Facts about Korean War Literature

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   Rolando Hinojosa's Klail City Death Trip series includes Korean War-focused novels drawn from his own service in the conflict, written in both English and Spanish.

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   Pat Frank's novel Hold Back the Night, published in 1952, follows a Marine company's retreat during the Korean War and became a widely read early account of the conflict.

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   Richard Kim's novel The Martyred, set during the Korean War, was nominated for the National Book Award in 1964.

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   James Salter's novel The Hunters, published in 1956, drew directly on his experience as a fighter pilot during the Korean War.

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   The Korean War is often called the 'Forgotten War,' a phrase that has shaped much of the literary and cultural output examining that conflict.

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