9/11/51

Unit Operations

I fought at Panmunjom, Reno, Vegas, Carson, and Bunker Hills, and also the winter-summer campaigns against the Chinese/North Korea aggression.

Awards/Badges

Korean Service Medal, a UN service medal, a Good Conduct Ribbon and three battle stars

Any comments or anecdotes you’d like to add

I won the battle of inside-out single handed, and just about won the Korean war by myself, except for the help from about half a million others.  I made it to Cpl. I aimed higher, but shot low.  I also came away with a lot of memories of guys I served with; David Miller got killed by enemy artillery and mortar soon after I had fixed him a big sandwich.  He said that was the best sandwich he’d ever eaten.  Then he saved my life by not sending me out on patrol.  Both guys he sent got killed Miller’s dad was a warrant officer in the army.  They let him escort his son’s body back home.

          Outpost Vegas was the hill where I got my first taste of combat.  The fighting was heavy and I saw many men killed.  That was the beginning and there seemed to be no end in sight.

          After my discharge I worked in a coalmine for ten years.  My father, who had been in the army and navy, was a superintendent of the mining corporation.  Following the mining I worked for Miller and Pabst Brewery for twenty-six years.

          I have enjoyed my family; my wife, my daughter Teresa, who became an R.N., my son Richard, who became a lawyer, and my grandson especially.

          Now I live in Florida and enjoy making cypress clocks for a pastime.