Detailed account of the 5th Regimental Combat Team in the Koren War.
Includes a comprehensive list of 5th RCT unit casualties and Korean
Ex-Prisoners of War. Indexed for easy referencing. Foreword written by
Ltgen Alpha Bowser, G-3, 1st Marine Division, Korea 1950-1951. Much of
the information in this book about the Korean War has never before been
published.
Hills of Sacrifice is a magnificent history of 'Hawaii's own', the 5th
RCT during the Korean War. It will be widely read, and deserves to be"".
-- Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano, State of Hawaii
""At last, after 49 years, the best and most definitive book on infantry
combat at the bayonet level in Korea. It grips the reader into the
firestorm, fury, terror and grief of it all. Hills of Sacrifice is
deeply researched, grimly detailed, personalized historiography of
battlefield infantry action by American 'grunts' fighting determined
North Korean and Chinese soldiers. This superb book is not for the
faint-hearted. Graphic descriptions of the bloody details of close-in
grunt infantry battle and the love of soldiers for one another"". --
LTGEN Harold G. Moore
""A hell of a read! Hills of Sacrifice explodes like a hand grenade
and is riveting combat reportage. It's the most detailed account of the
bloody Korean War that I have read. The reader is there in the trenches,
with the Grunts, stopping massed attacks or storming enemy held hills.
The 5th RCT was a great regiment, with top leaders, brave warriors, and
this remarkable book captures their gallantry and sacrifice dead on
target. A must read for anyone wanting to know the Grunt's heroic story
from the Korean War and how a gallant regiment became the Fire Brigad of
the KoreanWar"". -- COL David H. Hackworth
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