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A moving recount of the Marine who saw combat in three wars and later escaped from a POW camp during the Korean War.

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During his thirty-three years in the U.S. Marine Corps, Len Maffioli saw combat in World War II, the Korean War, and the war in Vietnam. And he was one of eighteen Marines who participated in the only successful organized escape from a Chinese Communist POW camp during the Korean War. But his moving story is not just that of a Marine grown gray in war. It is also that of an eyewitness to the historic evolution of the Corps from an amphibious landing force, through the crucibles of modern warfare in Korea and Vietnam and the resulting challenges to morale and discipline, to a multidimensional, integrated warfighting force. Readers share Maffioli's dreams - and his worst nightmare. His ill-fated task force (Drysdale) is ambushed at Korea's infamous Chosin Reservoir, where Maffioli and hundreds of American and British soldiers are taken prisoner. In graphic detail, Maffioli describes his six months in Chinese POW camps, including Kanggye, where attempts were made to reeducate and indoctrinate American prisoners.
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THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF SERVICE FOR CORPS AND COUNTRY

Len Maffioli was only eighteen when he stormed Saipan on D-Day in 1944. Shortly after that he was involved in combat operations on Tinian and Iwo Jima. And that was just the beginning of a long and distinguished career.

In the 1950s came the Korean War, with Maffioli participating in the amphibious landing at Inchon, the retaking of Seoul, and the ill-fated Task Force Drysdale, where he was captured by the Chinese Communist Forces and endured icy prison camp conditions so appalling that four out of ten POWs died. Yet Maffioli not only survived, he escaped and earned himself the Bronze Star. Seventeen years later, Maffioli was still going strong, weathering the Tet Offensive during his third war, a twelve-month tour of Vietnam.

From Iwo Jima to the Chosin Reservoir to Da Nang, Maffioli exemplifies the guts and courage that have made the U.S. Marine a legend among warriors.

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  • PublisherNaval Institute Press
  • Publication date1996
  • ISBN 10 1557506434
  • ISBN 13 9781557506436
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages284
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