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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

AIR WAR OVER KOREA, Larry Davis. Squadron/signal publications, Texas 1982 ISBN 0 89747 137 7.
AIR WAR OVER KOREA, Robert Jackson. Ian Allen, London 1973 ISBN 0 7110 0459 5
AMERICAN WAR MEDALS AND DECORATIONS, Evans E. Kerrigan. Leo Cooper, London 1973 ISBN 0 85052 140 8.
BOEKWERK ONDERSCHEIDINGEN, C.H. Evers. Bussum, Den Haag 1985 ISBN 90 70987 02 3.
BRITISH BATTLES AND MEDALS, Major L.L. Gordon. Spink and Sons Ltd, London 1971
BRITISH FORCES IN THE KOREAN WAR, Ashley Cunningham-Boothe and Peter Farrar The British Korean Veterans Association, Hyde, Cheshire 1988 (3rd edition 1997) ISBN 0 9512622 0 3
BRITISH ORDERS, DECORATIONS, AND MEDALS AWARDED TO AMERICAN FORCES FOR THE  
KOREAN WAR, Paul B. Morrissey and William R. Westlake. Borch And Westlake Publishing, Temple, Arizona 2003 ISBN 0-9641533-6-X
B-29 SUPERFORTRESS UNITS OF THE KOREAN WAR – OSPREY COMBAT AIRCRAFT 42, Robert F. Dorr Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2003 ISBN 1 84176 654 2
CARRIER WARS - NAVAL AVIATION FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE PERSIAN GULF, Edwin P. Hoyt. Robert Hale, London 1990 ISBN 0-7090-4018-0
CATALOGUE OF CAMPAIGN AND INDEPENDENCE MEDALS ISSUED DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY TO THE BRITISH ARMY, Major N.W. Poulsom.  
Corbitt & Hunter Ltd, Newcastle Under Tyne 1969.  
CAPTIVE IN KOREA, Philip Deane. Hamish Hamilton, London 1953.
COLLECTING MEDALS AND DECORATIONS, Alec A. Purvis. Seaby, London 1971.
DANISH ORDERS AND MEDALS, Captain P.J. Jorgensen. Aug Olsens Eftf, Copenhagen 1964.
DECORATIONS OFFICIELLES FRANCAISES, Imprimerie Nationale. Administration des Monnaies et Medailles 1956.
DISTINCTIONS HONORIFIQUES DE LA BELGIQUE 1830-1985, Andre Charles Borne. Creadif, Bruxelles 1985.
FAMOUS REGIMENTS - THE ARGYLE AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS, Duglas Sutherland. Leo Cooper Ltd, London 1969 SBN 85052 013 4
FAMOUS REGIMENTS - THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT (WEST RIDING), James LUNT. Leo Cooper Ltd, London 1971 ISBN 0 85052 067 3
FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN THE FIELD, THE REGISTER OF THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL 1939-1992, George A. Brown Western Canadian Distributors Ltd., Langley, BC, Canada 1993
FORGOTTEN HEROES – 131 MEN AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR 1950-1953, Kennith N. Jordan, Sr. Schiffer Military/Aviation History, Atglen, PA 1995 ISBN 0-88740-807-9
FOR HEROIC OR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT,  THE AMERICAN BRONZE STAR MEDAL AWARDED TO UNITED KINGDOM AND COMMONWEALTH FORCES FOR THE KOREAN WAR, Frederic L. Borch III and William R. Westlake. Borch And Westlake Publishing, Temple, Arizona 1995 ISBN 0-9641533-1-9
FOR HEROISM OR EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN AERIAL FLIGHT,  THE AMERICAN DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AWARDED TO UNITED KINGDOM AND COMMONWEALTH FORCES FOR THE KOREAN WAR, William R. Westlake. Borch And Westlake Publishing, Temple, Arizona 1997 ISBN 0-9641533-5-1
FROM THE DANUBE TO THE YALU, General Mark W. Clark. Harper & Brothers, New York 1954.
F-51 MUSTANG UNITS OVER KOREA – OSPREY FRONTLINE COLOUR 1, Warren Thompson Osprey Publishing Ltd, Oxford 1999 ISBN 1 85532 917 4
HOME BY CHRISTMAS - WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY IN KOREA 1950-56, Lieutenant Colonel C. Smith. Mostly Unsung, Victoria 1990
   
HONORS, MEDALS AND AWARDS OF THE KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953, Kevin R. Ingraham. Prospect Press, New York 1993 ISBN 0-9635795-0-9
IDENTIFICATION OF THE MORE COMMON MEDALS OF BELGIUM, Daniel M. byrne Daniel M. Byrne, P.O. Box 45023 Tulsa Oklahoma 74145, 1977
INDEX OF DECORATIONS AND ORDERS ANNOUNCED IN ALL HANDS 1950-1980, Brandon T. Wiegand D-Day Militaria, Brackenridge, PA 2005 ISBN 1-932891-67-6
IN QUEST OF GLORY, Gerald Kingsland. New English Library, London 1990 ISBN 0-450-42473-6
KOREAN WAR ACES - OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 4, Robert F. Dorr, Jon Lake and Warren Thomoson. Osprey Aerospace, London 1995 ISBN 1 85532 501 2
KOREA THE AIR WAR 1950-1953, Jack C. Nicholls. Osprey, London 1991 ISBN 1 85532 115 7
KOREA THE FORGOTTEN WAR (AUSTRALIANS AT WAR 14), John Hooker Time Life Books (Australia), Sydney 1989 ISBN 0 949118 39 7
KOREA - THE LIMITED WAR, D. Rees. Macmillan, London 1964 333 067932.
KOREA - THE UNKNOWN WAR, Jon Halliday & Bruce Cumings. Penguin Books, London 1990 ISBN 0 14 010460 7
KOREA 1950 - 1953, Edgar O'Ballance. Faber and Faber, London 1969 SBN 571 089011.
KOREA 1950-1953 PRISONERS OF WAR THE BRITISH ARMY, Peter Gaston. London Stamp Exchange Ltd 1976 ISBN 0 948130 90 3
MARKS OF COURAGE, Edited by Ashley Cunningham-Boothe. Cedric Chivers Ltd, Bristol 1991 ISBN 0 9517750 0 6
“MEDALS WILL BE WORN”, WEARING MEDALS PAST AND PRESENT 1844-1999, Lieutenant-Colonel Ashley R. Tinson Token Publishing, Honiton, Devon 1999 ISBN 1 870 192 23 0
MIG ALLEY - AIR TO AIR COMBAT OVER KOREA, Larry Davis. Squadron/Signal Publications, Texas 1978 ISBN 0-89747-081-8
MUSTANG - THE OPERATIONAL RECORD, Robert Jackson. Airfile Publishing Ltd, Shewsbury 1992 ISBN 1 85310 212 1
NAVAL HONOURS & AWARDS FOR KOREA (1950 -1953), John T. Mock. Adroit Print Company, Nailsen, BS48 4DI 1992. reprinted NHCRA 2004.
NO RICE FOR REBELS, Sergeant R. F. Mathews BEM. The Bodley Head, London 1956.
ONE MAN'S WAR IN KOREA, Lofty Large. William Kimber, Wellingborough 1988 ISBN 0 7183 0696 1.
ORDERS AND DECORATIONS, Alec A. Purves. Hamlyn, London 1972 ISBN 0 600 36708 8.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS ISSUED TO NEW ZEALANDERS, Geoffrey P. Olham & Brett Delahunt. Geoffrey P. Oldham, Auckland 1991 ISBN 0 473 01016 X
ORDERS, MEDALS AND DECORATIONS OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE, Paul Hieronymussen. Blandford Press, Poole 1975 ISBN 0 7137 0445 4
OUR MEN IN KOREA, Eric Linklater. Army publishers, Delhi 1965
PHILIPPINE MEDALS, Robert H. Reynolds OMSA Monograph No. 12, Glassboro, New Jersey, 08028, 1998 ISBN 1-890974-04-8
RIBBONS AND MEDALS, Captain H.T. Dorling. Osprey Publishing, 1983 ISBN 0 85045 516 2.
RIBBONS OF ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS, Guido Rosignoli. Blandford Press, Poole 1976 ISBN 0 7137 0775 5.
SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY AWARDS 1912-1987, S. Monick South African National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg 1988 ISBN 0 620 12299 4.
SOUTH AFRICAN ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS, E.G.M. Alexander, G.K.B. Barron and A.J. Bateman. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town Pretoria 1986, ISBN 0 7981 1895 4
SOUTH AFRICA'S FLYING CHEETAHS IN KOREA, Dermot Moore & Peter Bagshawe. Ashanti Publishing (PLY) Ltd, Johannesburg 1991 ISBN 1 874800 15 4.
   
STRANGE BATTLEGROUND, Lieutenant Colonel H.F. Wood. The Minister of National Defence, Ottawa 1966 Cat. No. DA3-4965
THE ARGYLLS IN KOREA, Lieutenant Colonel G.I. Malcolm. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London 1952.
THE CANADIAN PEACEKEEPER, Colonel John Gardam OMM,CD. General Store Publishing House, Ontario 1992 ISBN 0-919431-55-0
THE COMMONWEALTH ARMIES AND THE KOREAN WAR, Jeffrey Grey Manchester University Press, Manchester 1988 ISBN 0-7190-2611-3
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT (WEST RIDING)-A SHORT HISTORY, Major A.C.S. Savory MBE. Reuben Holroyd.
THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, Captain A. Farrar-Hockley DSO MC. Frederick Muller Ltd., London 1955 OCP/800-A
THE FIRST COMMONWEALTH DIVISION - THE STORY OF BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LAND FORCES IN KOREA, 1950-53, Brigadier C. N. Barclay CBE DSO,  
Gale and Polden Limited, Aldershot 1954.  
THE HISTORY OF THE GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT, Claude Smith. Leo Cooper, London 1992 ISBN 0 85052 326 5
THE IMJIN ROLL, Colonel E.D. Harding, DSO. Southgate Printing co, Gloucester 1981.
THE KAPYONG BATTALION, James A. Atkinson. N.S.W. Military Historical Society 1977 ISBN 0 909458 12 X.
THE KOREAN WAR, Max Hastings. Pan Books Ltd, London 1987 ISBN 0 330 30265 5
THE KOREAN WAR 1950-53 (Men-at-arms series; 174), Nigel Thomas and Peter Abbott. Osprey, London 1986 ISBN 0 85045 685 1.
THE LAST ELEVEN ? (Winners of the V.C. since W.W.II), Mark Adkin. Lio Cooper, London 1991 ISBN 0 85052 214 5
THE NORTH AMERICAN MUSTANG, M.J. Hardy. David & Charles, London 1979 ISBN 0-7153-7624-1
THE OFFICERS GUIDE, Public Information Offices of the Department of Defence The Military Service Publishing Co., Harrisburg, PA 17th Edition, March 1951
THE PUSAN PERIMETER, Edwin P. Hoyt. Stein and Day, New York 1984 ISBN 0 8128 2960 3.
THE ROYAL NORFOLK REGIMENT, Tim Carew. Hamish Hamilton, London 1967.
THE ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES IN KOREA. W. Mullan and Son publishers, Belfast 1953.
THE SEVEN GLORIOUS H.M.S. AMETHYST’S 1793-1956, George Hickinbottom Amethyst Publishers, Dudley 1994
THE SOUTH AFRICAN KOREA MEDAL ROLL, Colin R. Owen. Chimperie Publication, Benoni 1982.
THE WAR IN KOREA, R.C.W. Thomas. Gale and Polden, Aldershot 1954.
THIRTY-EIGHTH PARALLEL,      . A.D. Hamilton and Co Ltd, Glasgow 1976.
THIS IS WAR! - A PHOTO-NARRATIVE OF THE KOREAN WAR, David Douglas Duncan. Little, Brown and Company, London 1990 ISBN 0-316-19565-0
UNITED STATES DECORATIONS, AWARDS AND MEDALS. PART 1, George B. Harris III. Norlon Publishing, Enfield 1990 ISBN 1 871710 02 2
UNITED STATES MILITARY MEDALS AND RIBBONS, Philip K. Robles. Tuttle Company, Vermont 1971 ISBN 0 8048 0048 0
US ARMY UNIFORMS OF THE KOREAN WAR, Shelby Stanton Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA 1992 ISBN 0-8117-1819-0
WITH THE AUSTRALIANS IN KOREA, Norman Bartlett. Australian War Memorial, Canberra 1960.
WOUND MEDALS, BADGES & NEXT-OF-KIN AWARDS OF THE WORLD, VOLUME 1, John M. Zabarylo. Eagle Enterprises, 1988 ISBN 0-920030-27-0

 

Journals and Booklets on Korea

AIR POWER, THE AIR FORCES' QUARTERLY, Oct 1953.

 

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES, AUSTRALIAN ARMY LOCATION STATEMENTS,

Mostly Unsung Military Research and Publications, Victoria, Australia

CASUALTIES SUSTAINED BY THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953, London Stamp

Exchange Ltd.

COUNTERATTACK ON THE NAKTONG 1950 (Leavenworth Paper No.13), Dr. W.G. Roertson. 12/1985.

 

GALLANTRY AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE 20th CENTURY PART 4, THE DCM ROLL OF RECIPIENTS 1946-1976, OMRS Library G/15/A

 

GALLANTRY AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE 20th CENTURY PART 6, THE GC & GM ROLL OF RECIPIENTS 1940-1977, OMRS Library G/2/A

 

KAYONG REMEMBERED 2nd BTN. P.P.C.L.I. KOREA 1950-51, Captain Michael G. McKeown, C.D. 1976.

 

KOREAN CAMPAIGN MEDALS 1950-53, Henry Pownall 1955.

 

ORDERS OF CHIVALRY, FOREIGN DECORATIONS AND AWARDS TO NATAL, CAPE COLONY AND UNION DEFENCE FORCE UNITS 1877/1961, D.R. Forsyth. Private, Johannesburg 1982.

 

PROFILE PUBLICATIONS No 8 - THE NORTH AMERICAN P-51D MUSTANG, Edward Shacklady, Surrey 1965

 

PROFILE PUBLICATIONS No 20 - THE NORTH AMERICAN F-86A SABRE, Edward Shacklady, Surrey 1965

 

SABRETACHE, JOURNALS OF THE MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA.

 

THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN KOREA, The National Army Museum 1988.

 

THE JOURNALS OF THE ORDERS AND MEDALS RESEARCH SOCIETY.

 

THE KOREAN WAR (1950-53), Lt Col K.S. Kapoor. Army publishers, Delhi

 

THE MEDAL YEARBOOK 1986-2005. Token Publishing Ltd.

 

THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY IN THE KOREAN WAR. Navy office, Wellington.

 

41 INDEPENDENT COMMANDO R.M., KOREA 1950-1952, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Thomas, MID,BSv,RM.

Royal Marines Historical Society, Portsmouth 1990