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Re: KATUSA Program

KATUSA is the acronym for Korean Augmentation  to the U.S. Army, the name the program was given when it began in August 1950.  By extension, the South Korean soldiers were referred to as KATUSAs.
 
Janet
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Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: KATUSA Program

In a message dated 10/3/2002 5:56:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Deckerdo@aol.com writes:


I would like to offer a different perspective to comments regarding the
effectiveness of Korean soldiers assigned to US military units


Gil,

Thanks for sharing your story!

Question:

When did the US military start using the word KATUSA?

jk