Comments on: Book Review: Korea Between the Wars, A Soldier’s Story http://rokdrop.com/2008/08/03/book-review-korea-between-the-wars-a-soldiers-story/ Korea From North to South Sat, 26 May 2012 03:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kalani http://rokdrop.com/2008/08/03/book-review-korea-between-the-wars-a-soldiers-story/comment-page-1/#comment-188578 Kalani Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:41:52 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=8982#comment-188578 This is the first review of books on the Occupation period reading list. Fred Ottoboni's book gives a pretty good idea of what a ratty place it was back then. His book takes it up to the time they were turning the camp over to the Korean Constabulary (forerunner of the ROK Army) in Mar 1948. This info also kills any of the persistent rumors that American soldiers were killed on Kunsan AB when the North Koreans invaded the South and captured Kunsan City. There were NO Americans in Kunsan to massacre as all the KMAG advisors killed were up at ASCOM City (Bupyong near Inchon) -- though American missionary doctors were killed in Chonju. There are other books on the Military Government in the Chollabukdo area during the Occupation period, but they are pretty dull reading. This is the first review of books on the Occupation period reading list. Fred Ottoboni's book gives a pretty good idea of what a ratty place it was back then. His book takes it up to the time they were turning the camp over to the Korean Constabulary (forerunner of the ROK Army) in Mar 1948.

This info also kills any of the persistent rumors that American soldiers were killed on Kunsan AB when the North Koreans invaded the South and captured Kunsan City. There were NO Americans in Kunsan to massacre as all the KMAG advisors killed were up at ASCOM City (Bupyong near Inchon) — though American missionary doctors were killed in Chonju.

There are other books on the Military Government in the Chollabukdo area during the Occupation period, but they are pretty dull reading.

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