Re: More about the Chosin Few

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In a message dated 9/1/02 8:02:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Jwscpd8@aol.com writes:


> I do not recall ever meeting any son of a congressmen on the front lines in combat.  I seem to remember a base ball player who may have been flying a jet.  


Ted Williams and Jerry Coleman were Marine Reserve pilots who flew in the Korean War. Williams flew F9F Panthers with VMF-311. Coleman flew Corsairs with VMA-323. Both of them were pilots from WWII. "Another member of the 1952 Yankees, third baseman (Bobby) Brown, was actually a physician and upon his recall, served with an Army ground unit in Korea as battalion surgeon."
MGen John Condon, USMC; Corsairs to Panthers, U.S. Marine Aviation in Korea.  p. 41

Sandy