Re: korean-war.com (off topic)

["Love Shack" <Home@DanSources.com>]

You have to find peace somehow.
It was a wicked killing field.
Life moved on quickly to other things.

Dan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "swan" <swan@haysco.net>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: korean-war.com (off topic)


> Heroes have a short shelf-life. Even in Korea, where our guys were
> slaughtered in the first few days of the war, and later we endured the
> bitter cold of North Korea, our efforts are no longer appreciated. But
this
> doesn't detract one whit from what we accomplished there.
>
> Bob Dove
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Love Shack" <Home@DanSources.com>
> To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:39 PM
> Subject: Re: korean-war.com (off topic)
>
>
> > I understand your point.
> > BUT that is not how the country felt.
> > hense the name Forgotten War..
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "swan" <swan@haysco.net>
> > To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: korean-war.com (off topic)
> >
> >
> > > That was the first - and only - time we fought communist forces to a
> > > standstill (Grenada doesn't really count. The Salvation Army could
whip
> > the
> > > Cuban army). And it is the last war in which we forced our enemy to
sign
> a
> > > cease-fire agreement. South Korea is still in control of its own
> destiny.
> > > That alone is enough to put our war in the "win" column.
> > >
> > > Bob Dove
> > > GHQ 1st Raider Co.
> > > Korea 1950
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Love Shack" <Home@DanSources.com>
> > > To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:00 PM
> > > Subject: Re: korean-war.com (off topic)
> > >
> > >
> > > > Somehow I do not think it is a Forgotten War
> > > > Just the first war in a long time we did not outright win.
> > > > Kinda tough to talk about something you could not decisively
fininsh.
> > > > Just like Vietnam, not a lot of modivation to talk about success.
> > > > OR even what you were fighting about.
> > > >
> > > > Dan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Ed Evanhoe" <evanhoe1@korean-war.com>
> > > > To: <korean-war-l@UKANS.EDU>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:21 PM
> > > > Subject: korean-war.com (off topic)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > After four years on-line (as of midnight last night)
KOREAN-WAR.COM
> > has
> > > > > received a total of 883,486 hits with 299,102 of these since Jan
1,
> > this
> > > > > year.  Not bad for "niche" web site and shows there is still an
> > interest
> > > > in
> > > > > "THE FORGOTTEN WAR."
> > > > >
> > > > > Ed
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>