Korean War 70th Anniversary Look at Army Units and Veterans of the Army, Navy, Marines & Air Force.
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2023
- All of this information is in the book: Military Medals of America, now on sale and available at moapress.com/. On the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War (1950-1953) this video looks at the major army combat units and the memories and awards of Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Korean War veterans. Veterans of the Korean War are now in their 80s and 90s and it is an important time to reflect on their service and the importance of their contribution to the Freedom of South Korea and much of the Far East. Special Thanks To: Medals of America (www.usmedals.com) for providing the medals in this video.
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My grandfather was in the army and served in Korea. I didn't get to talk to him about his time in the service. As he passed away when I was 6 years old. I wish that he was around now. I tell my kids that their great grandpa fought in Korea.
My grandpa was a navy pilot in the Korean War he took pictures high up in the sky on a Corsair
I knew a man that was in the very first US Army Infantry Division to go into Korea in 1950, the 24th ID. He was originally stationed in Kokura, Japan during the Occupation. Then the North Korean Army invaded the South. Those poor Soldiers were sent in to slow down them down. It did not go well and they could not handle the overwhelming numbers. They were pushed all the way back to the Pusan Perimeter. This man told me about sleeping with a revolver in case his camp was attacked at night. It was a very unsettling time for those first Soldiers that were sent to South Korea back then. He passed away earlier this year.
My father was with the 45 Thunderbird s in Korea.
187 was my grand uncle was assigned
He was a former ranger in the non deploy 13th ranger company
Had several relatives in Korea including my Great Grandfather who served in the Navy in 1 campaign and one of my uncles who was in who received two Purple Hearts
Apply for the Korean Ambassador Medal from the Korean Gov.
Thank you for making this video.
30 years ago this was the legacy I was expected to uphold.
3ID 1/7 INF Germany and Desert Storm.
2/502 101ABN Ft.Campbel and MFO Sinai, Egypt.
1/72 Armor 2ID Camp Casey when we weren't on the Z.
3/187INF Ft. Campbell and MFO Sinai, Egypt.
I ‘d like to have a beer together……
Scouts 4/66, lost Allen Cash aka Johnny and SFC Fred Wiggins lost his leg in Desert Storm.
@@phillipbrandt6075 I remember that. Wasn't it friendly fire?
@@jasonreisenberger1285 yes, there is a book coming out by a then LT. From the Battalion that covers that incident. The army still sticking to it's story of enemy fire.
Rock of The Marne!
@@phillipbrandt6075 one of our medics, Spc. Burgess, stepped on some UXO shortly after the cease fire and lost his legs. I was on top of our track cleaning the antennas and saw it happen.
My father fought in the South pacific during WW2 then got re-assigned with the help of a doctor after being wounded to the Occupation Forces in Japan. He wanted to stay in the service and avoid the mills and mines back in PA as his lot in life. He survived being wounded and said he loved Japan. "The war was over, and nobody was shooting at him." He said he almost married a Japanese girl. Then Korea happened. He showed me pictures of Korea....
He said, "See that hill over there and that river down there? That's the Yalu River and that hill is China. See that hill with the river down there? That's the hill in Korea I took the first picture from. We crossed the Yalu River and up to the top of that hill. When we radioed our position, they told us to get out of there. We were in China!! Then they told us to retreat, the Chinese were coming. We pulled back and waited for two weeks for the Chinese to show up. We had enough artillery shells for every Chinaman in Korea! Not just a bullet but an artillery shell!!"....
I still have some of those bottoms of shells he cut off the base to use as a cigar ash tray. They are serial numbered and dated from 1943 and 1944. They were manufactured for the invasion of Japan!
Another thing about my dad was that he would rescue Korean orphans and drop them off at the Catholic nuns who were doing "charity" work for the civilians. My father said these were the bravest people he ever met. With NO concern for their own well-being, they did all they could to save children and families and feed people. They were right at the front line, and some had even been captured by the Chinese and raped and tortured and murdered by the communists.
Apply for the Korean Ambassador of Peace medal.
My grandfather was with the 35th infantry regiment 25th ID he was killed at the Pusan Perimeter September 1950. Earned himself the silver star and purple heart for his actions he did maning a 50 cal to evac wounded.
Apply for the Korean Ambassador of peace medal
@@elifoust7664 waiting to get his DD214 back
My father who will be 93 hopefully this coming December he was part of the 2nd Div. went over to Korea with HQ of the 2nd Division in August of 1950 since at that time he was payroll clerk. However in early December and because of the communist Chinese invasion my father was transfer to the 23rd Infantry Regiment. He fought at he the battles of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni where the 23rd was outnumbered 6 to 1 for two weeks but after two days of hard fighting beat off the reds.
i still believe we crossed the Yalu. yeah my conspiracy
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@@goldenbadger8247 Afraid not, we were close but don't believe everything a Marxist stooge teacher or CCP/Chicom tells ya
I, served in Korea from 1988 to 1989 in the 2nd ID 5/17 Cav. Camp Gary Owen
I earned my jump wings at Ft. Benning jumping out of C-119's. Those old "flying boxcars" were great.
yes, fall of 64, for me.
Keep up the fantastic work
Great video. Thank you to all Korean War vterans! I wouldn't mind more insignia/medal information on the intra-war era between Korea and Vietnam. My Dad was stationed in Korea from after his HS graduation in1956 until 1960. He was 8th Army, 2nd ID. I know for certain he was awarded the National Defense and Good Conduct medals, but since I don't have a copy of his DD214 I'm not sure of any other decorations. Dad is still with us at age 85! I still have some of the Korean paper currency that he brought back home.
He's alive, it should be pretty straightforward to request his DD 214.
Great video & interesting perspective given for what each Division did!
Fantastic video, thank you!!
My Dad 1950-72 US NAVY RMC,KOREA ,ITALY,SHIPS AND SHORE.
Most interesting Colonel thanks
As a Korean, I thank each and every one of you for your service. The reason I can type this comment on this video today is because of your sacrifice, and I will never forget that.
thank you
🖖salute usArmy militaryPoliceKorea 👮🚔👮♂🚓👮♀🚨
Any suggestions for finding out about a relative’s service in Korea if I don’t have access to their DD214? I know he was Navy and roughly when & where he shipped out, but without knowing what ship I’m striking out on finding info about him.
First AND third divisions. Caltrop on upper right
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Two things about 3rd ID. One why no statistics for them and for God sake will you please display the patch correctly. The blue corner goes in the top left corner.
Hey, Thank you for heads up on the patch display...Now I know.
Thanks
I'm wondering if any US troops from I Corps attached to the 1st Commonwealth Division wore there the 1st CD patch.
Will you ever take a look at the First Special Service Force in WW2?
It is on the long list.
I like that you include what the troops refer to these units as. As a soldier for 9 years if you told me you were 25th ID then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ would be my answer. Say Strawberry Lightning and I know exact what unit you’re in.
My father said he had been in a couple different outfits while in the service. First with the Marines in the Pacific then got re-assigned to the Army so he could stay in the service and go to Japan instead of being de-activated. I remember him saying he was in the 24th and/or 25th? I didn't pay that much attention to those parts of the stories and no idea who or what units fought in Korea. I do know that when his time was up and he returned home, he sawed all his hunting rifles up and never went hunting again. He bought my brother and I a 22 and went target shooting when we turned 12. But he really was against us going hunting. Hunting is a "Right-of-Passage" where we come from, from grandfather to father to grandkids...but my father would yell at us, "LET IT LIVE! There's enough killing in the world! We don't need the meat. I put enough food on the table. Let it live."
He did talk in later years before he passed of how manning a machine gun, they would mow down hundreds if not thousands of Chinese at night, in the morning, stack them like cord wood, douse them with diesel and burn the bodies. "Many didn't even have weapons. They would charge with sticks and banging pots, when one fell the other would pick up the gun and keep charging until we shot all of them. We could hear machine gun and rifle fire way behind their lines as those who retreated were obviously killed by their own for retreating. Just as the Red Army did in WW2 and now the Russians are doing again in Ukraine. My father thought that the Communists were sending their political prisoners to fight in the front line as cannon fodder....kill or be killed...win or die. Just like Putin and Wagner emptied the prisons in Russia for cannon fodder in Ukraine. No loss to them.
My father got sent to Korea in 1946 with 6th ID. If what they had is all the army was armed with no wonder the North Koreans over ran them at the start. Just jeeps and duce and a halves not so much as a M8 Greyhound.