The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the Battle of Imjin River/Kapyong (4/22/51) - April 22nd, 2003

http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Imjin.html ^

[SAMWolf]

The one in the rabbit face paint is adorable.

[Pippin]

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE!

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon Pippin.

[beachn4fun]

NEIGHBOR.......................can you hear me now?

[Pippin]

YES! :O)

[weldgophardline]

Afternoon SAMWolf I enjoy reading the history of all the battles of all the conflicts our great ARMED FORCES AND ALLIES have fought in over the years.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks weldgophardline. We appreciate the feedback.

[madison10]

...The march is just a part of the newfound strength Shiites have gained since the fall of Saddam. Shiites are setting up local administrations to re-establish order, and religious leaders have emerged as key sources of political power, especially in southern Iraq.

At least one leading Shiite has called for the Karbala gathering to be used as a protest against U.S. domination of Iraq.

Some pilgrims chanted anti-American slogans, echoing a second day of anti-American protests by Shiites in Baghdad, reported Reuters.

"Yes, yes to Islam, no to America, no to Israel, no to colonialism and no to occupation," chanted men marching in Karbala behind a portrait of Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, an Iraqi Shiite cleric killed with his two sons in 1999.

Coalition forces want to form an interim, multi-faith and multi-ethnic government and help the Iraqis choose their leaders. But many Shiites are angered by what they see as U.S. intervention.

"It is a message to the Americans: If you interfere, we shall fight you. These people are ready to be killed for freedom, because we want a Shiite leadership," a pilgrim said.

You may have a point, maybe there was too much generalizing on my part. However, CNN is definitely not the only news source reporting the anti-American sentiments:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,84785,00.html

[f.Christian]

Do I see another northern alliance coming ?

[GailA]

Afternoon ALL...today's graphic

[SAMWolf]

Good Afternoon GailA.

[Light Speed]

From the USS Wisconsin website...quote:

"When we got to Korea..we wanted to blow something up"!

Scratch One T-34 Hitting a tank with a 16-in. shell from a battleship's main battery is something like potting a mouse with an elephant gun. It isn't often done--but when it is, there isn't much left of the mouse.
One night last week the 45,000-ton U.S. battleship Wisconsin (which relieved the New Jersey last month) lay off Korea's east coast, firing her secondary batteries of 5-in. guns in support of U.N. ground troops ashore. Finally came a call for heavier fire.
The No 2 turret crew swung into action and five 16-in. shells, weighing a ton apiece, whistled into the target area, 8,000 yards away.
Result: direct hits on two Communist gun emplacements, one T-34 tank. Said an observer: "With what's left of that baby (the tank), they can't even make carpet tacks."

[SAMWolf]

Awesome picture!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi everyone! Thanks for the news and updates, Sam.

[SAMWolf]

Evening Victoria, cute bear

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Sam!

cute bear

And how about me? LOL!!!

[U S Army EOD]

Appreciate you putting that thread up for me which of course is of great interest to me.

I commanded the 8th Ord Det (EOD) in Korea in 1968-69. We spent most of our time still picking up unexploded munitions left from the war. I would send teams out an average of twice per day and get an average of three to four munitions each time we went out. These would be anything from small arms to up to 2000 lb bombs. One of the more interesting places I would go to was the Gloster Hill memorial that the Koreans had set up as a tribute to the ones who had fought in that battle. We were all the time getting Mills Bombs (Brit grenades) and Chinese grenades, plus mortar rounds, mines, arty shells, bombs, etc. in that area. They were very consentrated there which tells you how intense the fighting was.

The Korean government built a very nice park there that is worth seeing should you ever visit some to the battle fields in Korea. Korea was probably one of the toughest wars we ever fought and is not very well covered in history. For those of you that had to do a lot of walking in Korea, I think you will agree with me on this statement. There are two types of terrain in Korea, straight up and straight down. The battles were very intense and although we didn't loose as many people as we did in other wars, the losses came in big chunks. Entire companies and larger were overrun and wiped out. That seldom happened in Vietnam.

Once again, thanks for posting the thread.

[SAMWolf]

My pleasure U S Army EOD.

Thanks for the suggestion. Gives me a reason to dig further into events.

[SAMWolf]

Evening Bear, cute Victoria.

[GailA]

From my email today

Star 100.7 Radio Station was doing one of their "is anyone listening who" bits this morning. The first one was, "Ever have a celebrity pull the 'do you know who I am' routine?"

A lady called in and said that when she was visiting her cattle rancher Uncle in Billings, MT a few years ago, they went to dinner at a restaurant that does not take reservations. The wait was about 45 minutes. Lots of other rancher types and their spouses were already waiting.

In comes Ted Turner and Jane Fonda. They want a table. The hostess says they'll have to wait about 45 minutes. Jane Fonda asks if she knows who she is? "Yes, but you'll still have to wait 45 minutes." Then Jane says, "Is the manager in?"

The manager comes out, "May I help you?" "Do you know who I am?", ask both Jane and Ted. "Yes, but these folks have all been waiting already and I can't put you in ahead of them."

Then Ted asks to speak to the owner. The owner comes out. Jane again asks, "do you know who I am?"

The owner says "Yes, I do.... Do you know who I am? I am the owner of this restaurant and a Vietnam Veteran. Not only will you not get a table ahead of all of my friends and neighbors here, but you also will not be eating in my restaurant tonight or any other night. Good bye."

Only in America, what a great country!