The Forgotten - Volume One

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL! How quickly we forget our heroes...those who daily risk their lives for our freedom. It is difficult to imagine the anguish, the determination and yes even the fear, in the heart of a man driven by enemy fire into a fox hole. How do you capture in words the feelings and thoughts of soldiers under attack by the enemy? William A. Cummins met that challenge with this remarkable book, "THE FORGOTTEN" as he unveils a series of stories by Korean War Veterans depicting their combat experiences in their very own words. Battlefield experiences from a war that must never be forgotten. You will follow a 19 year old PFC Marine from his sharecropping youth in Ohio to a brutal battlefield ambush in Korea and finally to a pulpit in Florida. Dozens of stories and photographs of our unsung heroes provide a written witness to the nearly three million people who perished during that horrific war. Each veteran expresses a small fragment of himself during the war for his children and grandchildren to read in a book.

Review :
"It is my opinion that this Book entitled, "THE FORGOTTEN - Volume One," is the finest book ever written and published about the Korean War, and it rates a 5 star status. I am honored that I served with Charlie Company of the Fifth Marine Regiment, and I will never forget my participation nor will I forget the wonderful group of Marines that I served with in Korea during December 1950 through September 1951. Sometimes we felt like our country did not support us during the Korean War, and it seemed like we were only fighting for the glory of The United States Marine Corps. This book makes me feel like our efforts were not in vain, and the generations to follow will be given their grandfathers memories of Korea with "THE FORGOTTEN." This great book has three parts. Section I - The Forgotten Flag is a very important planting of the American Flag by Marine PFC Luther R. Leguire over the American Ambassador's residence in Seoul after the invasion by the First Marine Division. It also covers his platoon being ambushed in Koto-ri near the Chosin Reservoir, and being the only survivor he prayed to live so he could serve God the rest of his life. Luther Leguire kept his promise and with much struggle became a very successful Pastor in Lake City, Florida. He also developed Camp Montgomery for young boys and girls that modeled the discipline of a Marine Boot Camp. Section II - The Forgotten War covers and contains the Inchon Invasion, the Chinese Intervention, the Stalemate at the DMZ and 35 stories that are personal memories from veterans of the United States military. You will learn about the antics of General Fred "Boots" Blesse the great Army Air Corps fighter pilot. Hear about Cpl Robert McGuire of the United States Army 7th Division talk about his adventure at the Iron Triangle Hill. You will read about how SSGT Andrew B. Jackson, USMC could not drive trucks of ammunition to the Chosin Reservoir because it was surrounded by the Chinese Army. He had the Greeks fly their boxcars at ground level over the reservoir. They opened the back door, took the plane straight up and let Andy and his passengers, along with War Correspondent Maggie Higgins and her crew, slide out with the ammunition on a mound of 7 feet of snow. Section III - The Forgotten Victory explains why this became a United Nations event when North Korea invaded South Korea. Twenty-two nations responded to the call of the United Nations to defend freedom. South Korea is now known as the Asian Tiger, and its capital Seoul is the second largest metropolitan city in the world. South Korea is now leading several key industries in the world in the field of science and technology. Without the United States intervention during the Korean War there would be a tragic domination of Communism throughout the Pacific nations. After reading the marvelous publication by William Cummins from Port Orange, Florida called "THE FORGOTTEN" it becomes apparent to me that the most important contribution by me in my lifetime and the one thing that I am most proud of is that I served in a rifle company in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War." - CPL John Rick Kennedy, USMC "I received the book and could not put it down until I finished it. I'm an avid reader and have to admit that this is one, if not, the best books that I've read this year. You could actually feel the emotion of each of the participants in the stories. You felt as if you were there with them. The book was mixed with humor, emotion and gut retching action. I loaned the book to my father-in-law who survived the Second World War in the Pacific. I will definitely read the book again and again. My hat's off to Bill Cummins. Keep the good books coming." --Greg Howard. FL