KOREA 1951, SUMMER
WE WERE IN RESERVE. RECEIVED MAIL.
ONE THE GUYS IN THE FIRE TEAM RECEIVED A BIG PACKAGE. IN IT WAS A LARGE CAN THAT
CONTAINED A WHOLE CHICKEN. AS THE FIRE TEAM LEADER I RECOMMENDED WE SAVE IT FOR
WHEN WE WENT BACK ON THE LINE. ALL AGREED. WE WENT BACK ON LINE. WALKED A FEW
DAYS, HAD A FEW FIRE FIGHTS AND WENT TO A STATIC POSITION AND DUG IN. MADE GREAT
BUNKERS WITH A LID AND EVERYTHING. WE WERE THERE ABOUT A WEEK AND DECIDED IT IS
TIME FOR THE CHICKEN . WE WENT TO THE REVERSE SLOPE AND BUILT A SMALL FIRE AND
PUT THE BIRD IN A HELMET TO WARM IT UP. ALL OF A SUDDEN, INCOMING MORTARS. WE
ALL HAUL IT FOR OUR BUNKERS AND STAY PUT. ABOUT 15 MINS LATER ALL INCOMING
STOPS. NOW WE GO BACK TO THE CHICKEN. YOU GOT IT RIGHT, THE ONLY DIRECT HIT WAS
ON OUR CHICKEN. THIS IS PROBABLY THE SADDEST STORY YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE
KOREAN WAR. IF YOU EVER WENT 90 DAYS WITHOUT HOT CHOW AND GOT WATER FROM STREAMS
FULL OF DEAD CHINKS YOU MAY LIKE THIS STORY MORE
WE HAD A GOOD LAUGH RIGHT AFTER WE CRIED. GOT TO LOVE COMBAT????
J.J. MILLER
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