Re: "Let's drive out the Yankee murderers" - say the Korean teenage girls

[Mike Davino <mdavino@yahoo.com>]

Beth,

The name Jack B. Farris brings back some memories.  I
commanded an infantry company in the 2nd Infantry
Division when he was the CG.  I can attest to the care
the division took in its relations with the locals in
those days.  My company accidentally machine-gunned a
farmer at Hyongari Range north of Yonchon and things
were handled very smoothly and there were none of
these type of protests or articles.  

The Army was also a little more tolerant of mistakes
in those days.  In today's Army, I would have probably
been fired and have been doing the duffle bag drag the
very next day.

LTG Farris, if you get this email, a hearty "Second to
None" to you, sir.  In my minds ear, I can still hear
the speech you gave when you took command and warned,
"Kim Il Sung, you stay on your side!"

Mike Davino
2d Bn, 503d Infantry 1986-87

>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Beth Cullom 
>   To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu 
>   Cc: Jack Farris 
>   Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:54 AM
>   Subject: Re: "Let's drive out the Yankee
> murderers" - say the Korean teenage girls
> 
> 
>   I have shared ysk's post with Lt.G. Jack B. Farris
> (ret.), who has given me permission  to share his
> response with the group. 
> 
>   Beth Cullom 
> 
>     Jack Farris <JackFarris@andrewcollege.edu>
> wrote: 
> 
>     Beth:  Where did you get this thing?  What a
> bungled nightmare.  I commanded the 2d ID for two
> years and lived at Red Cloud.  For every Korean
> killed or seriously injured by my troops, I called
> on the family with the local mayor within hours to
> apologize and offer financial compensation, as was
> the custom.  Thus, I never had a problem like this. 
> I wonder if this is a balanced report.  
> 
>     Sure you can use my comments.  Either CG 2d ID
> has lost his marbles or this is a very biased
> report.  I suspect it's biased.  This is not the way
> we handle situations like this in the Army.  Jack
>       

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