Thursday, April 11, 2019

NOW YOU KNOW!

During the Korean War (sometimes referred to as "The Forgotten War" the adversaries talked terms at the table while the war raged on.

In one such fight was a Company of the 7th Infantry Division led by Lt. Joe Clemons.  In April 1953 they were tasked with the job to dislodge a superior force of Chinese from a hill called "Pork Chop Hill" and to hold it.  They took the hill while losing 110 of their Company strength of 135.  Then they were told that they would not be reinforced.  That order was later rescinded.  The hill was of little value except as a bargaining chip at the table.  The Armistice came three months later on July 27, 1953.  35,000 Americans died there!....Medicineman!

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