From the Imjin to the Hook

吉姆·雅各布斯1932年生于英国的苏瑟郡，1950年应召入伍，曾两度自愿赴朝作战。

出版者:Pen and Sword

作者:James Jacobs

页数:224

出版时间:2013-6-19

价格:USD 39.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781781593431

图书标签:朝鲜战争回忆录英文原版

The British Army’s considerable contribution to The Korean War 1950 – 1953 was largely composed of ‘conscripts’ or national servicemen. Plucked from civilian life on a ‘lottery’ basis and given a short basic training, some like Jim Jacobs volunteered for overseas duty and suddenly found themselves in the thick of a war as intensive and dangerous as anything the Second World War had had to offer.

As a member of 170 Independent Mortar Battery RA from March 1951 to June 1952 Jim was in the frontline at the famous Battle of the Imjin River. By great luck, he evaded capture – and death – unlike so many. He returned to the UK only to volunteer again for a second tour with 120 Light Battery from March 1953 to March 1954. During this period, he was in the thick of the action at the Third Battle of the Hook during May 1953.

In this gripping memoir, Jim calmly and geographically recounts his experiences and emotions from joining the Army through training, the journeys by troopship and, most importantly, on active service in the atrocious and terrifying war fighting that went on in a very foreign place.

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在遥远的古代，当一个国家的领土遭到外来侵犯的时候，国王会亲自披挂上阵，率领军队驰骋沙场。而到了现代，如果出现了领土争端或者要推翻独裁者，那么做出战争决策的人往往远离战场；政客们围坐在环境舒适的会议桌旁边，做出如何让一些人为他们浴血拼杀的决策——这些人要以鲜...  

在遥远的古代，当一个国家的领土遭到外来侵犯的时候，国王会亲自披挂上阵，率领军队驰骋沙场。而到了现代，如果出现了领土争端或者要推翻独裁者，那么做出战争决策的人往往远离战场；政客们围坐在环境舒适的会议桌旁边，做出如何让一些人为他们浴血拼杀的决策——这些人要以鲜...  

在遥远的古代，当一个国家的领土遭到外来侵犯的时候，国王会亲自披挂上阵，率领军队驰骋沙场。而到了现代，如果出现了领土争端或者要推翻独裁者，那么做出战争决策的人往往远离战场；政客们围坐在环境舒适的会议桌旁边，做出如何让一些人为他们浴血拼杀的决策——这些人要以鲜...  

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