On this date in Korea

Books, DVDs, CDs about the Korean War which I own

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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
David Halberstam

The Unfinished War: Korea
Bong Lee

Ebb And Flow November 1950---July 1951: United States Army in the Korean War,
Billy C. Mossman

The Korea: The Forgotten War / DVDs

Korean War After Action Reports - Lessons Learned Documents - Battle Assessments CD-ROM
BACM Research

Korean War Field Manuals CD-ROM
BACM Research

Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950
Martin Russ

Policy and Direction: The First Year, U. S. Army in the Korean War
James F. Schnabel

America's Tenth Legion: X Corps in Korea, 1950
Shelby L. Stanton

3 US deaths - November 23, 1950

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Stanley A Blazewicz
John W Pitts
Benny R Stover

Two of these men were about 19 yo
One of them was 21

8 US Deaths November 22, 1950

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November 22, 1950 these men died

Capt. Beriger A Anderson - US Air Force
Gerald H Bartholow - US Army
William H Gish - US Air Force
Cordell Howard - US Army
E Lester Bishop - US Army
W M Mosley - US Army
Charles Van Osdol - US Army
Frank J Wenzel - US Army

Korean War - First 40 Days

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Korean War - First 40 Days Pt. 1

Videos of Korean War

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB11g_nVmJc
Summer Storm (Pt 1) The Korean War

uploaded by
http://imcom.korea.army.mil

22 Dec 1950 -- Marines 'Could have killed 100,000 more'

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by Joe Quinn Syracuse Herald Journal

With U.S. First Marine Division, Korea (UP)

The fighting Leathernecks who killed at least 15,000 Chinese Communists in the Chosin Reservoir area of North Korea said today they could have held all winter and slaughtered another 100,000 Reds if they had not been ordered back.

"We shot up six Chinese divisions and we could have been happy to blast another couple of armies to hell," said Sgt. Bill Gilman of San Francisco.

Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Smith, who led the First Division in its series of battles to Yudam and back, agreed. But he said he favored the strategic withdrawal to the east coast, "all factors in the situation considered."

"We destroyed every Chinese unit with which we came in contact," Smith said. "We went north when so directed, and we went east when ordered to do so.

"We battled the enemy everywhere we went. and we decisively defeated him in every engagement, his overwhelming superiority in numbers notwithstanding."

He said the fighting was just as intense withdrawing east as it was advancing north and west.

Col. Homer L. Litzenberg, of Washington, D.C., whose 7th Regiment led the way in all three direction, said the Marines got their first idea of what they were up against when they moved through Sangtong and headed for the Chosin Reservoir.

"We found the chinese (sic) in front of us and on both our flanks," he said. "A company came down the road four abreast. We hit the column with machine gun fire. For about five minutes they just cam right on, those in the rear walking over their fallen comrades.

"They broke ranks and scattered to ditches on each side of the road. There was a lot of yelling, apparently by their officers and NCO's. Within minutes they had regrouped into that column of fours and continued their march.

"We killed them all."

The marines could have fought back to Hagaru in the matter of hours. But they took all their wounded and every available piece of rolling stock, with the Chineses attacking day and night and took four days.

During this time they "destroyed an overwhelminly superior (enemy) force," Smith said.

September 1950 -- 79 men from Tennessee die in Korean War

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Men who fought in Korea and died in September 1950 (third month of the war)
Names followed by birth years

Elzia R Albright 1931
Paul Tipton Baker 1929
Huville E Bear 1931
Raymond M Bolden 1931
Eldridge Brady 1924
John E Branch 1922
Lewis G Brickell 1931
Elmo R Jr Bridges Jr 1928
Doyle R Brown 1931
Robert M Buckner 1928
Lloyd R Cabe 1927
Dewitt Jr Campbell Jr 1931
Cecil H Canady 1931
Clyde E Cannon 1931
Robert X Carter 1932
Mack D Cavender 1930
Walter W Cherry 1919
Vern R Clark 1919
Leonard J Dishman 1930
Ward A Dobson 1928
William A Dunavant 1912
C Earl Duke 1930
Newt H Floyd 1932
Alvie L Jr Fowler Jr 1926
James L Franklin 1924
William L Garrett 1910
Troy L Gentry 1930
William E Goan 1932
Wiley Julian Jr Grigsby Jr 1925
Charles A Haley 1932
Richard Edward Harris 1924
Marvin H Jr Haynes Jr 1921
James C Hibben 1931
James W Hunter 1931
Oliver Jackson 1926
Dean B Johnson 1930
Sam Jones 1906
Will Killingsworth 1932
Cordell Jr Lee Jr 1928
Arvil Lemons 1931
Stanley R Lowe 1927
Wallace R Lusk 1915
Patrick McDearmon 1914
Charles E Meeks 1921
James L Menatola 1921
Robert E Moorman 1930
Monroe P Murphy 1930
James A Nelson 1933
William Northcutt 1932
William T Osborn 1931
Jack D Parker 1932
Thomas L Payne 1933
Howard A Petty 1918
J B Poland 1928
James T Prueitt 1929
Thomas M Pulley 1932
Joseph R Pursley 1912
James R Richmond 1927
Robert J Ridings 1916
Bobby L Riggs 1930
Robert L Jr Rogers Jr 1932
Samuel E Scott 1923
William E Scott 1929
Joe D Simerly 1931
Samuel Sisco 1930
James T Smith 1928
William Eugene Smith 1930
James H Tanner 1923
Porter W Taylor 1927
J D Thompson 1928
Walter E Jr Thorpe Jr 1930
Robert M Trivett 1922
Martin D Vanoy 1917
William Vermillion 1929
Calvin C Vick 1927
Roy L Whaley 1932
Robert M Whitson 1931
Johnny B Williams 1928
Joe F Wood 1932

11 Jan 1951

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The Landmark (Statesville, NC)
Reds bringing up a huge army to cut off escape of Eighth Army
American planes are slaughtering thousands of Chinese but they keep coming

**Other stories on same page**
All nine of British nations are advancing a cease-fire proposal(Aim is to stall Truman and avoid open war between U.S. and Red China)

President will issue manpower directive

Washington has ordered fight to finish in Korea

Removal of US troops from South Korea led to the Korean War

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"Most everyone agrees that had the U.S. troops remained, there would have been no war."

A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE KOREAN WAR,

By Jack D. Walker

Fight the enemy where they are

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God bless our brave men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are learning to fight the enemy where they are. Training to defeat Improvised Explosive Devices

Dems, who want to pull them out instead of support them, are stuck on stupid.

Truman pulled our troops out of a newly freed S. Korea in 1949. In 1950, Truman sent troops back to S. Korea to re-free it from the occupying N. Korean troops of Kim il-Sung.

30,000 brave Americans died in Korea in the remaining 30 months of Truman's presidency.

"Most everyone agrees that had the U.S. troops remained [in South Korea], there would have been no [Korean] war."

11 Mar 1951 -- US troops driving against 19-mile Red fortified line

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Page 1, Waterloo Sunday Courier

Three US divisions today pushed close to a Chinese Red fortified line, 19 miles long and five miles deep, defending the key enemy position in central Korea.

The Communists rushed in reserves to replace losses of 30,000 in four days.

The enemy defense line extended from a mountainous area south of Hongchon, a Red army headquarters, west for 19 miles to the Pukhan [?] River.

The US First marine division, moving methodically over ridges within eight m iles of Hongchon, rammed for the first time into the Chinese 298th [?] division

Officers said this was the only reserve division of the Chinese 66th [?] army which has headquarters at Hongchon. Its other two divisions already were in the line.

March 11, 1951 -- 28 Americans died for Korean freedom

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Charles Bailey 1932 Alabama
Edward M Barron 1928 Pennsylvania
Edgar D Bauman 1931 California
Leon John Bernal Jr 1921 Missouri
Robert W Booth 1927 Massachusetts
Glenn H Byrd 1927 Indiana
James M Cooper 1930 Arkansas
Harold M Crow 1927 Texas
Garland E Darter 1922 California
Felix Raymond Fajkus 1920 Texas
Glenn H Gipson 1929 Kentucky
Norman L Gleaton 1920 Texas
Arthur L Graham 1928 Texas
Harold W Hatley 1927 Texas
Jo Hoffman 1929 Ohio
Roosevelt Horton 1931 Arkansas
William G Metcalf 1929 California
James A Morgan 1931 California
Tom William Naney 1931 Oklahoma
Laurence H Nelson 1932 New York
Andrew Orzehowski 1929 Pennsylvania
William Penington 1926 Washington
Frederick Perrotta 1928 New York
Eugene J Praska 1929 North Dakota
Larry Shannon 1932 Michigan
Thomas O Smith 1918 Illinois
Edgar Sullivan 1926 Mississippi
Julian Tamayo Tovar 1929 Texas

Chinese Reds Set Up Terms to Cease-Fire 11 Jan 1951

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Waterloo Courier

Want UN Seat, Withdrawal of Troops in Korea, Talk on Formosa

Communist China was reported Thursday to have relayed to the British commonwealth prime minister' conference its final revised terms for a cease-fire in Korea.

The report, which could not be confirmed officially, said the Communist regime at Peking demanded:

1. A seat on the United nations security council
2. Withdrawal of foreign groops from Korea
3. Opening of discussions on Formosa, but not necessarily before a settlement in Korea

U.S. to Hold Out in Korea

At the same time reliable sources said the United State has informed Britain it intends to hold out in Korea despite Red China's fullscale intervention.

The report on Red China's final terms was understood to have been relayed to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru through the Indian ambassador in Peking, Sardar Pannikar.

Previously Peking had demanded withdrawal of the U.S.Seventh fleet from Formosan waters and Communist sovereignty over the island, the last stronghold of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.

Informed sources said the American intention to hold out in Korea was relayed through Sir Oliver Franks, British ambassador in Washington, who was instructed 10 days ago to inquire on the subject.

The reply was that the U.S. believed a line could be held and meant to hold it.

The location of the "final" defense line was a military secret.

Britain to Support U.S.

Informants said that Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has told commonwealth prime ministers in session here that Britain will support American efforts to hold at least a bridgehead in Korea.

In the meantime, Bevin intends to keep on trying to exchange ambassadors with Communist China and attemting to induce other members to admit the Peking government to the United Nations, informants said.

Bevin believes these steps offer the best hope for a "cease fire" in Korea that would prevent open war with Communist China and perhaps another world war.

But if he fails and the UN forces are driven out of Korea, informants said, Bevin told the commonwealth prime ministers that Britain may drop its conciliatory attitude toward the Chinese Reds.

They said Bevin aserted that his government would have to reconsider its position under these circumstances and might join the United States in a "get tough" policy toward Peking.

Full Wartime Censorship Placed on Korean News 1/9/51

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Waterloo Daily Courier, front page | January 9, 1951 | UP

Full Wartime Censorship Placed on Korean War News

U. S. Eighth Army headquarters, Korea. –(UP) –

The US.Eighth Army imposed full wartime censorship on news coverage of the Korean War Tuesday and threatened to courtmartial newsmen who deliberately report any troop movements without authorization.

Veteran war correspondents agreed the regulations were the most inclusive they had ever received from any army headquarters.

The rules placed correspondents under the complete jurisdiction of the army and forbade any criticism of the Allied conduct of the war.

The regulations, succeeding the present security censorship, provide that all dispatches filed to publications throughout the world will be screened for military information which might injure the morale of UN troops or their government.

Mention of the following matters was specifically forbidden:

1. Identity of organizations in the combat and communications zones, unless anounced in communiques. When announced, no place names will be used.
2. Quoting officers in any way, except as specifically authorized
3. Stating that any sector in Korea is occupied by American troops until the enemy has established it as a fact.
4. Stating that any town or village in the combat zone is accupied [sic] by American or Allied forces unless it is essential to a news story.
5. The mention of any base port, communications center or other point on a communications line. [newspaper's emphasis]
6. Ship or rail movements, unless authorized
7. Any discussion of Allied air power
8. The mention of number of troops, unless authorized.
9. The effect of enemy fire or bombarment, unless authorized.

Also listed as unauthorized was information on the strength, efficiency, morale, or organization of Allied forces.

Under this rule, no mention may be made of reinforcements, equipment, arms, plans and forecasts of future operations, or positions or descriptions of camps.

Casualties may not be revealed before official publication. [Paper's emphasis]

The Eighth Army ruled that any violator of the code will be suspended from all privileges.

"He may be subject to disciplinary action because of an intentional violation of these and other regulations, either in letter or in spirit, and in extreme cases of offense where investigation proves the circumstances warrant the correspondent may be placed in arrest to await deportation or trial by courtmaritial,' the announcement said.

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Tragedy, Starvation and Incessant Plodding is Lot of Korean Refugee 1/9/51

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Tragedy, Starvation and Incessant Plodding is Lot of Korean Refugee (Lima News, OH, January 9, 1951, page 4).

The refugees don't complain. They don't whimper. They are too tired for that. Too tired, too stunned and too busy keeping themselves staggering along under the burden of bedding and rice on their backs [snip]

Many slept by the roadside. Their white-clad bodies flashed by in the night. They lay close together for warmth. They just stopped walking and dropped in their tracks when night came on.[snip]

And some kept on walking, shuffling painfully thru the night, handkerchiefs pressed against nose and mouth to sift the choking clouds of dust raised by the traffic.

We passed a dead man lying on the roadway. He was on his side with his legs bent at the knees, as if he had laid down and died of cold or starvation.

The cars of the convoys swerved around the body as they passed.[snip]

You couldn't believe that many people could be on [the trains]. They were heaped even on the tops of the freight cars and on the flatcars. They covered the engine, stood on the cowcatcher and hung on the sides of the cab.

Table comparing US monthly deaths in Iraq with those in Korea

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65	2,849	cumulative I	cumulative K	half year I	half year K	each year I	each year K
73	1,754	138	4603
37	3,345	175	7,948
30	386	205	8,334
47	3,475	252	11,809
35	2,154	287	13,963	287	13,963
30	657	317	14,620
43	2,068	360	16,688
82	886	442	17,574
40	1,072	482	18,646
47	1,161	529	19,807
19	806	548	20,613	261	6,650	548	20,613
52	314	600	20,927
147	504	747	21,431
88	1,394	835	22,825
44	1,659	879	24,484
61	531	940	25,015
71	221	1,011	25,236	463	4,623
84	206	1,095	25,442
68	147	1,163	25,589
140	175	1,303	25,764
73	226	1,376	25,990
108	201	1,484	26,191
62	484	1,546	26,675	535	1,439	998	6,062
36	450	1,582	27,125
52	412	1,634	27,537
82	619	1,716	28,156
77	1,017	1,793	29,173
55	302	1,848	29,475
85	197	1,933	29,672	387	2,997
54	173	1,987	29,845
96	243	2,083	30,088
88	541	2,171	30,629
67	310	2,238	30,939
65	199	2,303	31,138
56	471	2,359	31,609	426	1,937	813	4,934
33	1,006	2,392	32,615
81	7	2,473	32,622
71	5	2,544	32,627
61	63	2,605	32,690
51	52	2,656	32,742
70	360	2,726	33,102	367	1,493
76	131	2,802	33,233
108	129	2,910	33,362
76	83	2,986	33,445
	30		33,475

The Iraq War is a lot like the Korean War

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Except, in 2007, we have a Republican president, 10% of the deaths, no military draft, no press censorship, and an antagonistic press.

Great website for commemorating Korean War

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Korean War Commemoration web site

Setting the stage [for the Korean War]

December 19, 1950 Hungnam beachhead narrowed to 2 miles. Airport abandoned.

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Syracuse Herald Journal -- Front page.
Reds to Invade S. Korea Again
--Threat--
Beachhead Narrowed to 2 Miles

Airport is Abandoned

By Earnest Hoberecht Tokyo (UP)

U.S. Third Division troops in the Hungnam beachhead backed into a two by five-mile escape pocket along the water front yesterday as the revitalized North Korean army announced it would invade South Korea again with the help of the Chinese Reds.

In their fighting withdrawal, the Third Division doughboys abandoned Yonpo airport four miles soutwest of Hungam, leaving only "burglar alarm" outposts ringing the city to warn of new Red attacks.

Fighting with their backs to the sea long the vital waterfront escape docks, the rear guards beat off a succession of screaming "banzai" attacks in which the revived North Korean army joined the Chinese Communists for the first time.

A vast allied armada in Hungnam harbor helped beat back the Red attacks with a flashing curtain of fire. The armada included three deadly rocket launcher ships very close in to shore as well as the battleship Missouri, six aircraft carriers, two cruisers and many destroyers and minesweepers.[snip]
In the Hungnam beachead, the main force of United Nations troops withdrew from Yonpo airport last Sunday but left the field guarded by "burglar alarm outposts."

Yonpo airport is four miles southwest of Hungnam. It carried a heavy lad of cargo, evacuation and fighter planes up to last Thursday, when it was abandoned for air use as the fighting drew closer.

In the west, the U.S. Eighth army front was quiet, but there was speculation that the North Korean army may take up the drive across the 38th Parallel in place of the Chinese Reds.

Reports from the Hungnam beachhead, the last United Nations toehold in Northeast Korea, indicated the U. s. Third Division now was alone in the back-to-the-wall battle against the combined Shineses and North Korean reds.

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other headlines

5 Air Guard Units to Be Called Feb. 1

--Cites Lincoln's Example -- 'I Refuse to Dismiss [Sec. of State] Acheson,' Truman says.

On this date, December 19, 1950 -- 16 Americans gave their lives for Korean freedom

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Robert L Bonner 1930 Ohio
Jackie B Bynum 1930 North Carolina
Bobby Davis 1932 Kentucky
Henry E Dowling 1921 Virgin Islands
Osoria Eu Gonzalez 1927 Puerto Rico
Robert E Hunter 1932 Ohio
Gerald R Larson 1929 Minnesota
John D Murphy 1923 Illinois
Charles L Nibert 1930 Ohio
Ralph M Olson 22 May 1917 Minnesota
Eugene E Rhyner 1930 Wisconsin
Woodroe W Spears 1924 Arkansas
Frederick Stuckey 1932 Pennsylvania
Maxine Tyler 1925 Texas
Charles E West 1924 West Virginia
Harold D Wilson 1919 Ohio

On this date, December 18, 1950 --12 Americans gave their lives for Korea

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James A Dilver 1927 Maryland
Manuel Harris 1923 Texas
Lonnie Hockaday 1929 Pennsylvania
Jefferson Johnson 1923 California
Robert V Martin 1931 Iowa
Aubrey W Mize 1919 Oklahoma
Charlie Jr Mullins Jr 1926 Illinois
Eugene Roberson 1918 Georgia
Alfred L Salter 1928 Pennsylvania
William A Tilghman 1927 Maryland
Ivey E Vickers 1923 Alabama
Douglas C Wilson 1916 Wisconsin
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Syracuse Herald-Journal December 18, 1950
Front page

Truman Will Request Extra Crisis Power
Washington (AP)
President Truman told his Congressional leaders today he needs additional powers in the fields of government contracts and organization in order to deal with the world crisis.

House Speaker Rayburn (D. Tex.) said after a 90-minute White House conference that Mr. Truman indicated he would send a specific request to the Capitol as soon as the necessary papers could be drafted.

House Democratic Leader McCormack (Mass.) said he understood Mr. Truman would ask restoration of powers formerly available to the President under titles on and two of the first War Powers Act.

Title one of theat World War II law allowed the pesident to "create, consolidate, transfer or abolish" bureaus and agencies in the interest of more efficient government.

Title two authorized the President to delegate to war agencies the power to enter into war contracts without regard to existing legal restrictions. This, in effect, provides for contract renegotiation.

In addition to Rayburn and McCormack, the other members of the Congressional "Big Four" -- Vice President Barkley and Senate Democratic Leader Lucas (Ill.) -- attended the conference.

They said the first hour was devoted entirely to a thorough military briefing by Secretary of Defense Marshall, the joint chiefs of staff and the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force, but declined to tell reporters anything about that.

On this date, December 17, 1950 -- 3 Americans gave their lives for Korea

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Charles G Chandler 1926 Ohio
Victor M Vega 1930 Puerto Rico
John W Wadsworth 1928 Pennsylvania

On this date, December 16, 1950

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Lugo A Alcazar 1918 Puerto Rico
Raymond Del Toro 1932 New York
Alfred E Duvernay 1930 Mississippi
Guadalupe Gallart 1928 Puerto Rico
Vernon D Jenkins 1927 Missouri
Raymond D Penland 1921 Alabama

On this date, December 15, 1950 -- 37 Americans gave their lives for Korea

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Melvin R Adams 1925 Tennessee
Weldon L Bassett 1923 Minnesota
Dwight M Bergeron 1931 Minnesota
Earl J Buku 1930 Michigan
James E Cason 1929 Georgia
Robert N Clendenin 1929 North Carolina
John N Dale 1925 Pennsylvania
Jack R Dauphin 1929 Georgia
John G Davis 1929 Maine
Burleigh V Dolph 13 Jul 1922 California
Elmer E Foster 1924 Louisiana
Robert J Foster 1932 Tennessee
Floyd E Graham 1931 Missouri
Gene T Hall 1927 Kentucky
John C Hall 1928 New York
Samuel E Hoffman 1925 Texas
Roy F James 1921 Maine
John B Johnson 1933 North Carolina
John J Keglovitz 1933 Pennsylvania
George H Lawall 1933 Pennsylvania
Basil Linkinogger 1932 West Virginia
Paul Vincent Luhrs 8 Jan 1932 California
Robert A Maas 1918 Illinois
John D Meikle 1933 Virginia
Carl H Muller 1931 New York
Lewis N Nutter 1919 Massachusetts
James W Jr Osborn Jr 1930 Arizona
Camille Plaisance 1930 Louisiana
Robert H Prentice 1930 Alabama
Robert F Prue 1924 South Dakota
Clarence W Swiney 1923 Texas
Ernest L Jr Thorpe Jr 1933 Pennsylvania
Norman F Trudeau 1923 Massachusetts
Richard R Wilson 1928 New Jersey
Winston G Wilson 1927 Missouri
Oscar C Yost 1928 West Virginia
Felix J Zolkowski 1923 New Jersey

On this date December 14, 1950 -- 11 Americans gave their lives for Korea

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Juan P Aponte 1924 Puerto Rico
Larry O Greenfield 1933 Iowa
Richard E Harrison 1932 Ohio
Billy C Hill 1923 Michigan
Thomas A Long 1921 Arkansas
Ruiz Benigno Reyes 1918 Puerto Rico
Ildefonso A Rivera 1923 Puerto Rico
Antonio Romero 1922 Puerto Rico
William J Sciulli 1931 Pennsylvania
Richard J Seadore 1929 Nebraska
John O Symons 1928 Illinois

On this date, 13th December 1950, 7 Americans gave their lives for Korean freedom

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Jack William Cornelius 1914 New Mexico
Francis J Dailey 1927 New York
Harold E Dale 1933 Michigan
Paul C Hart 1929 New York
Neal M Morris 1924 North Carolina
Floyd A Jr Stephenson Jr 1928 District of Columbia
Charles R Wilson 1924 Texas

December 12, 1950 -- MacArthur Imposes Voluntary Censorship

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Tokyo (UP)
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters asked war correspondents in Korea today to observe four security rules under a voluntary censorship code because of the "quite serious" war situation.

Syracuse Herald Journal, p 1

Mongolian Cavalry Leads New Attack -- December 12, 1950

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Syracuse Herald Journal, Page 1

Bulk of Chinese Moving Toward Center of Korea
--2 Divisions--
Reds Try To Turn UN Flank
Thrust Could Peril Seoul
By Earnest Hoberecht Tokyo (UP)
Red China's invasion army, spearheaded by two Mongolian cavalry divisions, turned toward Central Korea today for an apparent drive to outflank the new United Nations defense line guarding Seoul.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters reported that the tough Mongolia cavalrymen upped the number of Chinese divisions facing the 160,000 United Nations troops in Korea to 27 -- more than 300,000 men.

Another 700,000 Chinese are believed in reserve in rear areas.

A headquarters communique reported the bulk of the Chinese Reds moving increasingly toward the rugged center of the Korean peninsula as they advanced slowly south from the Pyongyang area.

A Chinese thrust down the center of Korea might turn the Eastern end of the United Nations Eighth Army's defense line around Seoul and threaten the capital's communications at Taegu and Pusan in the south.

For the moment, however, the United Nations forces were out of contact with the Chinese Reds on both western and northeastern fronts.

The Chinese broke off contact in the northeast after the last of 20,000 encircled U.S. First Division Marines and Seventh Division infantrymen escaped into the safety of the allied Hamhung-Hungnam beachhead yesterday.

Future movements of the escaped forces and 40,000 other 10th Corps troops in the bridgehead were shrouded by a firm security curtain.

Officers inside the perimeter told newsmen they were confident the outnumbered 10th Corps could "hold indefinitely" against the Communists. However, a UN fleet of transports and warships was waiting off Hungnam for ??? eventuality" -- including a Dunkerque evacuation.[snip]
The Chinese "are taking advantage of the period of no-contact to reinforce and resupply," a communique said.

"Additional units include two divisions of cavalry, one at present located in the east sector and another in the central-western sector.

"These, presumably Mongolian, are of moderate size, about 4,000 to 7,000 mean each. Lightly armed, they are extremely mobile, capable of traversing the roughest terrain.

"Their Mongol ponies are accustomed to the extreme low temperature and biting winds of the Mongolian plateau. They have extraordinary endurance and can operate on the barest minimum of food and water.

"Such cavalry units are employed on reconnaissance screening missions and also may be used to cut lines of communication and disrupt rear areas.

"Mongol cavalrymen are sturdy and tough. Their normal existence is one of hardhip and exposure to the elements. When additional supplies become necessary, camel trains are employed.

December 12, 1950 -- 154 Americans died for Korean freedom

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R A Adams 1914 Arkansas
Wesley A Anderson 1929 Michigan
Roy E Barrow 1911 Mississippi
Matthew P Bartnick 1929 New York
Thomas L Beelman 1931 Iowa
John H Bond 1928 Tennessee
Walter O Borror 1926 West Virginia
Donald J Bortner 1927 Pennsylvania
James B Brock 1929 Arizona
John H Brooks 1929 North Carolina
Harold M Brown 1930 North Carolina
Oscar E Bruner 1919 New York
James E Bryant 1929 Kentucky
Bernard F Bryk 1931 Pennsylvania
William R Butz 1931 Washington
Bobby L Byars 1932 Georgia
Louis Caputo 1918 New York
John M Carnes 1933 Ohio
Percy C Carroll 1925 Kansas
Robert M Casey 1931 New York
George R Chadwell 1929 Indiana
Frank J Charido 1931 Massachusetts
Joseph K Cieslak 1931 Illinois
Thomas E Cole 1932 Virginia
Pete Conley 1931 West Virginia
John W Cooper 1922 West Virginia
Robert H Cope 1929 New Jersey
Frederick Cornell 1921 California
Irvin T Crews 1929 Virginia
George S Crisp 1926 Maryland
Harold L Curtis 1932 Missouri
Elmer C Dahn 1932 Minnesota
Robert C Dakin 1928 Massachusetts
Warren C Day 1931 North Carolina
Clayton C Delong 1932 Indiana
Joseph Desloges 1930 Connecticut
Billy J Dodson 1929 Missouri
Billy G Donahoe 1924 Texas
Harold F Drews 1929 Illinois
John W Jr Eddins Jr 1932 Florida
C Jr Evans Junior 1930 Texas
Gene E Evans 1933 California
Harold A Evans 1928 Washington
Cameron M Flack 1932 North Carolina
Henry C Flanders 1904 New Hampshire
Irvin E Focht 1933 Ohio
James H Foster 1932 Alabama
Guadalupe Garcia 1932 Texas
Victor Garcia 1930 Texas
James D Gayhart 1931 Kentucky
Pryor Gobble 1932 Virginia
Ova L Haire 1932 Kentucky
Melvin L Handy 1931 Florida
Arthur Hansen Jr 1931 Maryland
Max E Harris 1929 Indiana
Francis B Henig 1929 Ohio
Julian Herrera 1931 Texas
Claude R Hess 1930 Wisconsin
Billy E Holliday 1931 Texas
George Housekeeper 1922 California
John I Hoven 1932 Minnesota
William C Hoyes 1930 Ohio
James A Hunnicutt 1911 Georgia
Wilfred K Hussey 1931 Hawaii
Floyd J R Jackson 1930 Missouri
Neil R Johnson 1919 Montana
George J Jr Jones Jr 1932 Pennsylvania
Nathaniel G Jones 1921 South Carolina
Barney H Jordan 1930 Alabama
John K Kaakimaka 1931 Hawaii
George D Kile 1932 Montana
Kenneth Kilpatrick 1926 Mississippi
Clifford John Kleber 11 Sep 1929 New Jersey
Francis D Knobel 1930 Wisconsin
Edwin H Knutson 1930 Minnesota
Delbert Kovalcheck 1930 Pennsylvania
George L Kyzer 1925 South Carolina
Howard D La Dieu 1920 New York
Paul E La Fond 1930 New York
Harry J Laurence 1924 Ohio
Tommy K Law 1930 Virginia
Pete H Lewis 1922 Ohio
Harry Jr Linneman Jr 1931 Florida
Kenneth J Long 1929 Texas
Remi G Lussier 1931 Massachusetts
Donald Maddox 1929 Kentucky
Earl H Mason 1911 Florida
Dale I Mattson 1932 Washington
Bernard McCaffrey 1932 Michigan
Thomas J McGuire 1932 Illinois
Joseph K Meyer 1932 North Dakota
Frederick Mitchell 1928 Maryland
Kenneth Mullins 1930 Michigan
Paul E Myers 1932 Illinois
James Nelms 1927 Texas
Delbert W Oakley 1929 Arkansas
Leon Ernest Patchen 26 May 1929 Minnesota
Leon B Pendergrass 1921 Alabama
Albert A Perry 1931 Virginia
Robert L Phillips 1932 Missouri
Record Arnold Pitman 1928 North Carolina
Forest J Poling 1932 Louisiana
Jasper M Porter 1932 Tennessee
Rex W Powell 1932 North Carolina
Herbert W Prentice 1925 Massachusetts
Odren R Pullin 1929 Georgia
Nolan R Ramsey 1919 California
Fred M Rea 1931 Maryland
Bruce L Reames 1930 California
George L Reich 1932 Oregon
Francis J Reimer 1931 Minnesota
Chester Rice 1930 Kentucky
Milford D Richards 1929 South Dakota
Harry A Ricker 1928 Ohio
Billy J Ridge 1932 Tennessee
Kenneth L Ridge 1930 Maryland
William Robinson 1924 Texas
Raymond C Rogers 1929 Michigan
Raymond J Romano 1928 Pennsylvania
Cristobal Romo 1931 California
Harold E Ross 1931 South Carolina
Leopoldo L Ruiz 1929 Texas
Beverly E Russell 1930 Virginia
Ernest F Russell 1930 New Hampshire
Elroy R Sapia 1931 Louisiana
Mayna Schermerhorn 1922 New York
Donald T Seabourn 1932 California
Doyle W Shiley 1931 Ohio
Herbert D Shuck 1931 Washington
Lester G Simeral 1915 West Virginia
Charles L Simpson 1929 Kentucky
Marion F Stumpf 1922 Kansas
Refugio C Tamayo 1931 Texas
Roy H Thomas 1928 Maryland
Forrest Thomasson 1920 Kentucky
Robert E Thompson 1928 Georgia
Elwood M Truslow 1930 Virginia
Elphege Vadenais 1930 Rhode Island
Orville L Vaughn 1925 West Virginia
Edward C Vincent 1932 West Virginia
Joseph P Wagers 1920 South Carolina
Marvin O Walters 1930 Illinois
Samuel E Watson 1931 Texas
Raymond Wellbrock 1930 Ohio
Carl West 1928 Oklahoma
Donald C White 1931 California
Harland N Wilcox 1931 Maine
Olen B Williams 1913 Alabama
Horace Wingfield 1920 Texas
Mathew Wojtowicz 1927 Ohio
Melvin E Wolfe 1932 California
Arthur J Wooten 1930 Kentucky
Victor P Zecchin 1930 Connecticut
William F Zidelski 1918 New York

December 11, 1950 -- 31 Americans gave their lives in Korea

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14 of these men were 20 years old or younger
3 of them were 17

Yutaka Amano California
Thomas Harry Case Washington
Lonnie N Cassle California
Jack J Cirimele California
Arthur A Clifton New Mexico
Kenneth Edward Dvorak Wisconsin
Hosea L Evans 1 Illinois
Eric N Jr Flackman Jr California
Charles G Gibson Texas
David R Gillespie Illinois
Roper Henry Kentucky
Herbert Fah Yen Heu Hawaii
John L Koop Kentucky
Bobby Dean Lucas Indiana
Rafael Jr Lugo Jr Ohio
Charles C Martin Indiana
Donald McClellan Michigan
Adelorde Gene Morency Minnesota
Peter Munjian New York
Yeichi Nakasato Illinois
W E Nash III Nebraska
Lawrence W Overman California
John U D Page Minnesota
Malcolm Bruce Peveto Texas
George S Jr Puhr Jr Kansas
Michael A Purgaric Michigan
Thomas J Redgate Massachusetts
Harold Leslie Ross New York
William C Schemmel California
Colin Shultz Wisconsin
George F Troy New York

December 11, 1950 Syracuse Herald Journal, Page 1

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... the last elements of 25,000 bone-cold, unshaven American Marines and doughboys streamed down onto the Hamhung coastal plain from a series of Red traps near Changjin Reservoir.

A huge fleet stood off Hamhung's port of Hungnam. but whether it would evacuate the weary, outnumbered U.S. 10th Corps units in the northeast remained to be seen. The northwest front was relatively quiet.[snip]

It was evident that MacArthur was concerned seriously about the condition of his forces, particularly the U.S. First Marine Division and units of the Army's Seventh Infantry Division which battled through a frozen, Chinese-lined hell for two weeks on both sides and south of the Changjin Reservoir in notheast Korea..[snip]

The bitter 50-mile retreat -- the longest one of few in the history of the spirited Marine corps -- began Nov. 28. [snip]

A Marine medical officer compared the Leatherneck casualties to those the Corps suffered in taking the tiny atoll of Tarawa in World War II -- 3,168 men. But total Marine and doughboy casualties were higher.[snip]

AP correspondent jack McBeth, the only wire service newsman who was with the trapped force, said more than 4,000 wounded were flown from the snow-mantled airstrip at Koto until two days before the final breakout drive.

Most of the wounded were Marines. There was no estimate of American dead, but MacBeth said the number would be high.

"Two days ago," he wrote, "I watched nearly 200 bodies nosed into a big grave by a bulldozer. There was no time for more elaborate arrangements."

MacBeth called the withdrawal "one of the fighingest retreats in military history." He said the Leathernecks "walked out of 12 days of freezing hell, full of fight after a gory nightmare of death in Korea's icy mountains."

Temperatures at times plunged to 25 degrees below zero.[snip]

In Seoul, the republican capital, United Nations and American officials said they intended to remain in Korea despite the advancing Chinese Communist forces. [snip]

A high ranking Eighth Army spokesman said Sunday no commitments had been made to defend the capital.

December 5, 1950 -- 32 Americans gave their lives for Korea

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They were
Dewillis Lee Albert Michigan
Robert M Boyer New York
Daniel A Brennie New York
Mervin C Bromfield New York
Robert James Burgwinkle Massachusetts
Lee C Carraway North Carolina
Alvernon Chambers Michigan
James V Chapman Michigan
Stanford O Corner Kansas
Chester Ellis Cummings Indiana
Richard G Cushman Idaho
Howard Winston Dahart Massachusetts
Douglas Truman Dustin Minnesota
Robert M Ford Wisconsin
Doyle Foreman Arkansas
Donald S Foster Ohio
Elmer D Gardner Oklahoma
Carroll Greenwood Tennessee
Irwin Handler California
Kenneth A Hicks Sr Washington
James R Howe Ohio
William Edward Jones New Mexico
Roy Gene Melton Tennessee
Eugene N Miller Illinois
Robert E Miller Washington
Frank Samuel Ogden Illinois
James B Percival Ohio
Augustine Perry Massachusetts
Paul M Pieri Illinois
Lawrence Louis Reinke Ohio
Elmer G Richard California
John J Truan Pennsylvania

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On this date december 5, 1950 -- Reds Hack at Escape Route

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Communists in Pyongyang, by Earnest Hoberecht

Tokyo, Wednesday, (UP)

Chinese Communists poured thousands of reinforcements in Northeast Korea yeserday and pushed to within 17 miles of the port of Hamhung on the escape route for 15,000 to 20,000 U.S. marines and infantrymen trapped below the Chosin reservoir.

The Marines were fighting desperately to keep open a tiny airstrip at Hagaru, one mile south of the reservoir, long enough to evacuate their wounded before making their own supreme effort to escape the trap.

To the west, other waves of Chinese occupied burning Pyongyang and began hacking at the escape route of the US Eighth Army between Pyongyang and Seoul.

Six Chinese divisions hit the Americans south of the Chosin reservoir for the sixth straight day. Trapped there around Hagaru, 37 miles northwest of Hamhung, are the U. S. marine First division and two regiments of the U.S. Seventh Division. Marine commanders said they doubted if they could hold the Hagaru airstrip- through the night. [exerpt from Syracuse Herald Journal (Syracuse, New York)
page 1, December 5, 1950]

On this date December 4, 1950 -- 44 Americans died for Korean freedom

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Bernardo R Ayala Texas
Richard D Bartley Idaho
Donald J Barton Michigan
Earl B Boyle Kansas
Jesse Leroy Brown Mississippi
Buddy B Burris California
Thomas T Caldwell Wisconsin
Clifton W Conley Pennsylvania
Maurice E Cook Iowa
Donald L Davis Missouri
Coleman L Everett Arkansas
Theodore Fellis California
James F Friday Connecticut
Domingo Garcia Michigan
Charles Grigelis West Virginia
Ernest E Haussler New Jersey
Carlie Darryl Hawkins California
Robert J Hebert Louisiana
Allan Bennett Hoaglard Kentucky
Benjamin William Hulsey Texas
Charles W Jones Alabama
Ralph Edwin King Ohio
Quinton E Lindler Indiana
J L Mathis Tennessee
Everett H Miller Pennsylvania
Paul Monaco Connecticut
Custer E Mooney Texas
Golden Napier West Virginia
Jack Grimes Oliver Oklahoma
Arthur J Omara Jr Texas
Patrick Obrien Parrish Texas
James Parsons Virginia
George Francis Reis California
James Edward Renner Missouri
Robert S Skees Pennsylvania
Ralph R Thurmond Tennessee
Arthur E Truslow Virginia
Carl R Wagner Ohio
William Edward Wagner Utah
David Charles Walsh California
Willie J Watkins Georgia
Jerome Daniel Wentworth Mississippi
John Bailey Werb Pennsylvania
Edward Allen Williams Tennessee

On this date -- December 3, 1950

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On this date, December 2, 1950, 490 Americans gave their lives so Korea might be free

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Troops from OHIO

James L Baechle
George L Bourdeau
Ronald C Bowshier
Joseph Harlow Burks
Thomas G Carr
Harry C Dennis
Roger F Eckert
Kenneth R Foreman
Arthur J Foust
Richard Stanley Gzik
William Herrington
Charlie H Hill
Charles Hiltibran
Lyle A Hoffman
Clarence Henry Huff Jr
Billy L Kidd
Raymond Krasinski
Raymond Lamb
Robert V Layton
Donald V MacLean
Paul F Maret
Edwin L Morgan
Robert T Ott
Hubert C Reed
Charles M Reeves
Robert Retherford
Richard Romanchik
Guy M Schroeder
Donald R Smith
William Steele Jr
Kenneth B Williams
Robert O Wolfe

Headlines and editorial from Zanesville Signal 12/04/1950

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Headlines Zanesville paper

China Reds push toward Pyongyang
Yanks seek to ward off new assault
MacArthur says 500,000 Chinese troops in Korea

Tokyo (AP)-- Chinese reds swarmed froth tonight for an attack on Pyongyang. Allied rear echelon units and refugees streamed south out of the former Korean Communist capital ahead of the new Red wave.
A spokesman said the Eighth army, trying desperately to hold a defense line 30 miles to the north, "will not withdraw from any position or from anywhere until forced to do so by enemy action."
If forced to do so, he added, "the army will" destroy things of military value to the enemy.
"This military policy will apply if it becomes necessary to evacuate Pyongyang."[snip]
Korean allied sympathizers warned that a fifth column had infiltrated Pyongyan. Rigid controls were set up at the city gates.

Draft Law Change Held Unnecessary

Washington (AP)--Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the house armed services committee said today he saw no reason for any change in the draft law this year to speed up expansion of the armed forces.
President Truman has set a goal of 2,771,000 defense force by June 30.
Vinson said there are enough men left in the 19 through 25 bracket to meet the army's draft need without changing the law this year.
Neither the air force nor navy has utilized the draft so far.
Draft calls for 40,000 men in December and the same number in January have been issued. The defense department asked yesterday for 50,000 more in February.

Page 4, The Zanesville Signal -- a Democratic Newspaper. December 2, 2006

United We stand

This is a time for the free nations of the world to stand up and be counted. It is a new and greater test of their moral fiber than the one they met so well at the outbreak of the Korean war.
Red China's intervention in Korea is tending to divide the wester powers. France and Britain, pre-occupied with their own vulnerablility to attack by Russia are not anxious to see the United States and its helpers tied up in a long war with the Communist Chinese.
Leo Dehnen, foreign correspondent for NEA, reported in a recent dispatch that a split in the North Atlantic front is exactly what the Kremlin is striving for. Once the unity of the West should go, Russia would feel free to move more boldly in its course of conquest.
If, as seems likely, this is indeed the Soviet aim, the free nations must guard desperately against a break in ranks. This is no moment for division, for timidity, for concentration upon individual national weakness.
The Communists respect only strength and force. Where they do not meet it, they push in. The free world has the might to resist their further encroachment; but only when all its members combine in a solid front.
it is not too late to avert disaster for freedom, despite the counsels of despair heard in many quarters. The liberty-loving peoples of the earth can save their heritage if they will jointly resolve to do so, and proceed with utmost speed to carry out programs which must stem automatically from the resolve.
If any are really too weak or fearful to engage in this great enterprise, it is better that we know it now rather than count upon help we won't get.
At root this crisis is a moral one. Do people who have known real freedom prize it enough to fight for it if necessary? Or are they so beaten down by repeated wars and endless economic distress that they are content merely to live, however ignobly?
Each country must answer these questions with a clear "yes" or "no." A "maybe" isn't good enough. We need to know who is lined up on our side in this struggle.
And once the choice is made we must all face promptly and realistically the task of defending the free portions of the earth. Some crucial, fateful decisions lie ahead. The biggest is how to balance our strength between Europe and Asia. But they cannot be made with sureness until we have learned the names in the roster of freedom.

Joseph C. Whtehead wounded Dec 1, 1950; died Jan 10, 1951

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Joseph Clark Whitehead
Birth Date: 1909
Birth City: Parker
State Registered: Texas

Death Date: 10 Jan 1951
Death Country: Korea
Death Description: Died of Wounds

War: Korean War
Title: Major, U.S. Army
Rank: Major
Service: U.S. Army
Service ID: XXXXXX
Notes: Major Whitehead was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died of those wounds on January 10, 1951. For his leadership and valor, Major Whitehead was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Data Source: Korean War Veterans Honor Roll

December 1, 1950 -- Korean War -- 747 Americans die

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On December 1, 1950 -- 747 Americans gave their lives for the freedom of millions of Koreans.

From Illinois

James L Allen

James Alston Baker Birth Date: 1928
Death Date: 1 Dec 1950 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead

Notes: Corporal Baker was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Corporal Baker was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Data Source: Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert A Bell
Floyd T Bey
Charles E Bone

Frank Maher Brown Birth Date: 1908 Death Date: 1 Dec 1950 Killed in Action

Notes: Major Brown was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950. His remains were not recovered. Major Brown was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Data Source: Korean War Veterans Honor Roll

Thomas Cartalino
Alva E Catt
Larry Ray Cimino
Daniel Cunningham
Lee A Dewey
F C Fox
Richard D Fresen
Peter T Golden
Artheria M Harris
John J Hartong
George E Hartwell
Dale A Hoerr
Martin L Howell
Norman R Johnson
Roy C Johnson
Howard G Malcolm
Eugene L Marks
Samuel K Meagher
Albert Morgan
Patrick Frank Oconnor
Chester J Papineau
William George Payne
Milo G Paynovich
Orville W Pierce
Frank J Roberta
Arthur H Rogers
Brown Sebastian
Andrew B Shane
James C Simpson
Edgar T Jr Snipes Jr
Joseph Elmer Stewart
John L Stumpf
Alvin J Tadlock
George S Thorsen
Theodore P Tracy
Stephen T Uurtamo
Robert Williams
Robert W Zak

From New York

Duane F Barlow
Michael J Barra
Howard R Belden
Bruno D Bevivino
Lloyd H Bresett
Donald Meredith Chapple
James A Colasanti
Robert W Corsetti
Walter J Cox
Stanley J Davis
George J Deinhardt
Edward W Dossie
Robert G Fitzer
William S Gebou
George J Kish
Richard W Krahl
John G Jr Lavelle Jr
Henry C Martin
James Maxwell
Luke T Misciagno
William A Morris
Richard H Murphy
Frederick Murray
Kenneth Angus Partlow
Lynn R Peterson
Clayton M Pierce
William Edward Jr Regan Jr
Stanley Q Rhodes
Caswell L Sangster
Dewitt R Smith
Javery Edler Smith
Ronald C Sparks
Joseph Trepasso
Lambert T Vervoort
Thomas G Wachtman
Herman Weissman
Theodore Wright

Chinatown is Uneasy

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San Francisco (UP) --
The city's famed Chinatown, largest Chinese community outside the orient, feared today that the intervention of the Chinese Communists in Korea might bring about "unpleasant repercussions" here.
Influential Chinese leaders were reticent about discussing the subject. However, some shopkeepers and restaurant owners cautiously admitted they had noted signs of "resentment" on the part of Caucasians.

Syracuse Herald-Tribune, December 1, 1950 p16

December 1, 1950 -- Europeans, UN give MacArthur grief

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Some things never change

Even though the UN approved the UN-led fight in Korea, the Europeans criticized the war effort there.

Front page of Syracuse Herald-Journal from December 1, 1950

Marines Battling out of Red Trap
No need for A-bomb says MacArthur Aid*
'We won't be pushed out of Korea'

Must meet Red Challenge
'Facing heavy odds,' MacArthur asserts

Frankfurt, Germany (UP) -- Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today that his United Nations forces are fighting in Korea against military odds without precedent in history, and warned that failure to meet the Red challenge there will leave it to "be fought, and possibly lost, on the battlefieds of Europe."

I told the general that ... European statesmen ...saw war in Asia as a nightmare, retarding the
successful organization of European defense. [snip]
As to the opinion in Europe, the general said: "There appears to be a general failure, intentional or from misinformation, to comprehend the mission prescribed for this command by resolutions of the United Nations of which their governments were joint architects and directors, or fairly to recognize that in success or adversity this command has proceeded unerringly in compliance with controlling policies and directives."
MacArthur said he could only attribute such comment to a "somewhat selfish, though most short-sighted, viewpoint.[snip]
"The issue is a global one and failure to comprehend this fact carries the germs of freedom's ultimate destruction. If the fight is not waged with courage and invincible determination to meet the challenge here, it will indeed be fought and possibly lost, on the battlefields of Europe."

*Truman had hinted, a day or so previously, that he might use the A-Bomb.

*******

From page 16 of the same paper...

'Hampered by UN Curbs' -- MacArthur.

Washington (AP)-- Gen. Douglas MacArthure said today the military situation in Korea is serious and critical but not hopeless.
He added, however, that he regards as "an enormous handicap, without precedent in military operations," the United Nations restrictions against unlimited pursuit of the Chinese Communists and aerial attacks on their Manchurian bases.
MacArthur made the statement in a copyrighted interview with the Magazine U.S. News and World Report.

On November 30, 1950 -- 781 Americans died for Korea's freedom

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On this one date, November 30, 1950 -- 781 Americans died for Korea's freedom.

Alabama

Earnest M Andrews
Roman W Coates
Cecil A Coker
Harry P Collins
Charles L Deason
Tellis W Donaldson
Edgar Enfinger
Horrie Jr Flowers Jr
William H Hatley
Booker T Heard
Joseph Jumper
Herbert King
Claud Miles
Calvin B Murphree
Kenneth E Oliver
Billy M Phillips
Alford B Raines
Rufus A Smith
Billy G Yaw

Arkansas

Robert G Alaniz
Gordon F Enos
Henry A Gastelo
Gustavo K Gomez
Manuel B Hernandez
Billy E Hylton
Leopold Sandoval
Wayne C Shurbet
Frank G Vejar
Oscar S Bradley
Willie L Brown
George Connaughton
Miles H Didd
Tom N McClure
Travis E Minor
Verlon L Mullinax
Joe B Powell
William L Sanders
James Filmore Wood

California

Agustin Alvarez
Alexander A Baca
Russell Behringer
Kenneth F Bennett
Glenn R Bothwell
Gerald F Bumstead
Samuel R Burton
Richard J Cabral
Fred D Chesnut
Vernon J Church
Dallas E Clayton
Alan R Coleman
Donald C Coss
Alfredo Cuevaf
Jack J Cunningham
Frier Robert L De
Daniel De Anda
Delbert F Dewey
Wyatt G Jr Duncan Jr
John F Ellis
Albert G Frantzich
Francis Jr Gilbert Jr
Nicholas N Gombos
Leslie O Gragg1917
William James Jr Greene Jr
Richard L Harris
Robert G Hauser
Jack R Hiday
Harold E Hill
Homer C Hinckley
John G Jr Hope Jr
Paul A Jeanplong
George A Jr Jordan Jr
Raymond R Martinez
William F Maus
Harry V Miller
Louis Montoya
Gene Mutter
Kasmir E Nowicki
Edward Joseph Obershaw
Robert E Parke
Donald A Peach
Richard O Pierce
Edward Pool
James C Ramsey
Robert D Regnier
Joseph Jerome Rice
Hoyle T Riddle
John S Rivas
Donald J Rubideaux
Joseph Ruffule
Clarence R Skates
Lewis W Sowles
Richard H Stewart
Thomas P Vega
Billy J Wainwright
Lawrence R Walker
James M Weaver
James F Werber
Dallas G West

Colorado

Winston L Albers
Ray G Bramhill
Howard O Caldwell
Raymond Denchfield
Grant H Ewing
Jesse L Jr Fry Jr
Lawrence Gray
William J Lopez
James A Orback
Wesley B Osler

Connecticut

Robert P Abele
Benjamin R Bazzell
Albert E Boothroyd
Hubert K Bunnell
Donald E Dibble
Vicenzo G Donaglia
Joseph C Lackner
Albert W Plumb
Alfred Riley
Raymond A Rojas
Glenn A Rose
Gerald V Yarrish

District of Columbia

James P Connelly
William H Hickman
Noel F Reinhart

Florida

Daniel E Banks
Thomas L Bell
Fred E Burks
Robert H Canupp
W Charles Prince
Joseph D Cox
Tommy V Hicks
Ansel C Hiers
John W Long
George W Parish
Robert C Starling
Lloyd R Jr Walton Jr
Ronald C Wood

Georgia

Frank A Baker
Joseph A Bowen
Curtis P Byrd
John B Jr Cheatam Jr
Glynn A Coleman
Shelby F Elliott
Chesley George Gilbert
Luther Grace
Bobby B Holbrook
Adolph Jones
Record Franklin D King
Ernest K Martin
Billy J Maxwell
Charles McDowell
James R Schroeder
Albert W Smith
John Snipe
Clinton C Tice
Arthur H Jr Truxes Jr
Willie C Wilbanks
Charlie Jr Wilcher Jr

November 30, 1950 --- Truman hints use of A-bombs

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November 30, 1950 front page of Mansfield News-Journal

Truman hints use of A-bombs
Chinese Reds cut off Marine Division
Foe Opens Two-Way Assault	Declares U.N. Won't Give Up Korea Mission
Northwest Front Strangely Quiet Tokyo -- (UP)-- Communist China suddenly shifted its offensive, to northeast Korea today and cut off the entire U.S. First Marine division and part of an Army division in a furious ne two-way assault. The Chinese Reds sliced across supply roads behind the Marines and two regiments of the U.S. Seventh division and at the same time launched a heavy fronal attack against the northernmost Leathernecks on the west side of the Chosin reservoir.	Washington - (AP) - President Truman said today active consideration is being given to use of the atomic bomb against the Chinese communists if that step is necessary. The President spoke of this possibility at a news conference in which he also expresssed continued hope a third world war can be averted.

November 29, 1950 -- 264 American gave their lives for Korea

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On November 29, 1950 The following 264 Americans died in connection with the fight for Korea's freedom

Vincent G Abbate, James D Adams , John A Aimer,
Charles R Albright, James A Anderson, Herbert Armbruster ,
Billy E Ash , Billie Joe Ashby , John Edward Baker, George E Baty ,
William Bernard, Ralph J Bax, Frederick B Bean, Richard R Beard, Floyd K Bell,
Alfred J Bernardy, Leonard J Best, James Elmer Beville, Earnest H Boman,
Raymond Trammell Bowers, Donald Joseph Bradley, Furman T Brendle,
Edward O Brown, Edward J Bucholtz, Billie J Byard, Joseph B Cabiness,
Charlie A Campbell, Vernon L Campbell, Richard Augustine Campos, Harold J Carr, Clyde M Carter, William Alfred Casey, Lester T Chase, Arthur A Chidester,
Robert L Childs, Clinton Clark, Dow Jay Clark, Alfred W Clowers,
Raymond W Colflesh, Donald Ray Collier, Edmond Jr Collins Jr, James E Collins, Campbell D Cook, John E Cook, Mac Rockwell Corwin, Clifton Z Jr Couch Jr,
Robert R Cummings, Alfred Hugh Cunningham, Daniel John Dalier, Asher Danie,
J C Jr Daugherty,Jr, Lorenzo De La Cruz, Rolland W Demo,
Robert Karl Derby, David I Jr Dodson, Jr, Raymond Edmund Dolan,
Vernon J Doucette, Thomas L Doufexis, Charles Drengberg,
William Chris Driskill, James Robert Duffin, James Keyser Eagan,
Robert Eaton, Raymond C Ellis, Charles E Elmore, William E Enas,
Wendell Charles Endsley, David E Jr England Jr,
Richard D Espinoza, Elwood R Essler, William L Farabee, Robert W Faris, Preston Stackpole Jr Fay Jr,
James R Fisher, Wayne Floyd Fisher, Fidel Guzman Flores, Donald Wayne Forbes, Frank H Forney,
Edsel Grady Forrester, Vance Frazier, Anton Joseph Freer, Elvin E French, Ralph T Fukumoto, Kemper Fuller,
Charles M Fuson, Frank R Gallegos,
Harry A Garrett, Humberto Garza, Nathan Gilbert,
Paul Goldsborough, Roger Gonzales, Clifford B Griggs,
Billy L Gross, Mitsuo Hamada,
Harold Eugene Hancock, Edward John Hanrahan, Floyd H Harkins,
Merlin L Harper,
Baxter R Jr Harvel Jr,
James F Haynam, Daniel E Healy, Frederick Heinlein, Gerald G Heither,
William F Henry,
Richard C Henson, Wayne M Herron, Rollo D Hibbs, Willard P Hodge,
Ishmael D Hogston,
Earl L Holland, Robert E Holland, Richard G Hooten, Earl G Hopkins,
John C Houser,
James L Howard,
Leslie D Hudson, Ray D Hulsey, Fletcher Marion Hutchins, Robert E Hynes, Charles E Ivey, Charles Edward Jarrett, Kermit E Jenkins,
William C Jenkins,
Austin Clifford Jenson, Frank H Johnson, Warren H Jordan, Ralph A Joseph, Robert E Kirby, William M Jr Kitchens Jr, David R Kittleson,
Allan L Knox,
Fabian Tom Kotaro,
Clarence E Krei,
Earl B Kresen,
Robert Albert Kueny,
Robert L Lanier, James M T Larsen, Joseph Laukaitis, Ernest W Jr Ledger Jr, Felix S Lee, Eugene L Leitch, Ronald Norman Levasseur, Frederick Adrian Ley, Carl H Lindquist,
Cecil Loncasesion,
Allan D MacLean,
Eddie R Mahone,
Louis Charles Maid, Hubert David Mark,
Clarence A Martin, Bruce Jr Mathewson Jr, Edward R Maury,
Delmar Eugene, Neely T McCaleb,
Wayne Homer McCuskey, William McDaniel, Gerard McKiernan, James Hamilton McRoberts, Alfonso L Mendoza,
Norman B Jr Miller Jr, Robert F Miller, Robert Allington Minser, Edwin L Mitchel, Grady Purden Jr, Mitchell Jr, Linus D Mitchel,
Jessie Monday, Howard E Moore,
Donald S Moran, Herbert Frederick Morgan, Robert L Moses,
Joseph F Mura, Arthur R Musgrave,
Angelo A Musone,
George R Jr Nedley, Jr, William Nicholoson, William J Nutter,
Byron M Jr Otwell Jr, Franklin A Owens, Horace Pace, Richard M Paden,
Roosevelt Page, Thomas F Palmer, Gary N Parker,
Richard Alvin Parker, Carl B Parsons, Willie Patrick, Jimmy F Pearson,
Troy Penland,
James H Pennington, Joffrey Perez, Jesse L Preston, James Daniel Puckett, Robert H Quillman, Harold Wilbert Reed,
Nathaniel Reed,
Philip Anthony Reynolds, Oscar V Rikke, Claude L Jr Riner Jr,
John Robnett, Kenneth Rohrbacher, Frank L Rosales, James S Rose, Leff V Royal, William Robert Russell, Anthony Ray Salena, Harvey F Saxton,
William A Jr Schmader Jr, Darrell H Scott, Marle D Scott,
Robert Norman Severson, John G Sheehan, John Carlton Shelnutt, Gerald I Shepler, Robert L Siggins, James R Simmons, Frank P Simon, Richard Emery Sims, Ben T Jr Smith Jr, Richard E Smith, Lester Irving Sowell, Thomas C Stagg, James M Stephens,
Paul Norman Storaasli, Robert Styslinger, John L Sullivan, James E Swainbank, Walter M Sweatt, Kenneth Swenson,
Issiah Tansil,
Jack O Taylor,
Joseph A Thomson, James Ernest Thorash, Edward Edyert Thorn,
James Ernest Thrash,
Gerald David Tillman, Atlee Bryn Trainer, Thomas E Tredway, John H Trusckewicz, Emil Trynoski, Benjamin F Twiddy, Robert L Tyler, Alfre Underbaggage, Christopher Y Vars, Robert M Vetter, Andrew Emil Vollo, Harold B Vortherms, Louis E Waiwaiole,
Franklin Wakefield, John W Watlington, Cecil H Watters,
Orville L Watts, Stanley S Webb, Edward F White, Ralph H Whitney,
Donald Roy Williams, Herbert H Williams, Milton L Williams,
William Charles Wolf, Floy A Woodring, Robert J Jr Wright Jr,
Melvin Leon Yarbrough, William Frederick Zeltman,

November 28, 1950 -- 621 Americans gave their lives for Korean freedom.

2006-11-28T12:40:00.000-08:00

-- November 28, 1950 --
621 Americans gave their lives for Korean freedom.

Robert Wayne Adams
California
Troulius Adams
Kentucky
William H Adams
Florida
Lucio R Aguilar
Texas
Saul Aguilar
Texas
Boyd K Alderdice
Ohio
Anthony O Jr Alexa Jr
Massachusetts
Lonnie V Alexander
Florida
Charles Allen
Texas
Lloyd A Alumbaugh
Missouri
Harry L Amigh
Pennsylvania
Clyde E Anderson
Ohio
James T Anderson
Texas
Charles W Anthony
Georgia
Hugh R Arendale
Tennessee David W Armstrong
Pennsylvania
Chester R August
Pennsylvania
Felix P Baginski
Pennsylvania
Boris Baker
Ohio
David Baker
Indiana
Norman L Bannister
Hawaii
William A Barber
Michigan
Billy L Barder
Texas
Len Barnes
North Carolina
Freddie Basha
Louisiana
Henry D Bassett
North Carolina
Jessie E Bauer
Washington
William Thomas Baxter
California
Howard Eugene Beason
Alabama
Billy W Beaverson
Oregon
Bernard A Beemon
Indiana
Charle Beisswanger
Illinois
Vesteen Jr Bell Jr
Texas
Bennie E Bellar
Tennessee
Arthur L Belt
Ohio
Wyatt H Belton
Pennsylvania
Fred George Bevfoden
Missouri
Clarenc Billheimer
New York
James P Bird
Alabama
Leo R Birdsall
California
Robert R Black
Washington
Charles E Blackley
Hawaii
George E Bolden
Iowa
Donald Bombardier
Connecticut
Frank J Bonfiglio
Louisiana
Izea Booth
Alabama
Marvin Boschee
North Dakota
William A Bost
Arkansas
Robert L Bounds
Nevada
William Arthur Bouquin
New York
Allen Milford Bowman
Illinois
James C Bowman
West Virginia
Donald W Boyd
Pennsylvania
Melvin Branch
Pennsylvania
Glen L Sr Bray Sr
Missouri
Claude M Jr Broadhurst Jr
Montana
Clifton E Brooks
Delaware
Lawrence C Brooks
Texas
Charles W Brown
Washington
Edwin E Brown
Illinois
Emory L Brown
Washington
Robert E Brown
Pennsylvania
Shelby B Jr Brown Jr
Illinois
John Charles Bryan
Texas
Robert Bryant
North Carolina
William J Bryant
Georgia
Willard L Buchols
Minnesota
Glenford Buckalew
New York
Andrew P Jr Bucko Jr
Pennsylvania
Gregory E Buford
Virginia
Claude F Bunn
Texas
Charles E Burba
Ohio
William Roderick Burke
California
Robert C Burton
Illinois
Billy J Butler
Texas
Glen D Butler
Washington
Robert P Caffrey
Pennsylvania
Roscoe M Calcote
Massachusetts
Harold D Calkins
Oregon
John Joseph Canney
Massachusetts
Frederick Capallia
Florida
George D Carr
West Virginia
James E Carter
Georgia
William H Carter
California
Jeremiah Casey
Massachusetts
Melvin M Castille
Louisiana
Merlin L Cattell
Ohio
William E Cavender
Michigan
John C Cavil
Iowa
Joseph D Chancery
Alabama
Dean D Chaney
Ohio
Charles David Chapman
Maryland
Charles A Chew
Maryland
Herbert W Chipman
California
Cain Chisolm
South Carolina
Thomas Ciskitti
Illinois
Alvin L Clark
Illinois
George E Clark
Ohio
James R Clark
Iowa
Roosevelt Clark
California
Richard F Clay
South Dakota
Willard H Coates
Florida
Richard B Jr Coke Jr
Texas
Salvatore Colao
Pennsylvania
Delmar P Cole
Missouri
Clarence A Cooper
Wisconsin
Walter Copenhaver
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Cornelious
Louisiana
Metro Coston
North Carolina
Melvin L Cotton
Illinois
Paul R Couillard
Vermont
Ernest Counts
Michigan
Joseph A W Couture
Massachusetts
William Coverstone
Virginia
John H Cowger
Indiana
Donald D Craft
Mississippi
Carl E Craig
Pennsylvania
Glen Roy Cramer
California
Franklin Lavon Crandall
Iowa
George E Cranor
Indiana
Francis Jr Crater Jr
Ohio
Dewitt Crawford
Florida
Arthur E Crim
Ohio
John O Crockett
Missouri
Richard Sanchez Cruz
California
Curtis L Daniels
Missouri
William Burton Daugherty
Indiana
Chester Davidowski
New York
Alfred L Davis
Arkansas
Edgar E Jr Davis Jr
Alabama
Thomas R Davison
Georgia
Ercel W Dean
Ohio
Nicholas Delgado
Texas
Theodore Delplain
Washington
William E Denney
Tennessee
Mark R Di Domenico
Pennsylvania
Gerald D Diller
Michigan
Marvin Dix
Alabama
Michael James Dolan
California
Joseph Dometrovich
Pennsylvania
Conrad Edwin Dorn
California
Amos Jr Douglas Jr
Ohio
William E Douglass
Maine
Carl W Dressler
Pennsylvania
Charles B Dudley
New Jersey
Thomas Adrian Dugger
Tennessee
Kenneth Ronald Duhr
Wisconsin
Daniel U Dunn
Tennessee
Joseph Durakovich
Indiana
Coleman Edwards
Michigan
Robert L Edwards
Texas
Donald Earl Eichschlag
Missouri
Kenneth Lloyd Ellison
Michigan
Jacob A Ely
Maryland
Paul T Embrey
Virginia
Horace S England
North Carolina
Richard Levi Eppley
Florida
Eldon W Ervin
Oklahoma
Richard L Estes
Illinois
Floyd R Evans
Arkansas
James R Evans
Ohio
Vernon L Evans
Pennsylvania
Clarence Everetts
Pennsylvania
Billie J Exline
Texas
Charles A Falk
California
John Devereux Farley
Minnesota
Victor E Feany
Iowa
Thomas E Felton
Florida
Robert Joseph Finnegan
California
William Fish
Maryland
Robert James Fisher
Massachusetts
Robert Fitzgerald
Illinois
Samuel H Flanary
Virginia
Harold James Flartey
New Jersey
David Roger Flood
Wisconsin
Roque Ike Flores
California
Norman E Flynn
Tennessee
Walter Matthew Flynn
Massachusetts
Donald G Fochler
Pennsylvania
Howard Osborn Foor
Ohio
John W Ford
Florida
Leonard Ford
Pennsylvania
Charles R Foren
Tennessee
Frank Andrey Foust
Louisiana
James B Franklin
Pennsylvania
Arthur J Fratus
California
Ervin A Fricke
Washington
Harvey J Friend
Illinois
William L Fry
Missouri
Ernest V Jr Fuqua Jr
Michigan

Raymond H Gallant
Maryland
Victor I Gallerani
Massachusetts
James O Gardner
Virginia
Murrel Garvin
Kentucky
Louis A Gary
Pennsylvania
Eugene Gathers
New Jersey
Peter Geannopulos
Illinois
Richard J Geissler
New Jersey
Robert M Genereux
Nebraska
Joseph A Giddings
New Jersey
George Giedosh
Maryland
Alphons Gladkowski
Maryland
Samuel H Goats
Texas
Ronald W Goik
Michigan
Louis P Gothman
Minnesota
Alfred Grablewski
Pennsylvania
Ben H Graves
Oklahoma
Robert E Graves
Georgia
Winston Graves
Mississippi
Elwood Green
Arkansas
William E Greene
Texas
John D Grieve
New York
William J Griffin
Michigan
Delmer R Grissom
Texas
Ivan W Groom
Missouri
Alva C Groves
West Virginia
Roberto Guerra
Texas
Willard H Gupton
Tennessee
John H Jr Haddock Jr
Georgia
George C Hagie
Tennessee
Carter B Hagler
Georgia
Raymond Haldenwang
New Jersey
Charles James Hamilton
Ohio
Donald L Hamm
Indiana
George R Hancock
Pennsylvania
Raymond T Handy
District of Columbia
Ernest M Hanlin
Maryland
Thomas F Hannan
New York
Joseph M Harper
Virginia
Elmer Jr Harris Jr
Indiana
Robert S Harris
Georgia
Walter Harris
Texas
William R Harris
Georgia
Henry G Harrison
Virginia
James E Jr Hartley Jr
Texas
Alfred B Hartman
Michigan
Charles Hartsfield
Texas
Otis Merle Harwell
California
Andrew E Hathaway
Illinois
Charles R Hawes
Kentucky
Earnest Haynes
Tennessee
Robert F Haynes
North Carolina
Sandy Hays
New Jersey
James E Head
Oregon
Sam Heard
Louisiana
Charles K Hebert
New Jersey
Bennie J Hedgcoth
Texas
Robert S Hedman
New Hampshire
Je Mickey Helt
Pennsylvania
Leo J Henkenius
Indiana
Allan M Henslee
California
Willard F Heritage
North Carolina
Virgil B Herrick
Oregon
Garland Herrington
Louisiana
Loren Heston
Ohio
Elijah J Higgins
Texas
Wendell D Hines
Nebraska
Arth Hopfensperger
Wisconsin
Jack Horn
Missouri
Lonnie Edward Horton
North Carolina
Robert E Hosler
Indiana
Joseph A Howell
Wisconsin
Ernest D Hughes
Arkansas
Carson Hunter
Michigan
David F Hunter
Virginia
Albert F Hurtt
Ohio
Andrew Huszar
New Jersey
Lawrence Hutchens
Arkansas
Richard Hutchinson
Delaware
Lester T Hyatt
Kentucky
Benjamin Anthony Jr Hymel Jr
Louisiana
Comer Jr Jackson Jr
Alabama
Eugene A Jackson
Louisiana
Harold S Jackson
Tennessee
R A Jackson
California
Christopher Keith Jacobs
Ohio
D James Duke
Illinois
E James Bishop
Louisiana
Howard E James
Pennsylvania
Leo J James
California
Ananias Janvrin
New Hampshire
Daniel B Jewell
Pennsylvania
Billie J Jimerson
Texas
Edward Herbert Joachinson
New Jersey
Cornelius A Jochim
Indiana
Alfred L Johnson
South Dakota
Edward A Johnson
Pennsylvania
Gudmund C Johnson
Minnesota
Jesse Johnson
Louisiana
John R Johnson
Washington
Melford Johnson
South Dakota
Norman John Johnson
Washington
David R Jones
North Carolina
Edward Jr Jones Jr
Kentucky
Leroy Jones
Ohio
Johnnie Jr Joseph Jr
Kentucky
James L Joshua
Texas
Vernon R Judd
Ohio
Vito J Junevicus
New York
Hiram L Ke
Hawaii
Curtis C Kelly
Arkansas
William S Kempen
Delaware
John Robert Kerivan
Massachusetts
George E Kessler
Virginia
Curtis J Kiesling
Illinois
Thomas E III Kilby III
Alabama
Kimbrough Colonel
Arkansas
Albert Jr King Jr
Ohio
Kentucky
Charles Jr Kirby Jr
Maryland
James L Kittrell
North Carolina
Calvin Kitzmiller
New Jersey
Charles R Klatt
Wisconsin
Herbert Knowlton
New York
Louis Casper Kraus
Kentucky
William P Krell
Pennsylvania
Adrian Kurowski
Wisconsin

Clarence Ronald Labrie
Maryland
Simon Ladell
Texas
Hobert P Ladner
Alabama
Roland Lambert
Rhode Island
Lloyd Wayne Landers
California
Damon Juan Larson
North Dakota
Lawrence P Lasua
Hawaii
Aaron A Lawson
Louisiana
Theodore W Ledoux
New Hampshire
Robert P Lee
Kansas
Sunnie Say Mun Lee
Hawaii
Harry E Lefler
North Carolina
George S Leibrand
Montana
Kermit J Lejeune
Louisiana
Richard N Lennox
Michigan
Cletus R Lies
North Dakota
Ronald David Lilledahl
Minnesota
Carl Hubert Lloyd
Alabama
Schiavo John Lo [John LoSchiavo? -- my note]
New Jersey

November 28, 1950 -- 621 Americans gave their lives for Korean freedom

2006-11-28T12:36:00.000-08:00

On this date, November 28, 1950
621 Americans gave their lives
for Korean freedom.

Bernar MacDougall
Massachusetts
Alvin L Mack
Oklahoma
Billy M MacLeod
Michigan
Lawrence G Magnus
Illinois
Robert L Magoon
Pennsylvania
Donald J Mallette
New York
Tony Mandino
Louisiana
Billy C Mangrum
Georgia
Donald L Marlatt
Indiana
William E Marold
Alabama
Jasper V Marquez
Texas
Rudolph Marquez
Texas
Teddy C Marsh
Texas
Robert Clifford Martell
James A Martin
New York
John A Jr Martin Jr
Massachusetts
John P Jr Martin Jr
Illinois
Paul Edward Martin
Virginia
William R Martin
California
Billie F Mason
South Carolina
Robert L Mason
West Virginia
Anthony Jr Massey Jr
Kentucky
Randolph E Mather
Maryland
Leonard J Mathers
New York
Charles F Matson
Illinois
Donald F Matthew
Washington
Johnny H Mayberry
Arkansas
Johnson Jr McAfee Jr
Arizona
Lee R McBrayer
New York
Robert McBride
Pennsylvania
Paul T McCracken
Tennessee
Curtis C McCrary
Georgia
Homer M McDaniel
Kentucky
Raymond McDoniel
Indiana
Edward Q McFarren
Indiana
James L McGuffin
Michigan
John Joseph McHugh
Pennsylvania
Arthur L McKnight
Michigan
John W McLellan
North Carolina
Ernest C Meadows
West Virginia
John N Jr Merrill Jr
California
Larry O Merrill
Illinois
Richard H Mervin
Florida
Joseph Balint Meszaros
California
William Charles Metzger
New Jersey
Ervin A Miller
Nebraska
Joseph Roth Miller
Iowa
Erasto Miranda
New York
Frank R Mitchell
Iowa
James L Mitchell
Texas
Vincent Mondragon
California
Tracy William Jr Monroe Jr
Michigan
Thomas C Moon
Georgia
Hercules Moore
Missouri
James L Moore
Missouri
Norman E Moore
Massachusetts
Manuel Hernandez Moreno
Arizona
Clarence E Morgan
Mississippi
Henry I Moriarty
Nebraska
Max A Morris
Alabama
Clyde C Morrison
Pennsylvania
J A Morrison
Louisiana
John J Morrow
Tennessee
Alonza Moss
Alabama
William H Moss
Massachusetts
Lee R Musick
Virginia
Robert H Myers
California
Hiroshi Nagamine
Hawaii
Robert Jr Neely Jr
Mississippi
Herbert C Nelson
Virginia
James L Nelson
Virginia
Donald G Nitz
Michigan
David T Jr Nordin Jr
California
Elwyn D Nordyke
Washington
Harley Norman
Tennessee
Henry C Nunnery
South Carolina
Edward J Obrien
Nebraska
William R Oiler
Ohio
Enriques J Olivas
Colorado
William T Olson
Massachusetts
Theodore Omalley
California
Henry R Oneal
California
Ernest L Orr
New York
Neil Roger Osterberg
Washington
Andrew Owens
Texas
Edison F Owens
Illinois

Michael H Paczocha
Wisconsin
James A Page
Pennsylvania
John M Paine
New Jersey
Pasquale B Panzini
Massachusetts
Charles W Parker
Minnesota
Patrick E Parkes
California
Henry N Pate
Georgia
Irving A Paylor
Massachusetts
Helge E Pearson
Michigan
John H Pekkala
Michigan
Robert A Penny
New York
Claude Peoples
Florida
John C Perry
New Jersey
Henry L Phillips
Tennessee
Marvin Earl Phillips
Oklahoma
James L Pickett
Alabama
Raymond O Pierce
New York
Robert E Pierce
Oregon
Bernard S Pinter
California
William E Pitman
West Virginia
Leon Piwoni
Wisconsin
Edward V Pliska
Illinois
Waitcell Plunkett
Texas
Howard L Polarie
Alabama
Freeman Jr Poston Jr
New Jersey
Edward M Poulsen
Maryland
Hollis Powell
Georgia
Jerry B Powers
Virginia
Albert L Price
Missouri
Leonard Purkapile
Wisconsin
William A Quinn
Illinois
Elvie J Reed
Texas
Melvin Reed
Louisiana
Richard E Reed
Maine
Gerard L Restel
New York
Vivan W Rhoads
Missouri
Howard Rice
Michigan
Marlin Richardson
Iowa
Vincent R Rickman
North Carolina
George C Riles
Florida
Charles D Riley
Indiana
Joseph F Riley
Massachusetts
Wallace Ritter
New Hampshire
Norman J Robare
New York
Joseph C Robinson
Pennsylvania
Donnie F Roby
Indiana
Hoye L Rodeheaver
Virginia
Bernard Joseph Rodger
Michigan
William J Rogers
Massachusetts
Robert J Rooney
New York
Edward M Rose
Florida
Harvey Rosenblum
New York
Joseph B Ross
Georgia
Donald G Rothlauf
Iowa
Charles D Rubel
Ohio
Leo P Russavage
Missouri
Charles P Russell
Tennessee
Jerry Sabino
New Jersey
William Sadewasser
New York
Charles O Sanders
Texas
Ozell Sanders
Florida
William H Sanford
Maryland
Rudy J Santacruz
Missouri
George J Sawyer
New York
Addison Jr Schantz Jr
Minnesota
Gordon Louis Schmieder
Illinois
Glenn S Schoenmann
Tennessee
Edward J Schwartz
Kansas
Grattin Scott
Virginia
Edward B Scullion
Virginia
Altie F Seagle
North Carolina
George D Seiler
New York
Thomas E Seward
Virginia
David C Sewell
Minnesota
Robert A Shepard
Pennsylvania
Claude L Sheppard
California
Hilton G Shick
Pennsylvania
R V Leo Short
Oklahoma
Arthur Elmer Jr Sias Jr
Massachusetts
Peter M Sidorka
Pennsylvania
Jackie Page Sikes
North Carolina
Willie W Sly
Louisiana
Billy G Smith
Texas
Charles J Smith
Virginia
David L Smith
Pennsylvania
Donald M Smith
Kentucky
Howard F Smith
Pennsylvania
Leland F Smith
Indiana
Luis Smith
Arizona
Orvil Smith
California
William H Smith
New York
William J Smith
New York
Glenn A Snider
Washington
James F Snodgrass
New Jersey
Louis Jr Sonnier Jr
Louisiana
Theodor Stainbrook
Ohio
Glen James Stanley
Washington
James O Stanton
Texas
Homer Dean Steele
Arkansas
Richard James Stein
Ohio
John E Steinson
Connecticut
Harry E Stephens
California
Leon B Stephens
Pennsylvania
Raymond G Stephens
Kentucky
Wesley Stephens
New Jersey
George Stepina
Illinois
Claud N Stevens
Georgia
James W Stewart
Pennsylvania
Charles Robert Stilwell
Massachusetts
Oliver Jr Stoney Jr
South Carolina
Joseph W Striegel
Illinois
Ronald Duane Strommen
Wisconsin
Cornelius Strong
Mississippi
Billy Stubblefield
Alabama
Gene Alfred Sturgeon
Indiana
Joe D Stutts
South Carolina
Eddie C Summers
Michigan
Paul David Swenson
Minnesota
Tohoru T Takai
California
Eugene Duane Tangeman
Nebraska
Billie Eugene Taylor
Oklahoma
Charles Augusta Taylor
Kentucky
Earl W Taylor
Missouri
George D Taylor
Illinois
James W Teague
North Carolina
Robert J Jr Tell Jr
New York
Douglas Edward Templeton
Michigan
Delmar Louis Thevenet
Ohio
Clement Thibodeaux
Louisiana
Lucian Thibodeaux
Louisiana
Issaih R Thomas
Louisiana
William B Thomas
District of Columbia
James O Thompson
Ohio
Leslie C Thompson
North Dakota
Thomas Lyon Jr Thomson Jr
Michigan Raymond R Thornton
California
Peter Tilhof
Wisconsin
Charles E Tisdale
California
Peter V Todaro
Colorado
Phillip J Todd
Oregon
Joseph D Toomey
Massachusetts
Joe Torres
Texas
Phil Torres
Texas
Paul Theodore Jr Troxell Jr
Pennsylvania
Bobby L Truelove
Tennessee
Richard R Ulrey
California
Curt W Ulrich
New York
Ray C Underwood
Tennessee
Alfred S Uyehara
Hawaii
John W Vagg
New York
Vincent P Vella
New York
Donald H Vetowich
Michigan
Arnold Robert Vey
New Jersey
Robert Vicaldo
California
Paul T Jr Voight Jr
Michigan
Fred W Volkman
Michigan
William Robert Voorhees
Ohio
William E Voyles
Illinois
James Walker
Michigan
James W Walker
Pennsylvania
Donald E Wallace
Tennessee
Earl Jr Wallace Jr
Pennsylvania
Pendleton Wallace
Michigan
Jack W Warren
Michigan
Martin W Warren
Kentucky
Clarence E Watson
Virginia
Leonard Watson
Alabama
George F Jr Watts Jr
Pennsylvania
N D Weary
Mississippi
Berl D Weekley
Florida
Henry McGee Weems
Mississippi
James L Welch
Michigan
Elbert Weldon
Alabama
Richard T West
Kentucky
Willis N West
Montana
Samuel V Westerman
Utah
John F Westfall
Pennsylvania
Richard C White
Maryland
Owen Charles Wiederhold
Wisconsin
Desmond K Wilkerson
Utah
Grover Lois Williams
Indiana
James J Williams
Texas
Willard F Williams
Mississippi
James Williamson
Pennsylvania
Perry Walon Willis
Virginia
Albert J Wiltrout
Arkansas
Clifford J Windom
Missouri
Richard L Wing
Ohio
Earl V Wise
Illinois
Laurence Wojciechowski
Minnesota
George H Woods
Massachusetts
Luther J Woods
California
John B Wright
Washington
William H Wright
Missouri
Robert Darrel Wymer
Ohio
Frank Earl Yeager
Pennsylvania
Lemaster Barnett Yearwood
Georgia
Carlton H Young
Kentucky
Jack C Zuver

November 27, 1950 -- 316 American deaths from Korean War

2006-11-28T10:26:00.000-08:00

On November 27, 1950 there were 316 American deaths related to the Korean War.

November 28, 1950

2006-11-28T09:53:00.000-08:00

From the front page of the Waterloo Daily Courier

New War Started: MacArthur
Charges Red China with agression
Asks UN what step to take
Earnest Roberecht
Tokyo (UP)
A horde of 200, 000 Chinese communists swarmed over North Korea Tuesday, threatening to trap desperately fighting Allies in an offensive which Gen. Douglas MacArthur said marked the start of "an entirely new war."
The Chinese, pouring like locusts over the countryside as far as the human eye could see, ripped through a widening hole torn in the right flank of the UN line.
They could be seen along "every road, every gulley and every ridgeline," a First corps spokesman said.
As the Chinese seized the offensive and rocked the Allies back on the defensive, MacArthur issued a bristling statement accusing the Chinese of hurling the major part of their fighting force against the UN.
MacArther said China's full-scale intervention the the Korean war posed issues behond his authority and asked the UN what they wanted to do about it.

Hopes of Ending War Shattered.
In a special signed communique, he said Red China had shattered his "high hopes" of an early end to the Korean war that would get American troops "home by Christmas."
There was no doubt that the Chinese assault had caused a crisis.
[snip]
The ground forces called for desperately needed air support, and Allied planes went out to pour bullets and bombs on the Communist flood.
But they could not stem the Red tide.

November 27 1950

2006-11-28T09:46:00.000-08:00

(first year of the "police action" begun under Truman)

From the front page of the Syracuse Herald-Journal

UN 'Victory Drive in Danger of Collapse'
-No letup-
Reservists rushed to the front.
Big casualty list indicated.

Tokyo (AP)--
Complete collapse of the United Nations en-the-war offensive was threatened tody by heavy new Chinese attacks on the frozen northwest Korean front.[snip]

"Chinese and North Korean Red troops have dealt a stunning blow to United Nations forces. The offensive that rolled forward for two days has been stopped cold. UN troops are on the defensive after giving up most of their gains."[snip]

Field dispatches indicated heavy Allied casualties. An indirect censorship settle over operations as a security measure.

In Tokyo, General MacArthur's spokesman said the Chinese counter blows were expected. he asserted that the UN offenisve which MacArthur hoped would end the war by Chrismas, was halted "temporarily" but is continuing.[snip]

Correspondent Whitehead said the "reversal in battle fortunes came with startling suddenness and the Eighth Army is battling to hold the southward surge of Red Troops."

How many people remember

2006-11-28T09:38:00.000-08:00

* 30,000 Americans died in Korea in (less than) 3 years (1950-52) of Democrat Truman's presidency? That means more than 10 times as many troops died under Truman as died under Bush in 3 years.
* MacArthur saying in November of 1950 that the war would be over by that Christmas?
* Truman said he was sending our troops to fight a "police action" against "bandits" who were threatening the Republic of Korea?