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By this time, Sept. 10, 1950, my
company was well on its way toward the invasion feint we pulled off at Kunsan on
Sept. 13. And Maines, Clance, and Puttin had only three days left to
live.
I wish I could remember the date we
set sail from Yokohama on the British frigate Whitesand Bay. We had to sail all
the way around Japan to get to the west coast of Korea. The trip had to take
four or five days.
The next time I go to war I am going
to write some of that sort of stuff down.
Bob Dove
1st Raider Co.
Korea 1950
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Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:18
AM
Subject: The CIB and its worth
For those of us who have the award of the CIB and it was
issued in 1950 or so, I found out that a badge from that time sells for around
$35.00.
It is because the old ones from WW II and Korea are solid
sterling silver and the later issues are I think 1/20 sterling, there for are
only worth a few bucks to collectors.
Collectors of military items are
hot after the old badges for their collections, so hang on to yours if it is
from the time of WW II and or Korea.
I still have the one issued to me
on 7 March 1951 and is worth more to me for what I went through, then to
sell it for a few bucks.
John Sonley
Korea 1951
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