White tigers
White tigers: my secret war in North Korea Ben S. Malcom, with Ron Martz
Publisher: Washington : Brassey's, c1996.
ISBN: 1574880160
DDC: 951.9042
LCC: DS921.6
Summary:
In February 1952, Army 1st Lt. Ben Malcom was en route to join the
3rd Infantry Division at war in Korea when he received a telephone
call. He had been selected for a special assignment: running South
Korean partisan units deep behind enemy lines. A lean, tough Georgian
fresh out of Ft. Benning's Infantry Officer Basic Course, Lieutenant
Malcom never hesitated in accepting the unusual assignment. Within
hours, he embarked on one of the most fascinating and heretofore
untold stories of the Korean War - the special operations of the
United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK). Assigned as an
intelligence officer to the 8240th Army Unit of the U.S. Eighth Army,
he worked from a clandestine camp on the island of Paengnyong-do off
of the western coast of North Korea. Responsible for the operations
and intelligence-gathering activities of eleven partisan battalions
known as "donkey units," Malcom was the only American assigned to the
4th Guerrilla Battalion and led them on many raids. They called
themselves the White Tigers. Accompanying the White Tigers in a
heroic attack on a heavily defended North Korean position, Malcom
earned the Silver Star. Ironically, it took twelve years for Malcom
to be awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge because his activities
were classified. They remained so until only recently.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and index.
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