Dry Tears: Poems Enduring Devotion; A Glimpse into the life of DuWayne Donithorne. "An American Hero" F-51 Mustang Units Over Korea F-80 Shooting Star Units Over Korea F-84 Thunderjet Units Over Korea F-86 Sabre Fighter-Bomber Units Over Korea F-86 Sabres of the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing Fightin" George Light Infantry: An Infantry Soldier's story of the war in Korea. Fighting On The Brink: Defense Of The Pusan Periment Fire For Effect! Artillery Forward Observers in Korea. Fire From The Sky; A Diary Over Japan Fire Mission: The Story of the 213th Field Artillery Battalion in Korea 1951-1954 Fire Missions and Cherry Blossoms Flame Dragons of the Korean War Fletcher Destroyer Bluejacket: Voyages of the USS McGowan DD 678, 1951-54 Freedom Is Not Free: My Journey From The Hudson To The Yalu: West Point '49 in the Korean War Ghost In The Night Hellenic Expeditionary Forces Hellenic Forces: The Chronicle of the Korean War Theater Operations Hello American Veterans Hills of Sacrifice: The 5th RCT in Korea History of USS Buck Holding The Dragon: Memories of the Korean War. 38th Tank Company, 2ID. Honor Clean I Danced With The Lady - Sea Stories from 1945 to 1971 as told by former crew members of the Heavy Cruiser USS Saint Paul (CA-73) I Remember Korea: Veterans Tell Their Stories of the Korean War, 1950-53 In Enemy Hands In The Devil's Shadow: U.N. Special Operations During The Korean War In The Hills Of Korea; with the 61st Field Artillery HQ Battery, 1950-1951 In the Shadow of Glory Inchon Landing: MacArthur's Last Triumph Just A Soldier: A Novel Korea (Our War) 1950-1953 Korea In Color Video Korea: 25 June 1950 Korea: A Fine Art Impression of Korea In The 1950's By An American Photographer Korea: A Walk Through The Land Of Miracles Korea: Memories of a U.S. Marine Korea:The War America Forgot To Remember Korean Air War Korean Atrocity! Forgotten War Crimes 1950-1953 Korean Vignettes: Faces of War. Korean War in Color: Video VHS Korean War Remembered: Prisoner of War, 1013 Days in Hell Korea-POW: A Thousand Days With Life On Hold 1950-1953 Korea's Sleeping Ghosts Land Of The Morning Storm Last Seen Alive: The Search for Missing POWS from the Korean War Letters From Korea, A story of the Korean War Letters To My Sons: Korea - The Final Days - "But Not The End" Line Kansas: Memories of Korea 1950 to 1958 March Till They Die Memoir... Don Davison, His War Stories and Newspaper Stories Men Of C-1-1 and Men Of C-1-1 at Horseshoe Ridge Men Skirts: An Army Medic's Account of the Korean War and After MIG Alley: Sabres vs. MiGs Over Korea My Lemonade Days: Company G 179th Infantry My Old Box Of Memories Never Die: 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion No Bugles, No Drums: An Oral History Of The Korean War -No Sweat- B-29 Aircraft #44-70134 93rd Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group 1952-53 Notes From An Airborne Rifle Company 1950-1951 Officers In Flight Suits: The Story of American Air Force Figheter Pilots in the Korean War On Hardened Ground On The Front Line of R&D: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the Korean War, 1950-1953 Once Upon A Lifetime One Bugle No Drums: The Marines at Chosin Reservoir One Ship, Two Wars: From Okinawa To Korea and Beyond. The USS Greer County LST-799 Operation 'War Dance' Korea, U.S. Naval Siege 1951-53 Task Force 95 Out Of Savannah: Dog Company, USMCR Patton's Bulldog: The Life And Service Of General Walton H. Walker Peacebound Trains Photographic Aerial Reconnaissance and Interpretation Korea, 1950-52 Pipeline Korea: A Book Of Letters And Photos From A Soldier In Korea 1951 to 1952 Psywar: Phychological Warfare in Korea 1950-1953 Quiet Heroes: Navy Nurses of the Korean War 1950 - 1953 Red Blood...Purple Hearts: The Marines in the Korean War Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War Remembering Korea 1950: A Boy Soldier's Story Reminiscence of a Forgotten War: The Memoirs of Frank O. Pruitt. Rensselaer County Heroes: Korean War 1950 - 1953 Scenes From An Unfinished War: Low-Intensity Confilct in Korea - 1966-1969 Short Stories by John Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, & Honor Our Military Fallen Soldiers Of The Korean War: A Sketchbook SOS Korea 1950: They Were There Then & Write About It Now: Eyewitness Accounts of Americans in South Korea when the North Attacked Stalag 65: A Memoir of a Korean P.O.W. Stalemate: U.S. Marines from Bunker Hill to the Hook Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of its Heroes and its History Telling The Folks Back Home: Thirty-two months as a Chinese POW during the Korean War The Boys of Fifty The Bridge At No Gun Ri: A Hidden Nightmare From the Korean War The Brush Of Angel Wings: Korean War Recollections. The Chronicle of the Korean War Theatre Operations The Dandelion Ranch: The Chosin Few The Diary of a Greek Soldier in the Korean War The Dragon Strikes: China and the Korean War - June-December 1950 The Fighting Fortieth, In War and Peace. The Forgotten Generation The Forgotten War: Texas Veterans Remember Korea The Iron Triangle: The 424th Field Artillery Battalion The Korean War The Korean War and Me The Last Parade: A True American War Story The Mission Of Kneehigh 4: Dedicated To The Memory of 1st Lt. John B. Goery, USMCR, Marine Attack ( Checkerboard ) Squadron VMA 312 The Quack Corps: A Marine's War Pearl Harbor To Okinawa The Riley Connection The Riley Factor The Running Wounded: A Personal Memory of the Korean War, 300th Armoured Field Artillery Bn The Sea War in Korea The Three Day Promise The United States Air Force In Korea. The Veterans' Interview: 101 Questions to help you record and preserve your military memories. The War In Korea, 1950-1953 They Came Home: Korean War POWs Tell Their Stories Thirty-Six Points: A Novel of the Korean War This Kind Of War Three O'Clock High Three Times A Prisoner: Memoirs Of A Korean Veteran. To Princess From Krug To The Last Man! Kulbes' Mongrels at the Chosin Reservoir, Korea 1950 Tomahawk And Peace Pipe: The 179th Infantry Regiment Truckbusters From Dogpatch: The Combat Diary of the 18th Fighter_Bomber Wing in the Korean War, 1950-1953 Two Walk The Golden Road U.S. Korean War POWs: From Calumny To Vindication U.S. Marines In Korea, Vol. 1: 1952 U.S. Prisoners Of War In The Korean War: Their Treatment And Handling By The North Korean Army And The Chinese Communist Forces Underway: Tour of a Tin Can Sailor Unexpeted Journey: A Marine Corp Reserve Company in the Korean War USMC Tanker's Korea: The War In Photos, Sketches, and Letters Home VS-931 Antisubmarine Squadron Waiting For The Blessed Light Of Dawn: A Diary of the Korean War War Dawgs: Kulbes' Mongrels in Korea 1950-1951 We Called It War: The Untold Story of the Combat Infantry In Korea West Coast Support Group: Task Force 96.8 - Korea 1950-1953 What's a Commie Ever Done to Black People? A Korean War Memoir White Tigers: My Secret War In North Korea Winter's Road With A Black Platoon In Combat: A Year In Korea Witness To War Korea Wonju: The Gettysburg Of The Korean War Wounded In Action

[Teflonic]

Here's another list of korean war novels: Illyria

[Dennis Paul Morony]

Hello!

Hey, thanks a bunch!

Not a single one looks exactly familiar, so now we've something to work with.

Semper Fi!

Dennis

[Dennis Paul Morony]

Thanks a bunch Teflonic!

Semper Fi..

Dennis

[Smokin' Joe]

Try looking here with a subject search for 'Korean War POW' Alibris.com It may take a while, but there is usually a picture of the cover, too (and where to buy, etc.) I have done business with them before and was quite satisfied.

[Dennis Paul Morony]

Yo, Smokin' Joe, thank you a whole bunch,

Especially as you say Alibris.com usually has a picture.

Semper Fi!

Dennis

[Cinnamon]

omg I have that book! ... make an offer I can't resist.. LOL

[Dennis Paul Morony]

Yo, Cinnamon!

Sorry, right now I can't, 'cause I just dropped dead from a heart attack!

Like wow!

Thanks for getting in touch, big time..

Dennis

[ansel12]

"Black Southern Baptist POWS, by contrast, were Bad News. Not docile at all. They not only believed in God, they insisted on acting like it!"



I bet they were tough, but do you mean southern blacks, that were Baptist, instead of Southern Baptist blacks?

In one of my Korean War POW books it mentioned some foreign troops that ate grass etc. which gave them a head start on surviving over the more advanced soldiers.

Something it mentioned which I had not thought of before, was that the young soldiers starved before the older soldiers, the reason was that the young man's metabolism burnt his body up faster than the older men with their lower caloric needs.