1^st.UN counter offensive, CCF Spring Offensive ,

UN Summer/Fall Offensive,UN 2^nd. Korean Winter,Korean Defense 1952.

Purple Heart w/2 Gold Stars,B.S., Nmcom, OCC, SMCR, Nat’l. Def., Korean Svc.w/5 Bz.Stars,AFResrv., UN,GC,

PUC, Korean PUC, NUC, MCRS.

A number of us were activated from Co. B, 18^TH. Infantry BN  located in Ft. Wayne,In. and transported by train to Camp Pendleton and then most of us on to MCRD and Boot Camp. After Boot camp we were in a Casual Co.

At Pendleton then to mess duty at Camp Del Mar. I did some art work there which was noted by the CO of the Amtrac Unit. I was transferred to that unit and performed art work and topographical work at the Colonels office with his staff.

I was released and transferred to Tent Camp 2 to join my buddies. We trained there and then transported by the ship Thomas Jefferson to Kobe ,Japan following a Typhoon most of the way ! We reboarded the ship and sailed to Pusan, Korea,

We were put on a plane and  taken to the Chunchon area where we were met by trucks that were to take us to the  7^th. Reg. CP but drove for several hours in no mans land until we ran into one of our tanks that was on patrol and they directed us in the right direction. At the CP we went on to the 2^nd BN CP loaded with C-rations which we carried to the units on the Kansas Line. At that time we were assigned to Companies, squads and fire teams. I was taken by my assigned squad leader Bill Burkett (POP) who in turn assigned me to a three man fire team led by Boyce Clark and became B.A.R. man immediately ! J.D.Hargrove was our scout .We functioned as a three man fire team off and on until J.D. and Boyce left for home. The first time we pulled off of the Kansas Line John Kuhn and myself were assigned as rear guard and while awaiting contact we wired numerous  grenades to surrounding trees and ran trip lines across trails etc. on top of the ridgeline. We made our contact to a number of bugles blaring and discreetly with drew to the rear with the gratifying sound of explosions for quite some time as we made our escape.

I think laying Air Panels for the first time was about as terrifying as any other event save the  120 m/m mortars coming in on us as often as they did and  effectively with resultant casualties. When said panels were spread out you hoped that they were laid out properly when the F4Us came in with their 50’s blazing and brass falling out of the sky and dropping napalm and bombs that looked as though they would drop right in your lap………..That bothered me! Assaults on enemy positions were always right up there in the pucker factor and my fist one really was scary but training kicked in and  it was almost automatic. For an 18 year old it was really another world for a while that is until all of a sudden you become an old salt ! I can thank Boyce and J.D. for preparing me for the long haul!

When I arrived back in the States on the General Gordon we docked in San Francisco, then to Treasure Island put on trucks, taken to a train then on to MCRD. I went to the Naval Hospital with Malaria but was soon released to go home. I attended Indiana University, became married and a father and bought a home while working for American Optical Corp. as an Inventory Manager in Chicago. I resigned and went to work for Bausch & Lomb Inc. as Inventory Distribution and Control Executive for the Western Division in Denver, Co. I turned down a promotion to a V.P. position in Rochester, N.Y. to remain in Denver. I did consultation work for awhile then drifted into the Pharmaceutical field for a few years while building a new home in the mountains north of Woodland Park, Co. I became involved in Real Estate, Insurance and in Criminal Justice. I served as a Reserve Sheriffs Deputy, eventually as a full time deputy in Park County. I then was

Appointed Police Chief at Green Mountai Falls,Co. I moved on later from there to a farm in Arkansas where I planned to retire. I went to work as a Court Security Specialist for the U.S. Marshals Service in Little Rock then ended my career as a

Police Officer and Investigator for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. I retired and moved back to Chicago.

I serve as a leader of Senior Citizen Ministry at the Lutheran Church I attend among other duties. I am a member of the Marine Corps League, V.F.W., D.A.V., American Legion, Korean War Veterans , TheMilitary Order of the Purple Heart, The First Marine Div. Assn., a number of Police Organizations and National/Inter-National Police Chief Assns. I am a Master Mason and a Realtor.

I am married to Robin Mary Charles and We reside in Libertyville ,Illinois which is a northern Chicago suburb. I have two daughters

both living nearby and a Grandson living in Des Plaine and a Grand daughter living in Oklahoma at Tinker A.F. Base with her husband. She has a Dis-ability Discharge from the U.S. Air Force. My father came from Ontario, Canada and my mother is of German heritage; Robins father was an Army veteran of the D-Day Invasion and comes from English stock. Robins mother’s family comes from Germany and Alsace Lorraine. My daughters are part Shawnee Indian from the Ohio/Indiana area.

We have a Cocker Spaniel by the name of Sadie that runs the whole lot of us

I have a Bachelors Degree from Indiana University as well as numerous Associates Degrees in Sociology, Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement.

I have graduated from the  Alexander Hamilton Institute, IBM Data Processing, the Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy the Western Slope Law Enforcement

Training Academy, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center at Marana, AZ.  I also trained at the V.A. Police School in North Little Rock,AR where I was a certified first aid Instructor and a PR24 Instructor and a CPR Instructor.