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I had a high school
buddy who was in the artillary along what became the DMZ when the war ended. As
the war wound down, he told me that they me that they were required to fire
several salvos a day. They didn't aim at anything, they just fired their
howitzers. The Chinese did the same thing. Usually, the shells sailed
harmlessly overhead. But they quickly learned where not fire.
If they happened to fire into a
troop concentration the Chinese would zero in on them and they would have an
artillary duel. The next day, they would make sure that they didn't have any
rounds fall in the spot that caused the fight. And the Chinese didn't fire
any salvos at them.
He said they used to laugh about
it.
Bob Dove
GHQ 1st Raider Co.
Korea
1950
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