Steel Helmet: War Diary and Memoirs of a Korean Boy Soldier

This autobiography relates the life story of Myung Park, MD. The story begins with his life growing up in North Korea under Japanese and then the oppressive communist North Korean rule. The story continues with the advent of the Korean War, when he was swept up into the turmoil of the conflict, joining the South Korean Army during a time the allies had advanced north beyond his village. As a sixteen-year old Private First Class he wore the steel helmet with the symbol of a blue star, the en...