Beggar's Island: Koje-Do, Korea, A Novel of War
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A gripping, absorbing tale of the Korean War and the prison riots on Koje-do during the last year of the Forgotten War.
John
S. Elmo’s riveting accounts of what it was like to be in Korea with the
U.S. Army in 1953 captures the very essence of being a draftee soldier
embroiled in the conflict.
Beggar’s Island, a fast moving
novel is written from Elmo’s perspective and experience in being a
Company Clerk, a pivotal person involved with the day to day management
and leadership of any Army unit. His descriptions of the accounts,
characters, interpersonal emotions and actions paint a stirringly
realistic explanation of what happened in and around Koje-do during the
final phases of the Korean War.
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Corporal John S. Elmo, Koje-do, Korea 1953
John S. Elmo was the Company Clerk of George Company, 21st Infantry Regiment 24th Division in 1953 while in Koje-do, Korea. After military service, he became a Distinguished Fellow of the American Institute of Interior Designers, recognized for his world wide interiors as well as his furniture, fabric, carpet and wall coverings designs.
His previous novel, written in 2012, Room for Enjoyment tells a tale of the inner workings in a design office.
