Re:

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

Janet,

Thank you m'am. We were just a small outfit and very little has been written
about us, and certainly no Signal Corps photographers followed us about.
About the only history we will ever have is in those morning reports. I will
use the link to try to find them. If any still exist.

Bob Dove
1st Raider Co.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Janet Valentine" <valent03@bellsouth.net>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 1:57 PM
Subject: Re:


> Bob,
>
> Historians don't have a monopoly on getting to information.  The things
you
> want are available to you.  Go to http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm
and
> on the left hand side of the page click on "FAQ."   There's an answer
about
> getting unit history information  that should help you get started.
>
> Cheers,
> Janet
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "swan" <swan@haysco.net>
> To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 9:42 AM
> Subject: Re:
>
>
> > I envy historians. They know how to find stuff. Stuff that some of us
> would
> > like to find, because it is part of our personal history. I would like
to
> > have a roster of our old unit, and a casualty report. I would also like
to
> > have the morning reports so I could find out just where I was nearly 52
> > years ago. The villages we fought over, the villages, and hills where we
> > slept had names of some sort. Maybe our officers knew these names, and
> maybe
> > they wrote them down.
> >
> > Bob Dove
> > 1st raider Co.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janet Valentine" <valent03@bellsouth.net>
> > To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 8:26 AM
> > Subject: Re:
> >
> >
> > > Actually, it's very unlikely that an official history would edit that
> out.
> > > They might make some apology for it (maybe) but it would be in there -
> > > because that's how it happened and that's what soldiers called the
hill.
> > > Regardless of the political atmosphere in Washington, the historians
at
> > CHM
> > > are exactly that - historians.   The work they're currently doing on
the
> > > Korean War is first rate.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mike Davino" <mdavino@yahoo.com>
> > > To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
> > > Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 9:42 PM
> > > Subject: Re:
> > >
> > >
> > > > I don't see anything wrong with it either, but today's
> > > > military is incredibly politically correct and I am
> > > > sure some bureaucrat would have edited that term out
> > > > of the book.
> > > >
> > > > As an example of just how PC things are in 2002,
> > > > someone in the HQ where I work sent out an email
> > > > entitled "XMAS Party Fundraiser."  He inadvertently
> > > > managed to offend the Christians who wanted to "keep
> > > > the Christ in Christmas," as well as the
> > > > non-Christians and non-believers who don't want to be
> > > > left out.
> > > >
> > > > Mike Davino
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- SDonell73@aol.com wrote:
> > > > > In a message dated 8/3/02 3:51:34 PM Pacific
> > > > > Daylight Time, mdavino@yahoo.com
> > > > > writes:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Incredibly (at least it is in today's day and age)
> > > > > the Army's official
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I have that book and am reading it now. I see
> > > > > nothing wrong with that as
> > > > > that's what that hill was called, and in the name of
> > > > > historical accuracy,
> > > > > it's appropriate. Apparently the ROK's found nothing
> > > > > wrong with it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sandy
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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