The 3rd Platoon was written by an Infantry Platoon Leader who was among the first American soldiers to see combat during the Korean conflict. War was never declared and the action taken was by United Nation Forces. The hostilities were considered to be only a police action in a effort to stop the spread of Communism. This conflict may not have been an all out war but it is declared as one of the bloodiest conflicts of modern times. Soldiers of several nations were involved fighting under the authority of the United Nations. Most weapons of modern times were employed and millions of people were killed, wounded or missing. Other millions of people were displaced. United Nation Forces consisted primarily of soldiers from South Korea, England, Canada, Australia, Turkey and the United States. There were scattered support from other nations but the United states furnished a majority of the troops and cost of this conflict. Enemy forces consisted of; North Korea, China and a sprinkling of Russian airmen
About the Author: Jim Browning was born and raised in a rural community in northeast Alabama. He enlisted in the US army soon after his eighteenth birthday. After basic he was accepted into the army's leadership program for future non-commissioned officers. He served as an Infantry Platoon Leader during the Korean conflict. His unit The 5th Regimental Combat Team saw action within a few days after the conflict began. The 3rd platoon was one of the few to go all the way to the Yalu River. As a casualty of war Jim spent six plus months in four field hospitals, two hospital ships and one base hospital located at Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Upon release from the hospital Jim was assigned to the Japanese Logistical Command and further assigned to security for Japan's Royal Family. Jim is personally acquainted with His Majesty Akihito 125th, Emperor of Japan and served as his personal body guard during the 1951 Winter Olympics held on the Island of Hokkaido. Later he was assigned to the First Guided Missile Brigade and worked in the same office with doctor Wernher Von Braun. Other military assignments included, being placed on temporary duty (TDY) with Wielding Studios and he was a cast member while filming the movie "Double Duty American." Later he was on TDY with the atomic energy commission while the army was early testing of atomic weapons. Jim was one of the first fifty Americans to be within one mile (5,000 measured feet) of an atomic explosion twice the size of the ones dropped on Japan. As a civilian Jim's entrepreneurial spirit has led him to incorporate five manufacturing companies. Jim has written one military technical manual, two quality control manuals and one genealogical record for his family. He has written and published four novels, "A Lone Man", "Priscilla", "Breast-Feed Your Dreams" and "The 3rd Platoon" Jim is married sixty plus years and has five sons and forty three grand and great grand children