ebooks The Korean War: FICTION VERSUS FACT by Ed Parmenter in History

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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The moral I would like to pass on is this ???By SmittyThe author is just a big liar. There was no such matters as “In early summer of 1948; a large group of Japanese Communists who had taken control of a multi-story building in downtown Tokyo” at all; either officially or as a rumor.Even though he stated at the end of the first paragraph of the Preface: “The moral I would like to pass on is this: Do not always believe what you read; or even hear. Always try to substantiate by using another source where possible”; the following descriptions of this incident must be a downright lie:“In early summer of 1948; Captain Clay successfully handled a touchy situation involving a large group of Japanese Communists who had taken control of a multi-story building in downtown Tokyo. They were in possession of large quantities of dangerous chemicals and threatened to use them on anyone trying to retake the building. The Japanese Police (whom we had never disarmed because they were essential to maintaining law and order); were unable to dislodge them. Captain Clay happened to be the Officer of the Day for the Tokyo Metropolitan area when this happened. When he was informed of the situation; he called Camp Drake; the Division Headquarters and had them send several tanks on tank carriers because they could travel much faster that way. When they arrived; he positioned them at several points around the building and told the occupants (through an interpreter) that if they were not out of the building in five minutes; he would have the tanks destroy the building. To emphasize his point; one tank fired a round at a corner of the building. Needless to say; the entire building was vacant within the allotted five minutes and the Japanese police took several hundred Communists into custody. Shortly after that; General MacArthur had Captain Clay called back to duty at his wartime rank of Lieutenant Colonel”.0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Axe to grindBy TASTravelAlthough well organized most of the criticism is of a picayune nature. Since Mr. Halberstam is no longer with us to dispute these comments I think the whole thing is a bit unfair!