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The Battle for Pusan: A Korean War Memoir. By Addison Terry. Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 2000. ISBN 0-89141-701-X. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Glossary. Appendix. Pp. xix, 233. $27.95.
The author was first posted to the 7th Division, Eighth Army, at Honshu, Japan in June 1950. When war began in Korea, he was suddenly sent to Pusan, South Korea, where he was assigned to the 8th Field Artillery Battalion of the 25th Division. This book recounts his experiences as an artillery forward observer with A Company of the 27th Regiment, famous as a trouble shooter during the early days of the Pusan Perimeter.
The author provides a detailed description of the trials of artillery forward observers attached to front line infantry companies. He...