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In a message dated 2/11/2004 8:50:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time, kane_ca@yahoo.com writes:
could a soldier complain to a NCO about Complaining to anyone higher than an NCO was out of order, except if you were on very good terms with your Ptln leader, the Lieut. Complaining was an outlet for your frustrations as the lower ranks had to obey orders without question.
If you remember the movie called Pork Chop Hill, that hill was taken just before the truce talks really started up and was only taken to prove to the Chinese, that we, the American Army could take what we wanted and when we wanted. After all the men we lost, the hill was abandoned to the Chinese as not being valueable. I was not there for that attack, as I had gone home in Oct. of 1951, but I had talked to men (kids really) who were there.
I have a true funny story about a MASH unit if you want it. Let me know.
John Sonley Korea 1951
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