Danny, Don’t Play With Him Uijonbu, Korea July, 1952 Charley Kauneckis was the volunteer point man on every patrol or raid for Company L, 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd platoon. Prior to this, he was a paratrooper for the 187 Regimental Combat Team that made two jumps in Korea, then they were distributed to the combat… Continue reading Don’t Play With Him
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Charley Korea 1952
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
Korea: May 18, 1952
Korea: May 18 1952 Under any other circumstances I would have reveled in this evening. The temperature was in the high-sixties, if I stood on my toes I felt I could tickle a star, and a slight breeze kept me alert so that I could appreciate the clean country air, but Captain Smith, our company commander,… Continue reading Korea: May 18, 1952
Hill 117
Hill 117 On August 8, 1952, Company L gathered at twilight. Massey, our armorer, distributed bandoleers for the M1 rifles and cartridges for my carbine. The chaplain was waiting under a grove of trees. He launched us off to our jon boats with the 23 Psalm. Hill 117 was waiting. Hill One-One-Seven was only a… Continue reading Hill 117