Re: Old Baldy

["swan" <swan@haysco.net>]

Chico,

I was evacuated from Korea before the battle at Old Baldy, but I have heard
that it was called that because artillery had destroyed all the trees on the
mountain. We never called our mountains anything. We just climbed them going
north, and climbed them again coming back south.

Bob Dove 1st Raider Co.
1950

----- Original Message -----
From: <ChicoRamos1889@aol.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: Old Baldy


> I wonder if someone who was at Old Baldy 'd write in ,tell us what
happened!
> By the way,does anybody know HOW  it was decided  to call certain
> places,battles
> Pork Chop Hill,Old Baldy,etc? Mebby it is a dumb question but I tho't I'd
ask
> anyway
> Chico Ramos


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