This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Veteran recalls fierce battlefront in Korea and R&R in Japan
Armijo recalls draft fear, racism in Camp Roberts training, brutal Korean winter battles, and frontline life. He describes May 1951 fighting, Chinese forces, constant hills, and shifting front lines. R&R in Japan included Yoshiko romance, rain, rickshaws, and souvenir memories. He left Korea in 1952 and notes postwar reception and decoration realities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Japan
National Guard
Armijo
Mischie
California
Korean Peninsula
Busan
38Th Parallel
North Korea
South Korea
Hokkaido
Tokyo
Yoshiko
King Vidor
U.S
Air Force
Korea, the place (mess hall) opened and we had a run at it!” _ Armijo