When Hell Froze Over

About the Book

Dr. William Shadish knew that being a combat physician in the Korean War wasn’t going to be easy. Medical care on the front lines was different from how it was portrayed in the popular fiction television series, M.A.S.H., or in most Hollywood films, but he kept his focus on saving those who needed saving. But nothing could prepare him for the day he was taken prisoner and brought to a camp in North Korea, where his captors deliberately sought to weaken his mind and body so they could more easily indoctrinate him in the future. He fought valiantly against brainwashing sessions and stubbornly demanded better food, shelter, clothing, and medical care for his men. No matter how much the Chinese camp officers grew to hate him or how badly he was punished, he continued to fight back. Join a true American hero as he looks back at how he courageously fought the enemy only to have his loyalty questioned upon his return home in When Hell Froze Over.

About the Author

William Shadish, M.D., is a retired plastic surgeon and spent twenty years in the U.S. Army. He served as a combat physician during the Korean War before being captured in 1950. After liberation and his return to active duty in the United States in 1953, he specialized in plastic, reconstructive, and hand surgery. Upon retiring from the Army in 1966, he went into private practice in Redding, California. Lewis H. Carlson is a retired professor of history at Western Michigan University. Among his eleven books are Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War: An Oral History of Korean War POWs and We Were Each Other’s Prisoners: An Oral History of World War II American and German Prisoners of War. He lives in Austin, Texas, and Ludington, Michigan.