Charlie Kaurneckis Chorion Valley, Korea 1952 “Sarah, roll the wallpaper off the walls, we’re moving.” This was Charley. He had a negative comment for every ethnic group. Did he know his own? When I told him that I was Jewish and from New York, he exclaimed, “Oh, a New York Irishman! From now on… Continue reading Charley Korea 1952
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Stenches in the Trenches
Daniel Wolfe, left Joseph Kolar, right. I am carrying Oscar Konnerth’s M1. He was evacuated to a MASH (hospital). Stenches in the Trenches Chorwon Valley, Korea August 1952 We heated our C-ration cans on Charley’s stove, which he cleverly created from a 50-caliber machine gun canister. A slightly widened part of the Korean trench line… Continue reading Stenches in the Trenches