Re: 18

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

   I had a friend who enlisted when he was 16. We took basic together. He
couldn't have been much older than that when he was sent Korea. I heard that
he had been killed over there.
   I believed this for 30 years. In 1980 I happened to be in his hometown,
Napa, California. I got drunk in the motel bar, and when I came back to my
room, about midnight, I looked through the phone book. I saw his name
listed.      Despite the hour, I dialed the number, and he answered the
phone. When I told him that I heard that he had been killed he said he had
been "shot up pretty bad" but he was OK now. I couldn't go to his home in
the shape I was in, but we talked on the phone for about a half  an hour. I
left the next morning about daylight, so I didn't get to see him.
   Larry, if you happen to see this, I would like to say "Hi."

Bob Dove

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gernilee Carter" <gernilee@msn.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 7:57 PM
Subject: 18


>
> Bob,
>   Don was 16 when he joined, then had a good time in Japan, and was 18
when
> he was killed.
>   Thanks for asking.
>
>
>
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>
> >From: "swan" <swan@haysco.net>
> >Reply-To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
> >To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
> >Subject: Re: Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:07:39 -0600
> >
> >How old was your brother, Gernilee? My schoolmate was killed on the day
> >your
> >folks got that MIA telegram. He was a little younger than I was I think
he
> >had just turned 19 when he was killed.
> >
> >Bob Dove
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Gernilee Carter" <gernilee@msn.com>
> >To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>; <rmcintosh4072@attbi.com>
> >Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:09 AM
> >
> >
> > > This will make it up close and personal:  Not part of TFS, and rarely
> >spoken
> > > of these boys who followed right behind TSF:
> > >
> > >
> > > DONOVAN E. CARTER'S TIME LINE FROM POINT OF ENTRY IN WAR TO INTERMENT
> > >
> > > June 25, 1950 before daylight, North Korean forces cross the 38th
> >parallel
> > > (almost smack dab in the middle of the peninsula) - into South Korea.
> > >
> > > 30 June 1950 Truman tells MacArthur he may send troops from Japan.
Task
> > > Force Smith goes immediately; four days later on
> > >
> > > 4 July 1950, Don (24D, 21st, 3rd, Co. M.) leaves Sazbo, Japan by
> >Japanese
> > > fishing boat, arrives Pusan, Korea.  Seven days later on
> > >
> > > 11 July 1950   Don in battle Northwest (about 5 1/2 miles) of
> >Chochi'won,
> > > Korea, surrounded by enemy forces on both flanks and their Tanks came
> > > through the middle.
> > >
> > > 22 Jul 50 Casualty Report listing Don MIA
> > >
> > > 27 July 1950  Battle Casualty Report  listing Don MIA
> > >     Telegram sent to Mom and Dad 27 July 1950 stating MIA
> > >
> > > 1 August 1950 letter to Mom and Dad confirming Don's MIA
> > >
> > > 9 April 1951 Casualty Report Changing Don from MIA to KIA
> > >
> > > 18 April1951 telegram to Mom and Dad reporting Don's KIA (to be
Bobbie's
> > > birthday seven years later, Mom noted to Daddy at Bobbie's birth.)
> > >
> > > 24 April 1951 Report of Death with notation of telegram sent to Mom
and
> >Dad,
> > >
> > > 24 April 1951, letter confirming Don's death dated 4/24/51 sent to Mom
> >and
> > > Dad   (this means, of course that Mom and Daddy got hit twice, first
> >with
> > > the telegram telling them Don was KIA and then the letter, dated 4/24
> > > following the telegram which they probably received around April 28 or
> >so.
> > >
> > > 4 March1951  Army received body from Search and Recovery
> > >
> > > 21 March 1951 Military buried Don's remains at U.N. Military cemetery,
> > > Tanggok, Korea
> > > Buried in an officers bedding roll with one tag, another put on marker
> >of
> > > grave
> > >
> > > 28 April 1952 letter is sent to Mom and Dad asking them where to send
> > > remains
> > >
> > > 5 May 1952  Mom handwrites a letter telling them to send remains to
> >Davis
> > > [Under Taker] 309 Water St., Northumberland. Pennsylvania..
> > >
> > > 9 May 1952  Letter to Mom and Dad telling them Don will arrive by
train
> >in
> > > Sunbury to Davis Undertaker and will be accompanied by a military
> >escort,
> >if
> > > burial is to be in a private cemetery the escort may attend the burial
> >at
> > > the request of the next of kin, provided services are held within 72
> >hours
> > > of arrival of body.  The escort provides the next of kin with
> >application
> > > for headstone/govmnt marker.
> > >
> > > 21 May 1952 Telegram "remains of PFC Donovan E. Carter escorted by SFC
> > > Donald E. Putnam departs New York via PRR Train 25 7:05 a.m. Wed 21
May
> > > Arrives Sunbury via PRR TR 571 at 12:03 PM std. Time 21 May 1952..
> > >
> > > SFC Donald A. Putnam, witnesses R.L. Davis signing for receipt of
Don's
> > > remains on a copy of the telegram.
> > >
> > > 21 May Daddy fills out form for reimbursement ($150.00) for interment
> > > expenses.
> > >
> > > 11 June 1952 Voucher for $125.00 approved to reimburse Daddy for
> >interment
> > >
> > > Notel to my family members (no one answsered me):  Does anyone know
the
> >date
> > > of Don's funeral?  Who was there?  Did SFC Putnam stay for the
funeral?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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