title: Combat Operations of the Korean War: Ground, Air, Sea, Special and Covert
author:  Paul M. Edwards 
description: Written by the executive director of the Center for the Study of the Korean War, Graceland University, this volume details all known military operations carried out under United Nations command as part of the Korean War, from June 1950 through 22 July 1954. A total of 281 operations are included. Brief History of the Korean War is followed by a chronology from prewar times(December 1943) until Operation Glory (July 22, 1954). AZ entries are divided into five sections: Primarily Ground Operations; Primarily Air Operations; Primarily Naval Operations; Primarily Specialized, Experimental, Training, Feint, and Administrative Operations; and Covert and Clandestine Operations. Entries provide dates and a summary that includes the units involved, reason for the operation, locations, outcome, and more. Four appendixes list United Nations Command Participants, United States Ground Troops in Korea, Communist Forces Involved, and Korean War Campaigns, which is organized by military branch. The book also contains a bibliography of primary, electronic, and secondary resources. Edwards detailed account would be a worthwhile reference for academic libraries in which military history is an offered part of the curriculum as well as any library where there is a high interest in the Korean War. However, there are some shortcomings, such as instances in which the index does not coincide with the actual pages. For example, Operation Marley I in the index lists page 133, but on page 133, the operation is named Operation Marlex I. Such discrepancies can confuse the researcher and result in misinformation. --Carol Sue Harless
zlib_text: The Forgotten Service in the Forgotten War:  
  The U.S. Coast Guard’s Role in the Korean Conflict 
  Scott T. Price 
    
                On June 25, 1950 six North Korean infantry divisions, supported by large armor and artillery forces, 
  brutally attacked its neighbor, South Korea. The onslaught caught the South, as well as much of the world, 
  completely by surprise. As the Soviet-equipped divisions advanced towards the capital, Seoul, Coast Guard 
  officers stationed on the peninsula received word that they would have to evacuate. 
                The officers were based at the former Imperial Japanese naval facility of Chinae, South Korea where they 
  had been training the nucleus of what would become the South Korean navy. This little known operation was a 
  typical example of the Coast Guard’s role during the coming conflict; based in obscurity but nevertheless 
  important to the United Nations’ efforts to halt and reverse the Communist onslaught. 
                The Coast Guard’s missions for