The taking of Hill 610: And other essays on friendship

History of battles by a Marine rifle company in the Korean War following the Chosin Reservoir Campaign, by Paul Norton 'Pete' McCloskey Jr. (b. 1927), a former Republican politician from the U.S. state of California, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983 and ran on an anti-war platform for the Republican nomination for President in 1972 but was defeated by incumbent President Richard Nixon (and later became a Democrat). Contents: The taking of Hill 610; The 'official' records; The aftermath; The pacifist horror; Hospital Corpsman Third Class Thomas Burchick; The sergeant who asked too much; A corpsman saves two lives; Second Lieutenant Robert Munday and others, in memoriam; Harry Truman's two friends; The wetback's son; Mistakes to remember; The liquor officer; The long arm of Congress; The Virginians, regular and reserve; The play; Kindness.