[KOREAN-WAR-L:11412] [Fwd: Re: Books]

[Tom & Janet Hacha <thacha@adelphia.net>]

Walter,
I  have a sneaking feeling that you don't believe that I was at No Gun Ri. When
I was there, I didn't know it.  But there is a great deal of evidence that what
I witnessed had to have been at NGR.  Without getting into all of that, it
suffices to tell
you that;  1)   I landed with A Co. 1st Battalion 7th Cav at Pohang on July
22.and
2)  The Army IG Report has  the 1st Battalion 7th Cav arriving on Hill 207
during late afternoon of July 26. Hill 207 represented the high ground east of
the double
railroad overpass near No Gun Ri.
My answer to your question is:
Had  the refugees been let  through, as I then thought  they should have, a lot
of
innocent lives would have been spared and an many many lives would not have been
shattered. There was adequate time to check them out even without ROC security
forces.  Charles Hanley's comprehensive answer to your question supports this
conclusion.
Tom Hacha



"Walter E. Wallis, P.E." wrote:

> Tom, if you were there as you say, and others have said they were there and
> they were not,  what do you suppose would have happened if, compassionately,
> you had opened a gap in the line and allowed the civilian refugees to pass
> through without vetting by the ROK security forces?
>
> Walter E. Wallis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom & Janet Hacha" <thacha@adelphia.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:31 PM
> Subject: [KOREAN-WAR-L:11396] Re: Book