There were some editing errors, combined with maybe too much military jargon for the average reader, but in all fairness, High Tide flowed very nicely illuminating an undeserved obscure place in history.

The combined U.S., French, and South Korean victory over the Chinese and North Korean multitude of thousands is worthy of much greater attention. The main problem it faced in the past was the Korean War time slot, 1950-1953, being too soon after WWII. But the United Nations' response and the cultures it brought to the world stage have rarely been touched by creative writers and researchers. Besides France, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Turkey, South Africa, Ethiopia, Colombia, Thailand, The Philippines, Belgium, and even little tiny Luxembourg sent fighting forces. The Scandinavian countries, along with Italy, and India sent medical support.

One of the most emotional stories to come out of this international endeavor was the Turkish troops' adoptive care for Ayla, an orphaned little girl. There are no doubt other stories from that war just waiting for writers and film crews.

It was a televised documentary about the decisive battles at Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni that prompted author Leo Barron, who most often writes about WWII, to write High Tide in 2015.

"Immediately I was intrigued. The central elements of the story were right out of a Hollywood blockbuster: a single U.S. Army infantry regiment found itself trapped behind enemy lines, facing several Chinese Army divisions. Despite the long odds, the 23rd Infantry Division, together with its attached French Battalion, whipped the Chinese divisions and altered the course of the Korean War.," Barron wrote in his introduction. "The story was tailor-made for a great movie. After reading more about the engagement, I asked myself, why I had never heard of the Battle of Chipyong-ni?"

Barron noted that Korea has few anchors in popular American culture. He's absolutely correct, but possibly the new movie Devotion, filmed partly just a few miles from here at the Statesboro Airport might help plug that hole in our education.

High Tide is laid down in order with serious detail, and bolstered by maps.

There's a mystery in the maps for me. I come across several of the immediate battle areas showing a Som River. As most any military historian would know one of the biggest fights in the trenches of WWI in France was the Battle of the Somme (River). I'm still working on that one for a French perspective on that name similarity, and any possible ironies.

Personally, any forthcoming media on Korea would get my attention. That was my dad's war, even if he was off the coast on the Manchester as a radioman and gunnery mate, and off the boat at Yokosuka, Japan when on leave. I worked in China for six years, and can't believe I never visited Korea or Japan. What stories have I missed?