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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My father joined the Army at 17 and was under fire at the Hadong ambush. He was in the 29th Infantry Regiment. I still have the letter he sent my grandmother afterward.

He turned 18 a week later (the day he wrote the letter).

He mentioned she should not worry even though his unit “
got shot up pretty bad”. He also mentions the village they were in, and it was only about 60 miles south of Pyongyang.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadong_Ambush


7 posted on 02/25/2017 2:47:19 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

It’s where he got the first of two Purple Hearts.


8 posted on 02/25/2017 2:48:31 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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