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Missing Dog Tags
Missing Dog Tags is a tale of escape, evasion and recapture told by by an American prisoner of war in North Korea. The book is available in paperback and as an ebook.
Ken Eaton never gave up. He escaped three times and was recaptured three times. He survived years as a POW in Chinese Communist Camp # 5 at Pyoktong in North Korea. He wrote down his experiences of brutal treatment and starvation, along with episodes of kindness, shortly after he came home. The Korean War is little known. The experiences of the POW’s even less so. Eaton’s book fills in that gap and shows us an American we can be proud of.
Ken Eaton never gave up. He escaped three times and was recaptured three times. He survived years as a POW in Chinese Communist Camp # 5 at Pyoktong in North Korea. He wrote down his experiences of brutal treatment and starvation, along with episodes of kindness, shortly after he came home. The Korean War is little known. The experiences of the POW’s even less so. Eaton’s book fills in that gap and shows us an American we can be proud of.
300 pages, Paperback
First published August 22, 2012
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October 10, 2012
I first read this book as a manuscript and tried to get it published up in New York. They were not interested, so I published it through my own publishing company, Patience Press.
It is the story of a guy who never gives up and it is hard to put down. It may be hard to read about what he and his fellow POW's endured, but it is also an historical document, if you like history.
Ken Eaton escaped three times and was re-captured three times. It is a fast moving story and it is true.
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It is the story of a guy who never gives up and it is hard to put down. It may be hard to read about what he and his fellow POW's endured, but it is also an historical document, if you like history.
Ken Eaton escaped three times and was re-captured three times. It is a fast moving story and it is true.
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January 10, 2020
What an excellent read. I was captivated from the beginning of the book. It seems so unreal what our soldiers go through in war. Ken Eaton tells of his capture, time in the death match, his will to survive through escape and just when you think he will get away he gets caught again and again. You will not be able to put this book down.
May 5, 2021
Proud to be American
This man was so amazingly and brave, he never lost his humanity. I for one am glad he survived and thankful that he is able to share his xtory
This man was so amazingly and brave, he never lost his humanity. I for one am glad he survived and thankful that he is able to share his xtory
October 21, 2013
In Missing Dog Tags: An American GI in North Korea author Kenneth Eaton recounts what it was like to be a prisoner of war in North Korea. His story of his capture while surviving as a corporal in the 9th Tank Company of the 2nd division, U.S. Army, begins early in 1951 with a Chinese attack on his unit. After the tank he was in was severely disabled, he was forced to abandon it. In the confusion of battle and troop movement he was unable to get onboard another tank and was soon captured while on foot as were other soldiers.
Captured by the Chinese soldiers he expected to be quickly executed along with the other men of his unit. Instead, they began a forced march that ultimately would result in a nightmarish captivity that would last over 30 months under brutal conditions. Despite three failed escape attempts, starvation, and various horrors he endured, Kenneth Eaton survived and came home to be reunited with friends and loved ones.
In a blow by blow detailed fashion this book recounts the experiences of Kenneth Eason during the Korean War. As such, the book pulls no punches as the story comes out. Those who expect a politically correct read with sanitized language regarding the enemy would be best to look elsewhere for their cleaned up history. Corporal Kenneth Eaton bluntly tells it like it was for him in Missing Dog Tags: An American GI in North Korea.
Missing Dog Tags: An American GI in North Korea
Kenneth Eaton
Patience Press
September 2012
ISBN# 978-1-892220-13-4
Paperback (also available as an e-book)
300 Pages
$19.95
Material supplied by publicist PJ Nunn, owner of BreakThrough Promotions, for my use in an objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
Captured by the Chinese soldiers he expected to be quickly executed along with the other men of his unit. Instead, they began a forced march that ultimately would result in a nightmarish captivity that would last over 30 months under brutal conditions. Despite three failed escape attempts, starvation, and various horrors he endured, Kenneth Eaton survived and came home to be reunited with friends and loved ones.
In a blow by blow detailed fashion this book recounts the experiences of Kenneth Eason during the Korean War. As such, the book pulls no punches as the story comes out. Those who expect a politically correct read with sanitized language regarding the enemy would be best to look elsewhere for their cleaned up history. Corporal Kenneth Eaton bluntly tells it like it was for him in Missing Dog Tags: An American GI in North Korea.
Missing Dog Tags: An American GI in North Korea
Kenneth Eaton
Patience Press
September 2012
ISBN# 978-1-892220-13-4
Paperback (also available as an e-book)
300 Pages
$19.95
Material supplied by publicist PJ Nunn, owner of BreakThrough Promotions, for my use in an objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
January 16, 2013
Missing Dog Tags is a book that hooks you and won't let you go. Ken Eaton's experiences as a POW in Korea is a story that is hard to put down from the first page to the last. He starts with the battle where he was captured and takes you along with him to the day of his return to the United States with no wasted words or fluff. He does an excellent job of making the reader feel like they are there with him.
Hunger, cold, and illness are a constant struggle, and make you appreciate the author's strength of character and will to live. His battle to stay alive in harsh conditions is made even more real by the consistent presence of death claiming so many of the friends he meets along the way. Even though the reader knows from the back cover that his three escape attempts are unsuccessful, they are described in a way that keeps the suspense level high.
In addition to the historical perspective on the experience of being a POW in the Korean War, I also took a few other things away from this story. Ken Eaton's strength of will to struggle on and never give up are inspirational to anyone and could apply to any of the struggles of life. Additionally, it reaffirmed that people are people wherever you go. He encountered many North Koreans and Chinese who were hostile or cruel, but he also met and befriended good people among the enemy.
Hunger, cold, and illness are a constant struggle, and make you appreciate the author's strength of character and will to live. His battle to stay alive in harsh conditions is made even more real by the consistent presence of death claiming so many of the friends he meets along the way. Even though the reader knows from the back cover that his three escape attempts are unsuccessful, they are described in a way that keeps the suspense level high.
In addition to the historical perspective on the experience of being a POW in the Korean War, I also took a few other things away from this story. Ken Eaton's strength of will to struggle on and never give up are inspirational to anyone and could apply to any of the struggles of life. Additionally, it reaffirmed that people are people wherever you go. He encountered many North Koreans and Chinese who were hostile or cruel, but he also met and befriended good people among the enemy.
October 21, 2012
Missing Dog Tags is so moving. I found myself envisioning every step he took, what the hunger pains must have felt like. I even felt my heart pounding when he was captured and escaped so many times. When bullets flew through the huts they were imprisoned in, I found myself holding my breath just knowing when I turned the page that the huts would be filled with wounded and dead soldiers from our own guns. And then the cruelty he and all the other soldiers endured from the North Korean's and Chinese. You will be moved that this man did not give up when most would. Kenneth has an incredible story to tell. He is a hero.
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