A WARRIOR FOUND---AT LAST!

Those who have been following this blog may wonder what happened to the Declaration of Independence signers I have been writing about?  Don't worry.  We will be getting back to those very important citizens shortly.  But the truth is that some other very important items come up from time to time that I feel must be addressed; this is one of those items.
About this time in 1950 U.S. Troops were heavily engaged in action in North Korea.  This war started when North Korea (given to Russia at the end of WWII-a mistake) crossed the border and invaded South Korea.  That invasion had been quelled and the North pushed back almost to the Chinese border.
Until then United Nations troops (mostly U.S.) had been fighting only North Koreans.  Then in October things changed; China entered the war.  About 250,000 Communist troops crossed the border and overwhelmed our troops, pushing them back through the infamous Chosin Reservoir, "The frozen Chosin".
Cpl. DeMaret M. Kirtley of Battery "A" 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team,7th Infantry was killed when his unit was overrun.  His body was not recovered.  He was Officially designated as presumed dead in 1953.
Recently his remains were discovered in a shallow grave near the town Hagaru-ri, identified and made ready for proper Military Rites.
Almost 70 years later this 19 year old soldier found his way home to Kacey, WY....Medicineman!