Keep it up. I love this first hand history. It makes me feel like you all were not alone - "the Forgotten War" - when I hear it, picture it and do my best to try to relate. You ignored me when I said I read Dog Company Six. It does read very much like what is described in the bitter cold, helped me relate some more. Needless to say I have trouble following the Mig/airplane posts, even though Chuck Yeager is my great, great Uncle! Did you see him on History the other night? He did talk about the planes and guns on them during the Korean War. They went through the sequence of 'guns" on airplanes from shooting at each other with pistols at first up to the present. ---- Original Message ----- From: ChicoRamos1889@aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 11:22 PM To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu Subject: Re: Task Force Faith In a message dated 3/31/02 9:28:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
RonaldS842@aol.com writes:
<< Subj: Task Force Faith
Date: 3/31/02 9:28:08 PM Eastern Standard Time
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In a message dated 4/1/02 12:21:11 AM, ChicoRamos1889@aol.com writes:
<< Great contribution,Ron! I'm sure folks in this List would appreciate
reading
more
about Task Force Faith and the men who survived and those who died. Thanks a
million! Chico Ramos
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Hi Chico, thanks-
"If we can hold for another 30 minutes we will get air support".
Col. Faith selected Company C, 32 Infantry, as advanced guard of the
column. Lt. Mortrude's platoon, the least hurt, was to take the point
position for the company. Supported by a dual 40 mm half track this platoon
would clear the road for the vehicle column. Mortrude who was woulded in the
knee planned to ride the half track.
Friendly planes appeared overhead. Mortrude moved his platoon out about 1
PM. Lt. Smith led out Company A. The men of these units had walked barely
out
of the area that had been their defense perimeter when enemy bullets
whistled
past or dug into the ground behind them. At almost the same time four
friendly planes in close support of the breakout action missed the target
and
dropped napalm bombs on the lead elements. The half track in which Mortrude
planned to ride was set ablase, Several men were burned to death
immediately.
About five others, their clothes afire, tried frantically to beat out the
flames. Everyone scattered. Disorganization followed. Jesus Christ!
Most of the squad and platoon leaders and the commanders of the rifle
companies were dead or wounded.
Ron
thanks my friend,thanks a helluva lot! I hope folks never forget what those
guys did
overthere. As for me,they deserve the utmost respect! I don't care what
historians call
it,police action or whatever: all I know is that soldiers,Marines sacrificed
their lives
Whether MacArthur was right or not,so what? What matters is Task Force
Smith,
Task Force Faith, the Marines and others did their job the best they could.
Would
their critics have done eeny better under the circumstances? I doubt it !
ChicoRamos
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