Deadlock in Korea: Canadians at War, 1950-1953

281 Pages·2010·1.94 MB·English

by  Ted Barris

Ted Barris divides his time between teaching at Toronto’s Centennial College in
the journalism department and writing/ broadcasting professionally. His work on
CBC and TVO is well known (he has earned a Billboard Radio Documentary
Award and numerous ACTRA Award nominations) and his bylines appear in
such publications as the National Post and Globe and Mail, and the Legion,
Beaver, and Air Force magazines. He has published 16 non-fiction books. In
1993, he received the Canada 125 Medal “for service to Canada and
community.” In 2004, the Remembrance Service Association of Halifax
recognized Ted Barris and his military history writing with its annual Patriot
Award. In 2006, the 78th Fraser Highlander regiment awarded Barris its annual
excellence award, the Bear Hackle Award, to recognize his “contribution to the
awareness and preservation of Canadian military history and traditions.”
Since January 1997, David Bercuson has been the Director of the Centre for
Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary and is also the
Director of Programs of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute,
based in Calgary. He has published on a wide range of topics, specializing in
modern Canadian politics, Canadian defence and foreign policy, and Canadian
military history. His most recent book is The Fighting Canadians; Our
Regimental History from New France to Afghanistan.
Books o f Merit
Deadlock in Korea
ALSO BY TED BARRIS
MILITARY HISTORY
Behind the Glory: Canada’s Role in the Allied Air War (1st edition, 1992)
Juno: Canadians at D-Day, June 6, 1944
Days of Victory: Canadians Remember, 1939–1945 (with Alex Barris, 1st
edition, 1995) Deadlock in Korea: Canadians at War, 1950–1953 (1st
edition, 1999) Canada and Korea: Perspectives 2000 (contributor) Days
of Victory: Canadians Remember, 1939–1945 (Sixtieth Anniversary
edition, 2005) Victory at Vimy: Canada Comes of Age, April 9–12, 1917
Breaking the Silence: Veterans’ Untold Stories from the Great War to
Afghanistan
OTHER NON-FICTION
Fire Canoe: Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited
Rodeo Cowboys: The Last Heroes
Positive Power: The Story of the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club Spirit of
the West: The Beginnings, the Land, the Life
Playing Overtime: A Celebration of Oldtimers’ Hockey
Carved in Granite: 125 Years of Granite Club History Making Music:
Profiles from a Century of Canadian Music (with Alex Barris) 101
Things Canadians Should Know About Canada (contributor)
DEADLOCK IN
KOREA
CANADIANS
AT WAR,
1950–1953
TED BARRIS
THOMAS ALLEN PUBLISHERS
TORONTO
Copyright 2010 © Ted Barris
Original hardcover edition copyright © 1999 Ted Barris All rights reserved. No part of this work may be
reproduced or
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Barris, Ted
Deadlock in Korea : Canadians at war, 1950-1953 / Ted Barris.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-88762-528-2
1. Canada—Armed Forces—History—Korean War, 1950–1953. 2. Canada—Canadian Army—History—
Korean War, 1950–1953. 3. Korean War, 1950–1953—Participation, Canadian. I. Title.
DS919.2.B37 2010 951.904'240971 C2009-907223-8
Jacket image: Stefano Rellandini
Published by Thomas Allen Publishers,
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This book was originally published in hardcover by Macmillan Canada in 1999.
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the support of
the Ontario Arts Council for its publishing program.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which
last year invested $2O.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada.
We acknowledge the Government of Ontario through the
Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative.
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book
Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities.
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Printed and bound in Canada
For Don Stickland and l Korea veterans like him.
They volunteered to restore peace in a war zone and
battled in peacetime to get these stories told.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The War That Wasn’t
2 Special Force
3 A Gallon of Sweat
4 Land of the Morning Calm
5 Blooding of the Brigade
6 God Keep Me from Heroes
7 The Irremovable Digit
8 An Unholy Mess
9 In the Killing Zone
10 A Bit of Home
11 The Last Statistic
12 The Other Side of the Hill
13 The War That History Forgot
Notes
Sources