Shadow Warriors

William B. Breuer

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Praise for The Great Raid on Cabanatuan "An exciting narrative presented by a first-rate storyteller." --Publishers Weekly Acclaim for Feuding Allies "An absorbing look at the impact of Alliance politics on the outcome of WW II." --Kirkus Reviews
Partial table of contents:

A Tangled Web of Politics.

A Conspiracy in Moscow.

A Ruse to Mask an Invasion.

Search for a Scapegoat.

Reign of Terror in Seoul.

A Clandestine Organization Is Born.

Spying on the Enemy.

Guiding in a Fleet.

A Secret Trek to the Yalu.

Three Communist Masterspies.

Top Secret: The Li Mi Project.

Father Sam and the Soviet Agent.

An Espionage Conspiracy Unmasked.

A POW Camp Propaganda Machine.

The Donkeys of Yellow Sea Province.

Soviet Troops and Pilots in Disguise.

The Big Bug Bonanza.

A Scheme to Kidnap Syngman Rhee.

Aftermath.

Notes and Sources.

Index.

Maps.

Sujets

• 20th Century
• Modern
• Histoire
• WW2
• Segunda Guerra Mundial
• The Great Raid
• Cabanatuan
• History of the world
• History of Korea
• World War II
• South Korea
• North Korea
• History of China
• Grand Raid
• Histoire globale
• History
• Corée du Nord
• Seconde Guerre mondiale

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• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 21 avril 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780470304228
• Langue: English

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SHADOW WARRIORS

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SHADOW WARRIORS
The Covert War in Korea
WILLIAM B. BREUER

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Copyright 1996 by William B. Breuer
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This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional services. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Breuer, William B.
Shadow warriors : the covert war in Korea / William B. Breuer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-471-14438-X (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Korean War, 1950-1953-Military intelligence. 2. Korean War,
1950-1953-Korea (North)-Wonsan. 3. Subversive activities-Korea
(North)-Wonsan. 4. Korean War, 1950-1953-United States.
5. Korean War, 1950-1953-Great Britain. I. Title.
DS921.5.S7B74 1996
951.904 2-dc20
95-35856
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Dedicated to
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN K. SINGLAUB
United States Army (Ret.) ,
a valiant warrior and patriot
whose covert exploits in three major wars and many
global locales have been
equaled by few.
Undermine the enemy. Subvert him, attack his morale, strike at his economy, corrupt him. Sow internal discord among his leaders. Then his army will fall to you.

Sun Tzu Chinese conqueror 550 B.C.
Major episodes of the Korean War
Contents



Acknowledgments

1. Terminating a Communist General
2. A Tangled Web of Politics
3. A Conspiracy in Moscow
4. A Ruse to Mask an Invasion
5. Search for a Scapegoat
6. Reign of Terror in Seoul
7. A Deception to Confuse the Invaders
8. A Clandestine Organization Is Born
9. Spying on the Enemy
10. Machinations to Hide a Landing
11. Guiding In a Fleet
12. A Secret Trek to the Yalu
13. Three Communist Masterspies
14. A Colossal Intelligence Swoon
15. CIA Target: Douglas MacArthur
16. Top Secret: The Li Mi Project
17. A Raid to Kidnap a Corpse
18. Father Sam and the Soviet Agent
19. An Espionage Conspiracy Unmasked
20. A POW Camp Propaganda Machine
21. The Donkeys of Yellow Sea Province
22. Widening the Unconventional Warfare
23. Communist High Jinks at a Peace Site
24. Soviet Troops and Pilots in Disguise
25. A Cable-Cutting Caper
26. The Big Bug Bonanza
27. An Intricate Invasion Hoax
28. Disaster on a CIA Mission
29. Operation Moolah: A $100,000 Bribe
30. A Scheme to Kidnap Syngman Rhee

Aftermath
Notes and Sources
Index

Maps
Major episodes of the Korean War
Korea geographical location
Yellow Sea (Hwanghae) Province area of guerrilla activities
Truce line
Acknowledgments
John Donne, the noted sixteenth-century poet and philosopher, wrote the often-quoted line: No man is an island entire of himself. That time-honored truism most certainly applies to a nonfiction author who must diligently collect thousands of bits of information and painstakingly piece them together in a book such as this one. Had it not been for the invaluable assistance of many individuals, institutions, and organizations, creating this work would have been impossible.
I am especially indebted to the participants in the clandestine actions who related their experiences in person, by telephone and fax, and by correspondence. Although their recollections remain quite vivid, many of them conferred by mail or telephone with former comrades in Korea to double-check their own memories.
Special appreciation is expressed to Joseph C. Goulden, an acclaimed American historian and foremost authority on the Korean War era, who provided leads for tracking down participants and furnished significant research materials and photographs.
Others who were most helpful in a variety of ways include the following:
William Colby, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); W. Raymond Wannall, former assistant director for intelligence of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Richard A. Long, head, oral history, Marine Corps History Division and Museum, Washington, D.C.; Swanson D. Carter, unit chief, FBI Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C.; Michael P. Korton, unit chief, FBI Press Office, Washington, D.C.
Fred L. Schultz, editor-in-chief, U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland; James L. Gilbert, historian, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Benedict K. Zobrist, director, Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri; Archie Di-Fante, historian, Historical Research Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; Richard J. Sommers, historian and archivist, U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Colonel Lyman H. Hammond (Ret.), director, Douglas MacArthur Memorial, Norfolk, Virginia; Dean Allard, Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C.
Lieutenant General William P. Yarborough (Ret.); Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley (Ret.); Don Lassen, publisher, airborne Static Line, Atlanta, Georgia; Colonel Morton N. Katz (Ret.); Lieutenant Colonel Michael Mark (Ret.), editor, Military magazine, Sacramento, California; Matt Matteson, executive director, Korean Rangers Association; Colonel Herman W. Dammer (Ret.), Korean Rangers; Lieutenant General Edward M. Flanagan (Ret.), and two former CIA officials who prefer to remain anonymous.
Also of immense importance in creating this book were the diligent and tireless efforts of my wife, Vivien. She conducted extensive and meticulous research, helped with the vast volume of correspondence that was generated, pursued slim clues to help locate participants, and performed many other literary chores.
A tip of my hat to the qualified persons who read various manuscript chapters or portions of them with the critical eye of experts and provided most helpful critiques and suggestions.
It was my good fortune to have working with me at John Wiley Sons (publishers since 1807) exceptionally gifted professionals, Associate Managing Editor John K. Cook and Senior Editor Hana Umlauf Lane, and their skilled staff members.
William B. Breuer Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
1

Terminating a Communist General
An early-morning mist hovered over the bustling port of Sasebo, in southwestern Japan, as a cigar-shaped American submarine slipped out of the harbor and set a westward course across the Sea of Japan. Its destination was Wonsan, on the east coast of North Korea and nearly one hundred miles above the front lines where United Nations forces were locked in a death struggle with Chinese and North Korean Communist armies. It was late March, 1951.
On board the submarine were three men on a deadly secret mission: to seek out a certain top North Korean general and terminate him with prejudice, cloak-and-dagger jargon for assassination. Two of the terminators were members of the elite U.S. navy underwater demolition teams (UDT), and the third was a British Royal Marine. All there were enlisted men who had been handpicked for their courage, physical stamina, and resourcefulness. None held any illusion that their task would be a simple one. Rather, it had the earmarks of a suicide sashay.
One of the Americans, Petty Officer Milt Von Mann, was a native of Alabama and had just turned twenty-one. Stocky, strong, and oozing with self-confidence, Von Mann had been a star fullback on his high school football team. Later he joined the UDTs because their hazardous function appealed to his venturesome nature. Six months earlier, he had been wounded while clearing underwater mines ahead of General Douglas MacArthur s amphibious assault at Inchon, an operation that caught the North Korean generals totally by surprise and halted their all-out offensive to drive the Americans into the sea. 1
Boatswain Mate Harry Branson, at age thirty, was an old hand at war, having seen heavy fighting with one of the U.S. navy s first UDTs in the Pacific during World War II. A man of average height and build, Branson was serious-minded, always focused intently upon the task at hand.
Sergeant Miles Gibbons, the third member of the team, was forty years old and powerfully built. As a teenager, Gibbons had joined the Royal Marines and was shipped halfway around the world to the British crown colony of Hong Kong. There he was assigned to a gunboat that cruised the coast in search of Chinese pirate vessels. During World War II, Gibbons fought as a guerrilla leader and secret agent behind Japanese lines in China and Burma. 2
Milt Von Mann knew that the odds were stacked against the success of the mission. The Wonsan region was thick with Communist soldiers, and Westerners would be especially vulnerable because their Caucasian features set them apart from the North Korean civilians. There was a bright side, however. Von Mann was reassured to know that in a tight situation, he would have the help of stalwarts like Gibbons and Branson. 3
The