Hilltop Doc – A Marine Corpsman Fighting Through the Mud and Blood of the Korean War

Hilltop Doc
244 Pages
ISBN 978-9-996-0225-5-2

Hilltop Doc is a powerful emotional personal memoir about a corpsman with the First Marine Division fighting to take and hold the high ground at the 38th Parallel in the midst of the Korean War.

The Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis said, "The book is an engaging and fascinating first hand account from a Korean War Veteran who remained silent for more than 60 years about his experiences."

Hilltop Doc is a realistic and riveting account of the war as seen through the eyes of a corpsman fighting against a relentless Chinese army.

Leonard Adreon

About Leonard Adreon (Columbia, Missouri Author)

Leonard Adreon

After returning from Korea, Leonard Adreon spent 36 years as the executive vice president of The Siteman Organization, a real estate management and development company, based in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton, Mo. In 1979, he was elected president of the Building Owners and Managers Association International in Washington D. C., which represents the office building industry in the United States and across the globe.

He represented the industry before a number of Senate and House committees, and earned a citation from the General Services Administration for advice on leasing and managing facilities throughout the world. A highlight was meeting President Ronald Reagan and working with his chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, Murray Weidenbaum. St. Louis city and county leaders appointed Adreon to numerous committees and commissions serving his community.

Adreon also took a leadership role in several major charities devoted to the welfare of children. Today, Adreon volunteers as a facilitator of writing classes at the Lifelong Learning Institute of Washington University in St. Louis. It is that work that encouraged him to tell his own story. Adreon met his wife, Audrey, a year after his return from Korea. They have three daughters and six grandchildren.