Army ceremony at Camp Casey marks 2nd Engineer Battalion's Korean Warsacrifice

[Brooke Rowe <global-national-security@pacbell.net>]

Army ceremony at Camp Casey marks 2nd Engineer Battalion's Korean War
sacrifice

(EXCERPT) By Jeremy Kirk, Seoul bureau chief Pacific edition, Monday,
December 3, 2001

CAMP CASEY — Under a full moon Friday night, soldiers from the 2nd
Engineer Battalion re-enacted the horror their brethren faced during
the Korean War when overrun by Chinese troops.

It’s probably the only Army ceremony where soldiers line up in the
dark on a chilly parade field. But the ceremony is held nearly to the
exact time of day when the unit burned its flag to prevent it from
capture by the Chinese during the Korean War.

For a couple of weeks leading to Friday’s ceremony, Lt. Col. Nello
Tortora told the story to his soldiers.

"We use the burning of the colors to talk about Army values," said
Tortora, battalion commander. "It’s something to be proud of."

During the war, U.N. forces had pressed deep into North Korea and made
many gains, but the entry of massive num...

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