This is a superb autobiography, well-written and absorbing and taking us into a different part of the army to the other Korean War memoirs I've read.

History of War

An intimate and personal account...it has the ability to appeal to the casual reader and the student alike. For the casual reader, the narration is straightforward, low on military jargon, with enough action with which to maintain reader interest. A more serious student of the era will not be disappointed as it offers many insights that a more general academic text would not have space to mention.

The Armourer

A gripping memoir which recounts the Author's experiences and emotions of someone who fought both at the Imjin River and Hook battles.

Forces Pension Society

A very readable demonstration of how formative an experience National service could be.

Soldier Magazine

A very readable demonstration of how formative an experience National service could be.

Lt Col Andy Gladen, RE

The British Army’s considerable contribution to the Korean War in 1950 involved large numbers of ‘conscripts’ or national servicemen. Plucked from civilian life on a lottery basis and given a short basic training, some of these men, like Jim Jacobs, volunteered for overseas duty and suddenly found themselves in the thick of a war as intensive and dangerous as anything the Second World War had had to offer. As a member of 170 Independent Mortar Battery RA from March 1951 to June 1952, Jim was in the frontline at the famous battle of the Imjin River.

Britain at War