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Reviewed by Ginna Lamkie for Readers' Favorite
B.A.R Man(Browning Automatic Rifle Man) by Sgt. Clyde Hoch is a short story about a young GI named Bill during the Korean War. The story follows him from his struggle to enlist, through many of his war time missions, to his eventual capture and time as a prisoner of war. Upon his return home, Bill struggles to find his place in America as a war vet and former POW.
The situations described by Sgt. Hoch (also a war veteran) were heart breaking and eye opening. He described the horrors of war with the disconnect of someone who has lived it and can only discuss it with their guard up, so as to not pull themselves back into that dark place. These young men were sent off to fight a war for someone else, most not even understanding why, and then they were reviled and brushed under the rug when they returned home. At one point in the book, Sgt Hoch says that many prisoners of war were freer in prison camps than when they returned home. I found this utterly heartbreaking. I always associated the war in Vietnam with these circumstances, but really never gave much of a thought to the Korean War.
Reading this book made me want to learn about the Korean War. None of my high school or college courses have ever covered it and I am ashamed to say I have never gone out of my way to learn about it on my own. I will now. B.A.R Man is an engaging and heartbreaking read.
