Reflections on the Korean War from a sixteen-year-old soldier who left school and enlisted in the Army two weeks before the war began. After basic training he was assigned to the Third Infantry Division, which entered the war in North Korea in November 1950. He served with the 3rd ID for the remainder of the first year of the war, through the Hungnam and North Korea Evacuation until UN forces again crossed the 38th parallel in the spring of 1951. As peace talks were commencing, the author's age was discovered, and he was returned to the U.S. and honorably discharged nine days before his 17th birthday. The book contains his recollections of his service in the war in the context of the significant battles occurring in Korea and events on the world stage.