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During one night in the early summer of 1953 the UN and Chinese
exchanged artillery fire for hours. The next morning I watched a Marine deuce
and a half truck drive slowly along the base of my hill. Four men were
picking up bodies and putting them on the truck. I don't know how long they
were down there picking up bodies because I quit watching and went back inside
the bunker (It was not a pleasant sight). However, the Chinese did not
fire upon our position. All was quiet for the rest of
the day.
What I posted was an action involving the Chinese. Although there were
actions involving combined forces, they fought as seperate units. (N. Korean
or Chinese)
The Chinese were not averse to killing prisoners, nor am I
aware of any instance when they allowed us to recover our wounded, and there
were times they used our dead as bait to ambush recovery efforts. (Not my unit
but others of record)
Love Shack wrote:
OK. were they the Chinese doing it or the Koreans?
Did the Koreans fight with the Chinese or did they fight as seperate
unit?
I am not trying to create and argument. I am sure they could have
this.
I am following up on a comment from an earlier posting of a person in
combat
against the Chinese. After the battle the Chinese allowed the
Americans to pick
up and treat the wounded and care for the dead.
He followed up that this would not have happened with the NK and that the
Chinese were a more disciplined army.
Dan Fahey
robert guertin wrote:
Regarding Chinese treatment of prisoners;
After the 2nd Inf. tragic loss at Hoengsong in February 1951, when the
ROK fled south exposing ellements of that division to the onslaught of the
Chinese 4th offensive, these fiqures answer the question.
15th FA
Bn 208 Casualties (106 KIA 102
died in captivity)
503rd FA Bn 56
Casua;ties ( 27 KIA 29 in
captivity)
38th Inf Regt 462 Casua;ties (328
KIA 134 perished in captivity)
Two GIs, their hands tied
behind them, had been shot in the back of the head. There were powder
burns on the back of the caps they wore.
[Gary Turbak, "Massacre at
Hoengsong", VFW Mag. Feb. 2001)
Widowmaker
Love Shack wrote:
I thought the Chinese were more respectful of
captured UN/USA
pilots and infantry then the Koreans.
OR were
the Chinese just as cruel to their prisoners.
Did the Russians interogate with the Chinese?
Dan
AMPSOne@aol.com wrote:
In a message
dated 7/20/2003 7:28:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Home@DanSources.com
writes:
I wonder if the Russians
employed that level of Trap for the US Pilots in
Korea? No,
there is no evidence whatsoever of that. They usually note they didn't
know who was who until they were shot down. Once he was shot down,
they were highly respectful of Walker "Bud" Mahurin as that was a
Ukrainian name, but that deference also wound up having him accused of
collaboration with the Soviets after the war.
George Davis' shootdown was a bonus
for them, but to this day both the Chinese and Soviets claim they shot
him down so the real victor is unknown.
At least one ace was not announced
until after his return, as the USAF was afraid if the Chinese knew he
was an ace his treatment would be much worse.
Cookie Sewell
AMPS
Stay safe, buddy.
J. Charles
Cheek
Author of "Stay Safe,
Buddy"
A Novel about Humor &
Horror during the Korean War
www.authorsden.com/jcharlescheek
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