A Box of Letters: Letters and Memoirs from the Korean War

At just 17, New Yorker Daniel Flores enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in the final days of World War II. After basic training, he was sent to Hawaii and then Guam—an early glimpse into a life shaped by service.After the war, he settled in Iowa, married, and began law school at the University of Iowa. But in 1952, duty called again. He was deployed to the front lines of the Korean War, where he spent 91 days in combat—just 600 yards from enemy forces across the Mundung-ni Valley and near Heartbreak Ridge.This vivid memoir brings those days to life in stark, unforgettable detail, enriched with photographs, scanned documents, and personal artifacts sent home from the front. Read more