John T. Greenwood is former chief of the Office of Medical History, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army. He is the editor of several books, including Normandy to Victory: The War Diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army and My Life
"" Passing the Test completes the story of ground combat during the
Chinese offensives of 1951. It records the action of the small
units that held back the last offensives and then counterattacked
to regain the ground lost. Recorded on the ground where the
soldiers fought, these chapters are 'the unadorned first drafts of
history' brought back by the Army History Detachments, as told by
the men who fought in those battles. This is combat history at its
best." -- Lt. General Julius W. Becton, Jr. (Ret.)" --
""A must read for all those who want to understand the Korean War
and how the United Nations Command and U.S. Eighth Army effectively
fought the Chinese Spring Offensives on 1951."-- Journal of
America's Military Past" --
""Cirillo...greatly enhances the text by providing a superlative
introduction and conclusion that place the Chinese Fifth Offensive
in perspective."-- Army" --
""Clearly a work of scholarship that will be a valuable document
for understanding the war, more important in some ways than the
story of battles and army movements."-- Teaching History" --
""Serves as a monument to the fighting spirit of the individual
soldier."-- Army" --
""The editors... did a fine job in relating the background to the
fierce, brutal clashes between the U.S. Army forces of Eighth Army
and numerous units of the Chinese 'volunteer' armies that had
intervened in the Korean struggle late in 1950."-- H-Net Review"
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""This volume from the Combat in Korea series captures the shock,
flow, and change of tactical battle in the spring and early summer
of 1951. First hand experiences drawn from battlefield interviews
and adept selection of unit battle summaries combine to vividly
portray the facts of small unit combat as formal war histories
don't. Leader and soldier realities, their uncertainty and
reactions under fire, and, ultimately, their choices and resolute
performance illuminate this narrative of brutal battle at the
height of Korean War fighting. This will be a classic for those
wishing to study the Korean War as experienced by the combat
soldier in 1951." -- Lt. General Bob Wood (Ret.)" --
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