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Re: New W.E.B. Griffin novel set in Korean War
You mean William Butterworth is his real name? IIRC, W.E.B Griffin was a
pseudonym.
Mike
>From: Ed Evanhoe <gangster@korean-war.com>
>Reply-To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
>To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
>Subject: New W.E.B. Griffin novel set in Korean War
>Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 09:17:32 -0600
>
>W.E.B. Giffin's (William E. Butterworth) new novel, UNDER FIRE, will be
>released next week. This is the 9th book in his "The Corps" series. I
>received an advance copy and found it very enjoyable.
>
> All previous "The Corps" novels have been set in World War Two. In UNDER
>FIRE begins just prior to the beginning of the Korean War and uses a
>(fictional) intelligence failure event that allowed the North Koreans to
>catch us with our pants down, plus the sad state of the military at that
>time as the opening, following with a excellent description of mauling our
>troops received during the opening days, finishing with a fictionalized,
>but more-or-less accurate, account of a little known, highly successful
>special operation to clear the Inch'on Approach Islands of North Koreans
>prior to Inch'on Landing by U.S. X Corps.
>
>The main thing to remember if you read it, it is a FICTION novel.
>
>Ed
>
>
>
>Ed Evanhoe, PO Box 916, Antlers, OK, 74523-0916
>Author: DARKMOON: Eighth Army Special Operations in the Korean War
>Life Member: Special Forces & Special Operations Associations
>Co-list owner: KOREAN-WAR-L (Hosted by University of Kansas)
>Web site: http://www.korean-war.com
>
>
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