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19 and he got the Navy Cross. Another Marine, a Sgt Johnson won the MOH in the same action. Both awards posthumus.
1 posted on 07/10/2013 7:28:15 AM PDT by robowombat
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Now his family knows at least. How many of those missing wound up in gulags? We probably will never know.


2 posted on 07/10/2013 7:36:38 AM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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"Retreat Hell! We're just attacking in another direction."
(Attributed to Major General Oliver P. Smith, USMC, Korea, December 1950.)

Semper Fi ...
3 posted on 07/10/2013 7:42:33 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Marine Pfc. Richard S. Gzik, 19, of Toledo, Ohio, ....1st Marine Division, came under attack on the west side of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. It was during this battle that Gzik was killed in action and his remains were buried alongside the road leading to Hagaru-ri.

RESPECT

5 posted on 07/10/2013 8:38:09 AM PDT by PGR88
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Welcome home, Marine. Your brothers have been waiting for you.


6 posted on 07/10/2013 9:03:49 AM PDT by llevrok (We are in a new Cold War. At home.)
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