Under Fire

Pickering, now high up in the newly created CIA, and Ken McCoy as they work behind MacArthur's back to covertly pave the way for an invasion of North Korea. It's now 1950, and with Communist forces making their presence felt below the 38th Parallel, Griffin's plot centers on Gen. Having wrapped up World War II with 1999's In Danger's Path, bestselling military author W.E.B. Look for more sharp, authentic writing in this series' next installment. Griffin now deploys his Marines in Korea with Under Fire, the ninth volume in his Corps series. Ken "Killer" McCoy, and Master Gunner Ernie Zimmerman--with historical figures including President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur making appearances as well. Back are familiar characters from Griffin's

For these men and their families, names such as Inchon and Pusan will acquire a new, bloody reality—and become their greatest challenge of all… . After the epic struggle of World War II, W.E.B. Griffin’s bestselling chronicle of the Marine Corps enters a new stage of modern warfare—with new weapons, new strategies, and a new breed of warrior—on the battlefields of Korea… In 1950, Captain Ken McCoy’s report on North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that he is promptly booted out of the Corps—and just as promptly picked up by the fledgling CIA. Immediately veterans scattered throughout military and civilian life are called up, many with only seventy-two hours notice. Soon, his predictions come true: on June 25th the North Koreans invade across the 38th parallel

If Quentin Tarantino Wrote a Corps Book Mike Cataldo In his Brotherhood of War series Griffin did a great job with the first three books. The next three, of that series, were added and maintained a good continuity. The last three were garbage added on to extend a series that really ended with the Generals.In the Corps he tries to stretch the series out from the beginning and I had high hopes. Up until I read this book. In book eight his group of characters is involved in the early stages of World War II - then suddenly without finishing his arcs we are suddenly on the br. D. Clement said Semper Fi! WEB Griffin has done it again.. I am prejudiced in that I am a Marine. But even a bit of pro Marine Corps prejudice is not what convinces me that WEB Griffin is a great writer. As far as I know he never served in the Corps, but he captures our ethos and our esprit de corps far better than any other author I know. Griffin writes with feeling and he captures the essence of military life. He manages to intertwine a great story line with an accurate telling of the history of the period. Strongly recommended for anyone who has even a casual interest in mi. Roger J. Buffington said Killer McCoy in Korea. I love Griffin's "The Corps" series and this book is an excellent novel in that series. In this one, it is 1950 and Killer McCoy is stationed in Korea. There are rumblings about the North Koreans, and we are off to another terrific story. All of our favorite characters are in this novel including General Fleming Pickering, Pick Pickering, Killer McCoy, and even our favorite of them all: Major Robert Macklin. The story starts out at Griffin's usual deliberate pace, but as always, it works.My only criticism of Book 9 is