Re: Spain

[Mike Davino <mdavino@yahoo.com>]

The Colombians provided an infantry battalion as well
as 6 naval vessels.  At various times the infantry
battalion was attached to the US 24th Infantry
Division and later the US 7th Infantry Division.  I
believe the divisions further attached the battalion
to an infantry regiment where it served as a fourth
rifle battlion.

According to the US Forces Korea website, during the
war Colombia had 140 KIA and 517 WIA so they must have
done something over there other than pull KP.

Mike

--- ChicoRamos1889@aol.com wrote:
> that's an interesting issue : did Basque Americans
> pariticipate in the Korean 
> war?
> If they did, and I don't doubt  that  ( every young
> man of draft age  living 
> in th U S
> whether native or foreign born, had to register in
> da Selective Service  but  
> Basques
> were Spaniards then and still are now. Anyway, one
> question I have is ,among 
> others, what role did the Company da Republic of
> Colombia  sent to Korea play 
> in 
> the Korean conflict?  I hope they did not do what
> some Puerto Rican charlatans
> in the Central Florida radio tell us : that it was
> the 65th Inf. Regiment , 
> Third Div. ,which saved the 1st Marine Div from
> destruction by the slopeheads.
> Please ,somebody inform me, I ain't Colombian but I
> was an illegal alien 
> there before
> the Korean war  and,yes,I took a job, ( not a well
> paying job ) from some 
> poor Colom
> bian. I tell ya, I feels guilty. Puleez,tell me what
> that Colombian company 
> did in 
> Korea! Chico Ramos


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