Subject: FW: Wisconsin Korean War Stories press release Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:34:13 -0500 Message-ID: <B46BC0C8F6373F43B0A84089442FE921014D97AF@MEWMAD1P0129.enterprise.wistate.us> From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org>
List Serve Members,
Many of you may have enjoyed the Wisconsin Korean War Stories series on
WPT last year. The information below described the new publication from
WHS Press.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Editorial Director Kathy
Borkowski
May 2008
(608) 264-6465
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS ANNOUNCES PUBLICATION OF "WISCONSIN
KOREAN WAR STORIES"
The Wisconsin Historical Society Press announces the release of
Wisconsin Korean War Stories: Veterans Tell Their Stories from the
Forgotten War (ISBN: ISBN 978-0-87020-394-7; Paperback $24.95). The book
was edited by Sarah Larsen and Jennifer M. Miller, with introduction by
Jeremi Suri.
"A focus on Wisconsin stories from the conflict is appropriate and
necessary," writes University of Wisconsin-Madison History Professor
Jeremi Suri, in the introduction. "It shows how deep the war penetrated
American society, transforming lives far removed from the Far East."
When North Korea attacked its southern neighbor in the summer of 1950,
the world stage suddenly got a lot colder. McCarthyism, détente, the
Cold War...all rose on the tide of tensions in Korea. A companion book
to the documentary produced by Wisconsin Public Television, Wisconsin
Korean War Stories, tells the story of this "forgotten war" through
first-person interviews, photographs and letters from Wisconsin men and
women. These are the voices of green infantrymen, of farm boys from the
heartland, and of small-town nurses in MASH units who treated the
wounded and sometimes sent them back into the fray. Wisconsin vets
remember the long, cold march to POW camp; weathering a typhoon during
the landing at Inchon; swimming the Han River on a reconnaissance
mission; kissing the ground after the "Big Switch" (prisoner exchange);
and much, much more.
Wisconsin Korean War Stories is an emotional reconstruction of what the
war meant to Wisconsin people who found themselves caught up in it. They
fought courageously and expected to lose their lives. "I felt terribly
sorry for what it would do to my mother and father," one vet remembers.
From enlistment to front-line combat, Wisconsin Korean War Stories is an
unforgettable collection.
Wisconsin Korean War Stories is a partnership of the Wisconsin
Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television in association with
the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. As a production assistant
for the documentary, Sarah A. Larsen spent countless hours interviewing
the men and women whose stories appear here. A graduate of the
University of Wisconsin, Larsen also worked on the production of
"Wisconsin World War II Stories" with the history unit of Wisconsin
Public Television. Jennifer M. Miller has taught history at the
University of Wisconsin, and is a member of the Society for American
Foreign Relations. She is working on a doctorate in American-Japanese
relations in the 1950s.
Media: For review copies of the book, author or book photos, or to
arrange an interview with the author, please contact Brian Bengtson,
Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Phone: (608) 264-6465; Fax: (608)
264-6486; E-mail: 264-6486; E-mail: brian.bengtson@wisconsinhistory.org.
Janet Seymour
Field Services Representative - Northern Region
Wisconsin Historical Society
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