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Forgotten War Lives On for 2nd Infantry veterans in Korea
Ex-GIs recall Korea 1950 53 at 60th anniversary site visits on the Naktong and Pusan Perimeter. They describe endurance heat hunger and fear as the 2nd Infantry Division held lines near Kunu ri Heartbreak Ridge and Inchon while remembering lost comrades and perceived missteps at home.
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Waegwan
South Korea
2Nd Infantry Division
Carroll Garland
Korea
Garland
Oxon Hill
Maryland
Lucille Macek
Shawnee
Kansas
Victor Macek
U.S
2Nd Infantry
2Nd ID
Naktong
Chungchon River
North Korea
Kunu-ri
Henry Reed
Pusan
Hawaii
Marvin House
5Th Regimental Combat Team
RCT
Ft. Lewis
Washington
Pacific
Ralph M. Hockley
Houston
Walter Wallis
Palo Alto
Calif
Wallis
House
Ing
Bonne Terre
Missouri
Inchon
Seoul
Yalu River
Douglas MacArthur
Reed
Butte
Montana