Baker Bandits: Korea's Band of Brothers Shelton Cynthia
An anthology of first-hand accounts of the Baker Bandits - Marines on the front line of battle during the Korean War.B-1-5 was a unique company in the Korean War. The Baker Bandits fought at Inchon,…
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An anthology of first-hand accounts of the Baker Bandits - Marines on the front line of battle during the Korean War.B-1-5 was a unique company in the Korean War. The Baker Bandits fought at Inchon, Naktong, Chosin Reservoir, Guerrilla Hunts and the many numbered hills. They inspired one B Company Commander, Gen. Charlie Cooper, to the extent that when he became Commanding General of the Marines First Division in 1977, his time with B-1-5 inspired his "Band Of Brothers Leadership Principles" used widely in the Corps for many years.Emmett Shelton was a 19-year-old Marine Reservist in 1950. He was called to duty after graduating Austin High School and, within six months, he was a rifleman in Korea. The Korean winter of 1950 was brutal and Emmett was evacuated shortly after Chosin due to frostbite. After the war, Emmett got on with life, then in the 1980s he