Re: Christmas

[Mike Davino <mdavino@yahoo.com>]

"Christmas of '49"?  The war did not start until 1950.

In any event, there are about 40,000 soldiers,
sailors, airmen and Marines of US Forces Korea who are
serving this Christmas on the Korean peninsula.

Mike Davino


--- JJones0606@aol.com wrote:
> I'm not sure that I agree with your first statement?
>   General Macarthur made 
> a great deal of promises.   In fact, he wrote allot
> checks that he couldn't 
> cash.  Rather, he required that the men he lead to
> do that for him.   
> 
> Christmas is a special time in my house too.  
> According to my father, his 
> brother thought that the war would be over by
> Christmas of 49' (remember, 
> Macarthur thought that the Chinese would never enter
> the War).   While my father was 
> aboard a Naval ship in the Mediterranean that
> Christmas, my uncle spent 
> Christmas of 49' as a wounded POW in Camp 5 and
> would later die come May.   You 
> see, there isn't a Christmas that has since come and
> gone that my father hasn't 
> wished he could celebrate it with his brother.   
> 
> I do however agree with your last statement that
> Christmas is a special day 
> to remember those who didn't make it back!
> 
> God Bless,
> 
> Happy Holidays!
> 


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