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During the Chosin Reservoir battle of the Korean War, Stanley Kot hadn't expected to open up a parachute meant for supplies to find lots and lots of ... Tootsie Rolls. The veteran was one of thousands in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, which took place at the end of November and beginning of December in 1950. "We could only be supplied by parachute drops," Kot said. "We were calling for ammunition and other supplies and they heard some of us shouting in the background, ‘send us more Tootsie Rolls.' " Kot explained that at that time "Tootsie...

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Pfc. Carl A. West, U.S. Marine Corps, of Amanda Park, Washington. He will be buried Oct. 4 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. West was a member of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment, of the 1st Marine Division deployed near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. On Nov. 27, 1950, three Communist Chinese divisions launched an attack on the...