Under Fire, W.E.B. Griffin
Under Fire, W.E.B. Griffin
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Under Fire

Author: W.E.B. Griffin

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 24 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2013


Synopsis

Korea, June 1, 1950. Captain Ken McCoy’s report on probable North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that not only is it promptly suppressed, but McCoy himself is kicked out of the Corps. At least two outfits, however, are not impressed by such infighting: the fledgling CIA, which promptly hires McCoy; and the North Koreans, who on June 25th invade across the 38th parallel.Immediately, veterans scattered throughout military and civilian life are called up, many with only seventy-two hours’ notice. For Fleming Pickering and Pick, his daredevil son, and Ed Banning, George Hart, Jack Stecker, Jake Dillon, Ernie Zimmerman—and for the women who love them—names such as Inchon and Pusan will acquire a new, bloody reality, and Korea will become not only a new battlefield—but their greatest challenge of all…

About W.E.B. Griffin

W. E. B. Griffin is also the author of the bestselling Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, and Honor Bound series. He has been invested into the orders of St. George of the U.S. Armor Association and St. Andrew of the U.S. Army Aviation Association, and is a life member of the U.S. Special Operations Association; Gaston-Lee Post 5660, Veterans of Foreign Wars; China Post #1 in Exile of the American Legion; and the Police Chiefs Association of Southeast Pennsylvania, South New Jersey, and Delaware. He is an honorary life member of the U.S. Army Otter & Caribou Association, the U.S. Army Special Forces Association, the U.S. Marine Corps Raider Association, and the USMC Combat Correspondents Association.


Reviews

Goodreads review by John on September 10, 2012

W.E.B. Griffin is one of the most prolific writer's of our time. I have enjoyed his Corps Series immensely and the interesting characters he has created. However, after eight straight winners, Griffin misses the bulls eye with Under Fire. Not that it's not an easy read (all of his books are) and not......more

Goodreads review by Gilbert on March 13, 2022

Seven years have passed between the events of In Danger’s Path and the start of Under Fire. World War II has ended and the Cold War has begun. MacArthur is in charge of Japan just a couple of weeks before North Korea invades the South. MacArthur and the U.S. has no idea that such an invasion is bein......more

Goodreads review by Jim on September 12, 2019

Another great WEB Griffin book. This one brought me to tears twice, once for the courage dedication and sacrifice of the Marines he chronicled, and once for the loss of this great man who so brilliantly told their story.......more

Goodreads review by Keith on December 02, 2020

When we last left our intrepid heros, Major Ken McCoy, Captain (?) Malcolm Pickering, Master Gunner Ernest Zimmerman, Zimmerman's presumed lost wife and children as well as Banning's presumed dead wife and child he knew nothing about as well as a cast of dozens were all in the high Gobi desert rescu......more

Goodreads review by Robert on February 18, 2021

The Master story teller at his best...! An WEB Griffen book is like a bottle of the Very best fine wine, it is to be savored and served at the proper temperature. In every book there is this grain of truth weaving its way through the story line and that’s how WEB Griffin delivers one hell of a story.......more