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Dead Soldier Calling The United States Government A Thief, Liar and Deadbeat

by Frank Black

175 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #05-1645; ISBN 1-4120-6734-0; US$18.00, C$21.24, EUR15.00, £10.50

Soldiers came home from the war in Korea wounded. They were given purple hearts for their wounds and their war records were stolen and sold.

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About the Book

This is a true war story. It's about how the Government lost me in Korea. They put me in a hospital with no name or address, just my Army serial number. I suppose I was meant to die there. I'm remain dead on Army paper. I'm writing this book because of the way they treated me. They don't know how I died. So they wouldn't bury me. The war story is like a two-headed coin. On one side I'm dead and the other I'm fighting in Korea, a prisoner wounded 4 times. I was in five battle campaigns and they have me in five different locations at the same time. They never paid me in Korea and they don't pay dead men, especially when there are no records. The Pay Division say they never paid me, that's why I call the Government Dead Beats. I was called a liar 135 times by them and all this because they're still stealing from soldiers today. They stole the Purple Heart records from Korea and sold them. They were sacred and belonged to wounded soldiers, not the Government. I was wounded once for peace and they took away our bullets and men, shooting at us. They just don't care.

-Dead Soldier, Frank Black RA15278610

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About the Author

My name is Frank Black and I am one of eight children in our family: six sisters and 2 brothers. I was born on the shores of Lake Eire in a little town called Sheffield Lake, Ohio. I was a farmer most of the time. My Dad had me work on different farms of relatives. My mother died when I was two years old, so I don't remember her. I grew up mostly by myself, as I couldn't get along with my sisters. I was a champion bowler and horse shoe player. I liked to fish. I played football, basketball and baseball for a school called Brookside. I joined the Army in 1949. I put in 3 years in the Army: big mistake. I came home and went to Barber School in Cleveland, Ohio. I worked as a Barber for fifty years and I am now retired. I still live in Sheffield Lake, Ohio and enjoy writing here. This book is a true story of my Army career and how poorly the Government treated me and how they never paid me for my Korean Duty of 2 years.

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