courtney, and also co-sponsored by chris murphy, honors francis "frank" mccourt, who was born on august13, 1930 in brooklyn, where his irish immigrant parents had hoped to make a better life in the midst of the great depression. mr. mccourt and his family relocated to limerick, ireland, when he was 4 years old, only to sink deeper into poverty. as noted by mr. mccourt, his family's circumstances was so dire that he often dreamed of becoming a prison inmate so he can be guaranteed three meals a day and a warm bed. the death of three of mr. mccourt's six siblings in early childhood, his father's abandonedment and his family's continued poverty are only some of the hardships that plagued mr. mccourt's childhood until 19 when he took his savings and boarded a ship to new york. he joined the united states army and was stationed in germany during the korean war. while his formal education ended at the age of 13, mr. mccourt nevertheless gained admission in new york university and earned a degree in english education in 1957 on the g.i. bill. one year later mr. mccourt began teaching at the ag

forever on the document authors who have passed away in the last year, including dominick dunne, frank mccourt, john mortimer, and john updike. spending the next half hour adult on the clock eastern asking you what your favorite nonfiction book of 2009 was. republican caller in port orange. what are you reading? >> caller: i'm reading the forgotten, a book about the korean war. it's the first volume of several including stories and veterans own work to events that happened to them on the ground. >> caller: into is the author of the forgotten? >> caller: well, it's me. but the books not about me or anything. i put the story of the korean war together around these stories about the war. now the subtitle is called the forgotten flag, a picture of the first raising of the american flag and the second subtitle is the forgotten war and then the forgotten victory. >> host: was published this year? are you waiting to get it published? >> caller: it's been out since june. i went to korea and gave the very first book to the president of korea and picked up my brother's medals for being in the war. i had