The Battle of Turkey Thicket
Saturday, January 11, 2020

The Last Word

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Photo by the author I first encountered Philip Hughes in 1995. Or to be exact, I encountered his name on a small memorial plaque in a C...
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Sunday, January 5, 2020

Life and Death

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August 17, 1951. 121st Evacuation Hospital, Yongdong-pu, Korea. A seriously wounded soldier of the 116th Engineers is stabilized in a fie...
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Friday, December 27, 2019

Man at Work in War

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27 July 1950. As war engulfed the Korean peninsula, life nevertheless carried on for beleagured citizens.  People have to eat, right?  He...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

Christmas Chow

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Christmas 1952. Forward air base of the First Marine Air Wing, Korea.  The war in Korea orphaned an awful lot of children.  The Americans...
Saturday, December 14, 2019

The Selfless Trek of Dowell B. Hudson

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Photo Courtesy the U.S. Army Center of  Military History July 26, 1951.  This is 1LT Dowell B. Hudson of Abbeville, Louisiana.  He was ...
Sunday, December 8, 2019

Will YOU Remember Don Webb?

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LEFT: From L to R - Jim Christiansen, Don Webb, Pete Pace, Atlanta GA, 1948.  RIGHT: Don Webb, "Joan," Unknown.  Yokohama, Japa...
Friday, November 29, 2019

Harold Hillery: Last of the Lucky Men

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Left: Capt. David Bisset of Savannah, Georgia; LT (later CAPT) Harold Hillery (USAF), New York City; and LT Arthur Clarke, Boone, Iowa. ...
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