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Norman W. Hicks
A Marine Corps officer and military historian, he wrote clear, detailed accounts of U.S. Marine service and combat in Korea. His work is especially remembered for documenting operations on the Korean War’s east-central front.
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U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 4 (of 5) The East-Central Front
by United States. Marine Corps, Norman W. Hicks, Hubard D. Kuokka, Lynn Montross
About the author
Norman W. Hicks was a U.S. Marine Corps officer and writer best known for military history. Sources available during this search identify him as a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps, born on September 22, 1925, and deceased on August 26, 2003.
He is associated most strongly with U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950–1953, Volume 4: The East-Central Front, a detailed history of Marine combat operations during the Korean War. Book and library listings also connect him with A Brief History of the United States Marine Corps, showing a career that combined service experience with historical writing.
A military honors record also shows that Norman W. Hicks received the Silver Star for gallantry in Korea while serving as a Marine officer. Taken together, the available sources portray him as both a participant in the events he later wrote about and a careful recorder of Marine Corps history.