War Dawgs: Kulbes' Mongrels in Korea, 1950-1951
A story of one troops fight through Korea.
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Book details
- Author
- Franklin Kestner
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- History › Wars & Conflicts › Korean War
History › Military › United States - Topics
- Korean War · military history · combat engineering · U.S. Army · unit history · soldier memoir
- ISBN-13
- 9781563114519 (Hardcover)9781630269708 (Paperback)
About the authors
MAJ. FRANKLIN D. R. KESTNER SR. was a retired United States Army Major who served in the Infantry and co-authored two books with James Livingston about his Korean War experiences. His books include War Dawgs and To the Last Man!
Kestner was born in Point Pleasant, Missouri in 1932, joined the Army at age 17 in 1950, and immediately entered service in Korea. He survived the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir with D Company, 10th Engineer Combat Battalion, served two tours each in Korea and Vietnam, held POW status, and earned numerous decorations including the Purple Heart.
Kestner died on August 19, 2013.
JAMES LIVINGSTON is the co-author, alongside Franklin D. R. Kestner Sr., of War Dawgs and To the Last Man! Livingston taught English at the University of Arizona and assisted Kestner in publishing his first book after Kestner contacted him with a dream of telling his Korean War story.