In Combat in Korea by Ryan Walkowski

In Combat in Korea

Eighteen Veterans Remember the War

Ryan Walkowski, Ed Gruber

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers · Print & ebook · December 29, 2025

How can a war--labeled a police action yet costing millions of lives, traumatizing countless other individuals, and razing cities and villages--be forgotten?

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Who it’s for
Korean War veterans recount battles and harrowing experiences in their own words.
Genres
Korean War History, Veterans' Stories, U.S. Military History
Published
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, December 29, 2025

About this book

How can a war--labeled a police action yet costing millions of lives, traumatizing countless other individuals, and razing cities and villages--be forgotten? Despite its widespread effects, the Korean War received less media attention than World War II with its global scope and the Vietnam War with its stormy protests and inglorious conclusion. Ryan Walkowski took on a mission to ensure this war--in which his grandfather and great-uncle fought--would be remembered.

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Taking overnight drives across the United States, he interviewed Korean War veterans who recounted the most terrifying times of their lives. Walkowski and author Ed Gruber--a Navy and Korean War veteran--sought to present these stories of battles in frigid and monsoon conditions, of fierce warfare in rugged mountains and muddy paddies, of bugle-blaring enemies attacking in waves. Blunt, profane, hesitant, and tearful, these firsthand accounts of vicious hand-to-hand fighting and other harrowing experiences provide a stark reminder of the immense devastation that was the Korean War.

Veterans Remember Korea

Korean War veterans recount battles and harrowing experiences in their own words.

Come here for

  • Firsthand accounts from Korean War veterans
  • Stories of hand-to-hand fighting and wartime devastation

Expect

  • Accounts of fighting in frigid and monsoon conditions
  • Stories of warfare in rugged mountains and muddy paddies

Where it sits

Korean War History100%
Veterans' Stories54%
U.S. Military History26%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Authors
Ryan Walkowski, Ed Gruber
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published
December 29, 2025
Format
Print & ebook