Forgotten Heroes: An American Soldier'S Journey from Korea Through the Cold War

When author Edward Lee Smith set out to write about his life as an African American soldier and teacher in America during the tumultuous twentieth century, he had a very personal mission in mind. He needed to confront his demons. Smith and his twin brother, Fred, encountered some of the bloodiest combat in the Korean War as ri emen with the Seventh Infantry Division of the US Army.

In Forgotten Heroes, he shares his life story—from his birth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; to growing up in N...