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I
don't know about the 7th Division, but the 23rd Infantry got some ROKs,
who were initially assigned to follow a particular GI and do everything he did.
After a while, most of them became Chogies, and were used to pack stuff up
hills. After a while, I think they all went back to ROK outfits, but I'm not
sure.
Gene
This sounds rather ridiculous. The ROK Marines were pretty good troops,
but the ROK soldiers (or the ones that were assigned to us) really weren't all
that great. I can't believe that any combat officer would go along with arming
untrained, reluctant civilians as a means to augment his forces. Sounds like
one of those "drying a poodle in the microwave" tales to me.
Bob Dove
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:44
PM
Subject: South Koreans in the 7th
Div.
Hi all!
In recent
posting regarding the Incheon landing,
I read one interesting story
regarding the unfortunate
South Korean men/youth picked off the street
and pressed into
7th Div for the Incheon landing.
Does anyone
remember these newly-minted S.Korean soldiers?
Where were they trained?
How many days?
How long did they serve in the 7th Div.?
What
happened to them later?
jk
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