Seventy years ago, with memories of World War II still fresh, Americans found themselves drawn into a new war, this one against communism.
The war in Korea and McCarthyism at home meant that young men coming of age in the 1950s and 60s were called upon to serve their country.
Ten authors look back on their formative years in the fifties and find moments of fear and frustration, but also rebellion and good fun.
After fulfilling their military obligations, these men went on to have diverse expe.