[KOREAN-WAR-L:11378] Repatriation Hang-up

[John C Cheek <johncheek1@juno.com>]

It occurs to me that the commanders in the field never knew that the
repatriation issue was the only hang-up to ending the war a year or so
earlier. Anyone know the facts on this?
J. Charles Cheek (John)

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:14:19 -0800 John C Cheek <johncheek1@juno.com>
writes:
> Ed, I'll take your word on that. As I said before, I was just a 
> doggie in the Army Security Agency. I spent the last three months of 
> the conflict on the MLR in a listening bunker. I was in that bunker 
> when a lot of good Marines paid the ultimate price for defending our 
> sector in what you call the Uijonbu - Seoul corridor. My Battalion 
> headquarters, the 303rd Communications Reconnaissance Battalion, was 
> located inside the I-Corps Headquarters just west of Uijonbu.
> J. Charles Cheek (John)
> 
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:59:18 -0600 Ed Evanhoe 
> <evanhoe2@korean-war.com> writes:
> > John C.,
> > 
> >  >>At 09:43 PM 2/12/2004, you wrote:
> > >Taking a hill just to prove we could is just "an investment in 
> > management 
> > >ego" and is, in my mind, criminal.<<
> > 
> > If that were the case, I'd agree but Pork Chop Hill and the other 
> 
> > hills in 
> > that complex were of tactical importance at the time since they 
> gave 
> > U.N. 
> > troops command of the river valley to the north.  It was important 
> 
> > to hold 
> > this terrain for the next planned advance -- which never happened 
> 
> > because 
> > the cease-fire talks began.
> > 
> >   Conversely, this same hill complex was important to the Chinese 
> 
> > and North 
> > Koreans because it would give them command of the river valley to 
> 
> > the 
> > south, plus they needed to keep us from controlling there planned 
> 
> > advances, 
> > which included an attack down the Uijonbu-Seoul corriidor.  Thus 
> > this 
> > entire piece of terrain became some of the most fought over in the 
> 
> > world in 
> > the next two years.
> > 
> > Ed. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
>         Stay safe, buddy.
>         J. Charles Cheek   (John)
>         Author of "Stay Safe, Buddy" (ISBN 159286631X)
>         A Novel about Humor & Horror during the Korean War
>         www.authorsden.com/jcharlescheek


        Stay safe, buddy.
        J. Charles Cheek   (John)
        Author of "Stay Safe, Buddy" (ISBN 159286631X)
        A Novel about Humor & Horror during the Korean War
        www.authorsden.com/jcharlescheek

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