Submitted by Name: James From: Gainesville, Florida E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hello, was wondering where I might find a list of Marines sent over to Korea. My late father was there, never talked much about his service, and I am researching his assigned areas of combat. He was in a Marine Recon unit, a scout/sniper, and I was too busy with my own career in the Navy to think to ask him specific details such as, what unit were you attached to? Where in Korea did you patrol? Who was your CO? What caliber rifle did you use? I'm sure regretting it now.
Admin reply: James,
The only list of Marines who fought in Korea is of those who came back in a box, if at all. Sorry.
If you want to just understand your dad's ordeal, to understand him and possibly your own potential a little better, I suggest you read Dark Horse Six. http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Horse-Six-Memoir-1950-1951/dp/0932572421
It's rare, and correspondingly high price even for used issues, but that's good because you won't be likely to lose it, and your own kids will benefit from reading it some day. I wrote one of the reviews, and can attest that it is the real McCoy.
Submitted by Name: Ferdinand Z. Pascual From: Philippines E-mail: Contact
Comments: I just got a Caliber 45 Colt cutomatic from a friend. Problem is, I don't know how to use it.
Admin reply: This should be all you need, apart from some serious practice on your local NRA-sponsored pistol range. http://www.kmike.com/45/M1911A1_Manual.htm
Added: May 5, 2012
Submitted by Name: Neil McCain From: Grants Pass, Oregon E-mail: Contact
Comments: I have used this website for several years, always in the past for a particular name, but the last 2 years I have been compileing a list of KIA's now including Casualties, your site was my main source and with Korean War Project in Dallas Texas along with American Battle Fields I have been able to compile a "Book" much too large to print but I offer it "FREE" for Download or on a CD, as a Download is just too large of a file for the average Computer internet source, so I have broken it up into State files of which can be downloaded individual State or Territory. I then using the American Battlefield create a one page Memorial for a relative, classmate of just a friend of one on the list, and I email them the "Memorial" FREE. I have created several hundred starting with my Classmates of which covered the years 1947 t0 1954 as 411 served and 8 were killed. So that is what I d and why.
Admin reply: "using the American Battlefield create a one page Memorial for a relative, classmate of just a friend of one on the list, and I email them the "Memorial" FREE. I have created several hundred starting with my Classmates of which covered the years 1947 t0 1954 as 411 served and 8 were killed."
That is a very nice thing to do. Would you like me to link your Guest Book entry to an appropriate location in my Casualty pages? If so, can you suggest specifically where you'd like the links placed?
Happy Armed Forces' Day
Bert
Added: April 27, 2012
Submitted by Name: Harry From: Burlington,N.C. E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hi Bert, I'm not even sure how I arrived at your web site,but I did find your experiences very amusing.You do have a talent for writing... taking a subject few people,such as myself, know little about and make it interesting.I did spend some time in Korea from mid 1951 to January 1953 on several VHF Radio Relay sites. Uncle Sam said I was a field radio repairman but I was mostly a "tube duster.".... Regards, Harry
Added: April 21, 2012
Submitted by Name: Bert Kortegaard From: Los Alamos, New Mexico E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hi, I'm the creator of this Korean War PhotoDocumentary. I've just begun this Guestbook and hope to find out more about what interests the site visitors, and maybe get to know some of you a little better.
Name: James
From: Gainesville, Florida
E-mail: Contact
Hello, was wondering where I might find a list of Marines sent over to Korea. My late father was there, never talked much about his service, and I am researching his assigned areas of combat. He was in a Marine Recon unit, a scout/sniper, and I was too busy with my own career in the Navy to think to ask him specific details such as, what unit were you attached to? Where in Korea did you patrol? Who was your CO? What caliber rifle did you use? I'm sure regretting it now.
Admin reply: James,
The only list of Marines who fought in Korea is of those who came back in a box, if at all. Sorry.
If you want to just understand your dad's ordeal, to understand him and possibly your own potential a little better, I suggest you read
Dark Horse Six. http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Horse-Six-Memoir-1950-1951/dp/0932572421
It's rare, and correspondingly high price even for used issues, but that's good because you won't be likely to lose it, and your own kids will benefit from reading it some day. I wrote one of the reviews, and can attest that it is the real McCoy.
Bert
http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/contents.htm