type: A – F topic: Non-Fiction program: 2016 – 2020

Hilltop Doc: A Marine Corpsman Fighting Through the Mud and Blood of the Korean War

Author: Leonard Adreon

Published: 2018
Publisher: Amazon
Available for Purchase: LaVidaCo LLC
Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, Military History, Korean War
Website: https://www.amazon.com/Hilltop-Doc-Corpsman-Fighting-Through/dp/1950419045/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1652110934&sr=8-1
Author’s Note: As a Marine corpsman, Leonard Adreon saw some of the worst of the Korean War’s carnage and the best of its humanity. His descriptions bring to life the war between the Chinese army and the U. S. Marines. You will feel the anguish, frustration and terror endured by the Marines on the hillsides against adverse conditions and massive Chinese forces. Adreon tells his story from the unique perspective of a young man thrown into the role of saving lives amid the war’s violence. He leavens the grim emotional, and sometimes ironic, battlefield scenes with his background story of bizarre events that landed him at Korea’s 38th Parallel.

OLLI Affiliation: Washington University in St. Louis