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- Point of Interest Are Reunion Anti/Tank Co 5th Marines
- Point of Interest Are Reunion Anti/ Tank Co 5th Marines Point of interest, At are reunion Anti/Tank Co.5th Marines ( Korea ) Sept.18 at Quantico,National Museum, Marine Base. Going thru the Museum I ran across a Picture that was taken Feb. 7 1953 of myself and my tank driver Norm Bodway carrying out one of the 6 Marines we were able to help. It was at the Samichon Valley also know as 76 alley Norm Bodway Red shirt Chuck Batherson tan Shirt Would like to see in Magazine Thank you …
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- Thank you As a young man I successfully made an attempt to get away from my father by joining the Corps. I managed to get one of my ?connected? friends get me a forged birth certificate, because I was only 16 years old, and as soon as I got it I went down to the Marine Corps recruiting office at the main post office in Chicago, Illinois and enlisted. I was subsequently sent out to MCRD San Diego where I completed my boot camp early in 1952 and went to …
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- Korea 1950 Winter Sports, North Korea, 1950 In early December, 1950 at Yonpo Airfield, North Korea, I was assigned as a member of a team taking a Portable Radar set to the Chosin reservoir. After loading the equipment into a jeep and trailer, we drove over to the squadron mess tent to pick up some C-rations. It was about 8pm at night. At the mess tent we were told to stand down as the Marines at the Chosin were cut off due to other military units retreating, exposing the Marines …
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- USMC loved your news letter and would love to suscribe to it , i come from a marine corps family my father was a p o w on sipan during ww ii ,my oldest brother was a hellcat pilot on the yorktown shot down in battle of midway ,i lost another brother on guadacannal ,and i had two sons that served honorably , and iam a chosin resevor survivor , ,the best thing i ever did was join the marine corps , there is a lot of truth to once …
Read More - An Account of “Incoming Fire” over two Gooks
- Two Gooks on a Jeep! By Chris Sarno It was mid autumn 1951 on the Eastern Front at the Punchbowl sector. I was basically a boot-ass replacement in "A" Company 1st Tank Battalion (Our Company Commander was Capt. Schnell), and I was anxiously awaiting my baptism of fire any day now, as our tank company was operating practically every other day with direct fire combat missions. Our CP was located in a dried up rice paddy, and to add to the misery of war, it was literally overrun with paddy …
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- Korea 1953 Sir... This is a photo that was taken with my Argus, C-3 camera, some time before July 16th 1953, and the last time I was on line. We were on hill 229; our MLR, our combat Outpost was Kate, hill 128= 2000 yards north, of the trench line at Able Gate. And Our Dog Company 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment Commander was Lt Col. Andrew Geer. Our Company Commanding Officer was Captain Woods, I had been a BAR man in the 3rd squad 2nd platoon 1st fire team …
Read More - Remembering Korea
- A sad remembrance of Korea. I was in Korea May 52 to May 53 (ATA, Wpns-15; H&S-1-5; HqBn 1stMarDiv; & E-2-5, 1stMarDiv. I knew this man also. Jerry Merna Men Do Cry By: SSgt H. L. Jones From "The Word" 1st Marine Division Newsletter Dec 1952 His name doesn't matter now. He's dead. He wasn't a hero, just a good Marine. No special recognition had come his way. He was a private. And as a private he went where he was told and now he found himself on a little …
Read More - Korea’s Chosin Reservoir
- The Chosin Reservoir Campign Author Unknown In the mountainous terrain of North Korea during sub-zero winter conditions, along and in the hills surrounding a primitive road barely wide enough for a single modern vehicle to pass, the battle of Chosin Reservoir took place. It has been termed by historians as the most savage battle in modern warfare, and was cited by President Reagan in his first inaugural address as one of the epics of military history. Chosin Reservoir campaign began on November 27 at Yudam-ni with Chinese Communist action against …
Read More - Able Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines
- Able Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines The story of Ron Broward In 1950, the north Koreans were almost successful in using their military to secure the Korean peninsula. A number of strategic-level events stopped them short, such as the rapid build-up of U.S. forces, the overextension of north Korean supply lines, and the cumulative losses the north Koreans suffered after so many days of combat. The surprise American attack through Inchon and into Seoul severed the north's supply lines and sent them fleeing. American, Republic of Korea (ROK), and UN …
Read More - The Little Korean Girl and The Apple
- The Little Korean Girl and The Apple By: Howard E Frasier I took three photos late April 1953, which developed into quite a story. I was with Dog Company 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division. While we boarded old Japanese built rail cars coupled up to a steam engine, I named the old ?Honey bucket Express? while we were boarding the rail cars old Korean men worked up and down the tracks, oiling all of the moving parts of the engine. Then opening the packing lids on the rail car wheels, …
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