American Veterans Center features HILLTOP DOC author Leonard Adreon
A Skype interview with Leonard Adreon, Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and author of Hilltop Doc: A Marine Corpsman Fighting Through the Mud and Blood of the Korean War. Adreon did not talk about his experience during the war for 60 years, until he agreed to speak for an audience at Washington University in St. Louis. Here he recounts his experiences with Greg Corombos, News Director of Radio America.
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Hilltop Doc Reviewed By Wally Wood of Bookpleasures.com
You rarely hear a veteran talk about actual combat. My theory: the experience is so intense, so extreme that any attempt to convey the reality is inevitably inadequate. Unless you've been there, you cannot apprehend the situation. Leonard Adreon, who was a Marine corpsman during the Korean war, has now, sixty years after the experience, made the worthy attempt to tell those of us who weren't there what it was like... READ FULL REVIEW. #HilltopDoc #koreanwar #leonardadreon
St. Louis Public Radio Interview
Last week marked the 64th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. St. Louisan and Korean War veteran Leonard Adreon recently published a memoir reflecting on his participation in America’s “forgotten war" as a Marine Corpsman, providing medical aid in battle. Click here to listen to the full interview. #HilltopDoc #koreanwar #leonardadreon
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