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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