To the calm, Mother Earth's
Waiting breast;
Duty done, Like the sun:
Going West.
Posted on 06/19/2009 5:34:36 PM PDT by Dubya
Cpl. Robert Schoening was 18 when he was killed near Hill 222 south of the Kuryong River and east of the "Camel's Head" in what is now North Korea. A member of Company C, 65th Combat Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, Schoening and his comrades were among the northernmost U.S. troops as 180,000 Chinese launched a surprise attack in late November of 1950.
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God rest you Cpl. Schoening. May we as a nation be worthy of you.
Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Cpl. Robert Schoening
Welcome home Cpl. Schoening.
I get real agitated about stories like this. The idea of being missing in action is horrifying to me. I’m not too much better with being buried as an unknown. I know it shouldn’t matter but it sure matters to these families.
My oldest brother had a foster brother (5 years before I came along) who was drafted and was on occupation duty in Japan. He got shipped to Korea and served with K Company 31st Infantry and went missing in action at Chosin. Neither my father or my brother ever got over it. I have learned that his body was found through the Korean War Project but don’t know how to find out any details or even if I’m eligible a a non-family member to get any. Glad this soldier and his comrades made it home. I presume they haven’t identified the others.
RIP Cpl Robert Schoening, USA
Thanks Ma.
Fitting tribute.
Only 385 soldiers out of 3,000 escaped to the 1st Marine perimeter.
I was lucky to escape the disasters in 1950, I got to Korea in 52.
Dad was buried in Arlington in March. He was one of the lucky ones who got out of Korea wounded, but alive. Rest well, Cpl. Schoening.
God bless him.
Semper Fi
Thank you for your service, sir! Glad you made it home!
And thank you for your service.
That’s interesting, I just put East of Chosin on my wish-list on Amazon yesterday. There are a couple of Korean War lists where I have tried to locate K company survivors but none has ever answered. I have seen some postings by K company vets from the reconstituted K company later in the war but what they experienced at Chosin seems to be missing from the record. I live a few miles from Carlisle Barracks and the Army’s Military History Command. They have a lot of books and photographs but the actual records are in Suitland. I have done some research up there for people who have been looking for photographs. A lot of it isn’t catalogued. It’s very frustrating.
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