The Forgotten War Begins: A Novel of the Sea War in Korea, by Archie Miller
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The Forgotten War Begins -- A Novel of the Sea War in Korea Nonstop action set in the actual events of the times! It is 1950. World War II is over, the nation is at peace and the US armed forces are drastically cut back in size. The new, bomber-centered, nuclear-armed Air Force is now king and the Army, and especially Navy forces, are cut to the bone. Unexpectedly, 100,000 North Korean troops cross the border into South Korea driving the lightly equipped South Korean Army down the peninsula. President Truman, with United Nations backing, pledges to help South Korea and directs the US Navy to blockade the Korean coast and to patrol the Formosa Straits to prevent the Red Chinese Army from invading Formosa. A single aircraft carrier, a couple of cruisers and a handful of destroyers is all that is left of the once mighty 7th Fleet. This skeleton force is ordered into the breach to carry out the President's mandate. In USS Percival steaming north from Hong Kong on the first day of the war, Lt. j.g. David “Hutch” Hutcheson wonders whether the few, undermanned, under-supplied US ships can meet the challenge. Percival forms up with the rest of the 7th fleet in a show of force in the Formosa Straits on their way to Buckner Bay in Okinawa. During the transit, Percival escorts the aircraft carrier Valley Forge, serves as radar picket and chases down a false submarine contact. Under the United Nations Mandate, the US 7th Fleet is joined by ships of the British Far East Fleet to form Task Force 77 at Buckner. Percival has a war-hero Captain, an alcoholic Executive Officer and a crew of junior officers that have never seen combat. However, Percival and Hutch are plunged into the fray, escorting aircraft carriers, as their aircraft attack North Korea. At General MacArthur's direction, Vice Admiral Struble, Commander 7th Fleet, boards Percival for a quick trip to Formosa to reassure Chiang Kai Shek that the US has his back. Hutch acts as Struble's aid in his meeting with Chiang, Madam Chiang, the US Charge' de Affaires and Admiral Kwei. With the shortage of naval fighting ships, Percival is constantly at sea. Hutch has Percival's conn during the rescue of a pilot whose plane crashed while attempting a landing on Valley Forge. Percival plays "Train Buster" against a Communist ammunition train trying to hide in a tunnel. A North Korean torpedo boat attacks Percival with disastrous results. Percival joins the Gunfire Support Group in bombarding North Korean troops and industrial centers. Percival attacks a sonar contact that turns out to be an enemy sub. Percival's Landing Party goes ashore to bring fuel to embattled and surrounded Republic of Korea forces and ends up in a fierce firefight on the beach. During all of this, General MacArthur, Admiral Joy and Air Force General Stratemeyer struggle with problems revealed by a resurgent, combative, naval air and an impotent US Air Force unprepared for this kind of war. Navy aircraft carriers are directed to bring Air Force planes from the US. The inability of Air Force controllers to direct Navy planes in close troop support frustrates Navy fliers and morale plunges. Seventh Fleet aircraft are tasked to attack targets that are rightfully the Air Force's leading to strained relations between Navy and Air Force brass. With his first taste of war at sea, Hutch ponders whether he made a mistake in following the family naval tradition and if he will ever again see Peggy, his wife, and their infant son. Finally, during MacArthur's daring invasion of North Korea, Hutch meets the enemy in fierce combat at close quarters in the intertidal waters off Inchon. If you like books by Tom Clancy, W.E.B. Griffin, Claude Berube or Stephen Coontz, you will want to read "The Forgotten War Begins."
The Forgotten War Begins: A Novel of the Sea War in Korea, by Archie Miller - Amazon Sales Rank: #1043478 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-18
- Released on: 2015-03-18
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The Forgotten War Begins: A Novel of the Sea War in Korea, by Archie Miller About the Author Archie T. Miller Born in Jersey City, NJ in 1930, Archie grew up in Arlington, VA. He studied Music at Brevard College (North Carolina) for 2 years. He left college and joined the Navy during the winter of 1950/51 at a rather desperate point in the Korean War when UN forces were being driven south in retreat down the Korean peninsula. He went to Boot Camp at Great Lakes and attended the U,S, Fleet Sonar School in Key West, FL. Miller was stationed at the Naval Torpedo Testing Range Piney Point, MD and served in U.S.S. Wren DD-568 that made a 55,000 mile voyage completely around the world, with a 4-month interlude in the Korean War Zone. After four years in the Navy, he studied Electronic Engineering Technology at the Capital Radio Engineering Institute in Washington, DC and went to work for RCA. Miller started work as a technical writer working on Naval Radar, Sonar, Communications, Gun Fire Control and Surface to Air Missile Systems. He went on to manage technical and engineering teams involving the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, Surface to Air Missiles, Spacecraft Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems and Spacecraft Operations. He is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute. Archie retired from GE Americom as Manager, Network and Spacecraft Operations. He was a technical consultant for seven years on spacecraft projects in the US and China. He now lives in Central New Jersey with his wife Judy.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The forgotten War By Bernard R. Ditter This book, although a fictionalized version of history, describes the first three months of the "Forgotten War" in a way that enlightened this reviewer who spent the last two years of that war on a Fletcher class destroyer.Being fifteen when the USS Percival DDE 452 went through the Formosa Straights, I wasn't that aware of global politics and even when at seventeen and going thru those same straights on my destroyer, I was still not cognizant of the reasons why.This author gives the reader a succinct history of how the USA responded to the threat of a communist takeover of South Korea.We learn of the crippling downsizing of all of our military forces following WWII, the Key West Agreement (the first three monthsof the forgotten precursor to eliminating the Navy) and the failed predominance of the Air Force over the Navy in air support.From the first shell fired from off shore to the landing on Inchon three months later we see first hand life on board from theperspective of a former sonar man. We roam the ASW (anti-submarine warfare) area, CIC, the bridge and a multitude ofspaces on the ship. The detail is refreshing to one who has been there and informing to those who have not.We are given interesting insight to very senior officers (Admirals) in decision making situations, as well as young officersin shipboard situations that call upon their skills and experience. We are given an insider's view of life on board at everylevel.The characters bring reality to the stark details of life on board a ship and combat in a form, other than man to man, buttechnology to technology. We see enough of the players to care and sense their personal angst over their circumstances.For me the quick response to the invasion from a decimated fleet and a firsthand view of the birth of Task Force 77 wasenough to earn my rating. It was another America fresh from the decisive victories in the Pacific and Europe and full ofconfidence.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. and I like to read them to gain some insight into what ... By Bob Dial I've been reading and greatly enjoying the historical novel "The Forgotten War Begins." My late father was a Disbursing Clerk aboard the USS Valley Forge on her 3rd and 4th Korean War cruises (1951-52 and 52-53). There aren't many books about the U.S. Navy in Korea, and I like to read them to gain some insight into what his experiences must have been like. I've learned much from this book about the naval response to the North Korean invasion of 1950. Some of the details about sonar operations are a bit technical, but the bulk of the novel deals with details the non-specialist can easily grasp. Thanks to the author for writing this fine book.
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