Announcing the new Sgt. Dunn Novel, #22 – Careless Enemies, is now available on Amazon!

Hi Sgt. Dunn readers!

I'm delighted to announce the release of Sgt. Dunn Novel #22, Careless Enemies. The description is below. It's now available on Amazon!

Thanks for your support and happy reading!

Ronn

Careless Enemies Description

Careless Enemies picks up three days after Against All Enemies ends. While on the way to Captain Tom Dunn’s commanding officer’s office, Dunn and his executive officer, Lieutenant Pete Ramsey, have a touching encounter with a South Korean civilian.

Their first mission is a simple reconnaissance patrol to find and destroy any North Korean Army units present in the target area. Except it isn’t simple. After three hours behind the enemy’s lines, a frustrated company takes a rest while Dunn devises a new plan. It’s high risk. Will it work?

Blowing up a dam is not for the faint at heart. Fortunately, Dunn has some experience with this as in Raid On Hitler’s Dam. The central problems is how does Dunn get his men back from a point seventy-seven miles north of the front line? His solution is as unique as he is.

The company is assigned to man a roadblock near headquarters and watch for enemy guerrillas, who have been crossing the line and creating havoc in the area. Also under their watchful eyes is a medical aid station. Problems begin almost immediately, and not all are from the enemy. Can the company stop the guerrillas and protect the medical aid station?

While on another reconnaissance mission, the company travels behind the enemy lines again to determine what units are present in Wolun-ri. Fighting snow and an unexpected enemy force, can Dunn lead the men to the city and complete the mission?

Traveling back to the American front line, Dunn and the company happen upon perhaps the greatest targets of opportunity they’ve yet seen in Korea. The difficulty is how, exactly, can they destroy all of the targets?

Later, Dunn appears on camera for a newsreel. Who will see this wonderful moment back in the United States? And what happens because of it?

Some old friends appear and update us on their civilian lives in early 1951.

In Careless Enemies, Munsterman continues to display just how important the United States’ presence was to the South Koreans. Blending historical fact and fiction, he shows us Tom Dunn and his men in action. In his page-turning style, he gives us another compelling story of how courageous and determined men conduct the war with honor and dignity. 

Sgt. Dunn Novel #22. Careless Enemies cover reveal and release update

 Hi Sgt. Dunn readers!

I'm delighted to share with you the cover for Sgt. Dunn Novel #22, Careless Enemies, created by David M. Jones (Jonesy).

I plan to release the book this coming Monday or Tuesday (5/11 or 5/12).

Book description coming soon here.

Remembering Pearl Harbor - December 7th, 1941

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." 

~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt, December 8th, 1941 speech before Congress asking them to declare war on the Empire of Japan. The vote was unanimous in the Senate, 82-0, and 388-1 in the House.

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Eighty-four years ago, on this date, and on the same day of the week, Sunday, the Empire of Japan, without warning and without declaring war, attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor.

At 7:55 am, Hawaii time (12:55 pm EST), the attack began. The result of the sinister attack was the death of 2,403 people, sailors, soldiers, marines, and civilians, 1,177 of which were on the USS Arizona. As of last year, there are no living survivors of the USS Arizona, the last man, Lou Conter, passed away in April 2024 at the age of 102.

Almost exactly six months later in early June 1942, at the Battle of Midway, the U.S. Navy sent four Japanese carriers to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. All four, the Akagi, Hiryu, Kaga, and Soryu were in the task force that attacked Pearl Harbor. From that point on, the war in the Pacific turned in the United States' favor. It was still bloody and difficult, but the U.S. prevailed just over three years later.

The USS Arizona

The USS Arizona Memorial

Honoring all who have served. Veterans Day, 11 November 2025

 

Happy 250th Birthday U.S. Marines!

 

Announcing the new Sgt. Dunn Novel, #21 – Against All Enemies, is now available on Amazon!

 

Hi Sgt. Dunn readers!

I'm delighted to announce the release of Sgt. Dunn Novel #21, Against All Enemies. The description is below. It's now available on Amazon!

Thanks for your support and happy reading!

Against All Enemies Description

 

U. S. Army Ranger Captain Tom Dunn, recently promoted and appointed company commander for Ranger Fox Company, continues to lead his extraordinary men in battle.

Against All Enemies begins just three days after New Enemies ends. Dunn gets unexpected help from a Republic of Korea (ROK, South Korean Army) officer by the name of Kang Sung-ki, who acts as his interpreter just as Bob Schneider did for him in World War II.

The company’s first mission is to investigate the report of fifty North Korean Army soldiers in a village west of the 24^th Infantry Division’s new headquarters location in Yeoju, South Korea. Meanwhile, U.S. Air Force pilot, Major Jerry Walsh, leads a squadron of F-84 Thunderjet fighter-bombers on a raid to destroy an important North Korean bridge. How the two meet becomes an exercise in adapting to new circumstances for Dunn and the men.

A combat patrol is ambushed northeast of Yeoju. Dunn and the men mount a rescue operation, but are shocked when they encounter the unbelievable barbarism of the enemy. Can they rescue the American patrol? Can they maintain their humanity after what they’ve seen?

The next mission takes them to yet another valley where an ROK company is facing off with a Chinese force of greater size, and losing men and ground. Dunn’s mission: to bolster the line and overcome the enemy. A surprise awaits the Rangers following the battle. Can Dunn turn it to the advantage of the Allies?

Their most complex mission of the war takes them to a train station, a power substation, and Hill 903. Each target has its own problems and surprises. As part of Operation Falcon, they must capture all three targets of the mission for success.

Visits to the home front provide us with an insight into civilian life in early 1951.

In Against All Enemies, Munsterman continues to show us what the Korean War was like. He masterfully blends historical fact and fiction to give us a captivating story of Tom Dunn and his men. His page-turning action style pulls us into a gripping story showing us again why we were in South Korea, which was to keep free a people who hated communism.

Happy 235th Birthday, United States Coast Guard!

Today is the United States Coast Guard's 235th birthday!

My mom served as a Yeoman 2nd class during World War II. Picture of her in 1945 as Yeoman 3rd class.

Olga R. Munsterman (1920 - 1991)