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What It Was Like For a Marine in Korea First Battle
AP reports from Korea describe Marine Private First Class Alton Brown of Ashville North Carolina facing his first battle. He recalls nerves fear and the shift from home life to mud rain and danger as his unit advances toward No Name Ridge. He describes a night roadblock a jeep ambush and moments when fear shows in every Marine yet resolve grows.
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Marine
Prc Brown
Stan Swinton
U. S. Marines
Korea
Alton Brown
Hillside Street
Ashville
N. C
Sg Ae
Ashville High
Raleigh
Marines
Ashville Citizen
No-Name Ridge
Naktong River
Span
Camp Lejeune
Japan
Brown
Cee Ale