Service Letters from the 7th Infantry in Korea
A US Army photo feature shows CPL Francs B Tizimsky and Cpl Dorle J Schatz, sons of New York and Missouri families, serving with the 31st Regiment in Korea. Other captions note PFC Austin E Culver receiving an Army Commendation Ribbon and Fgt Gerald W Bordes with the 7th Infantry Division on the North Korea front, detailing their families and hometowns as frontline actions unfold in the Iron Triangle.
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Cpl
Doyle J. Schatz
Korea
Anne Stellng
7Th Infants
Divvsion
Regment
Francs B
Tizimsky
Eft
Francis R Tsiginsky
Cornwall
N. Y
Dorle J Schatz
Edward B Schatz
Sikeston
Mo Trizisky
Im Korea
Schatz
Gerald W
7Th Infantry
Gerald W Bordes
Wilma
Dudley
Ias
7Th
West Central Front
North Korea
Iron Triangle
Khumwha
Borders
17Th Regiment
Louise Walace
Route
Essex
Ramsey in Japan joins 1st Cavalry for aerial and amphibious training
Pvt Joseph R Ramsey of Route 1 Bell City Missouri serves with the 1st Cavalry Division in Japan. His unit, among the first to fight in Korea, undergoes extensive aerial movement and amphibious training on Hokkaido. Ramsey enlisted February last year and was stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky before overseas assignment, transferred last December after 17 months of combat.
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Joseph R Ramsey
1St Calvary Div
Japan
Bell City
1St Calvary Division
Korea
Hokkaido
Ramsey
Army
Fort Knox
Pfc James R Walker Graduates From Camp Gifu Course
PFC James R Walker son of Mr and Mrs David C Walker Route 2 Matthews Missouri recently graduated from the Far East Command Chemical School at Camp Gifu Japan The two week course included instruction in chemical biological and radiological warfare He was a member of Battery B of the 77th Field Artillery Battalion in the 1st Cavalry Division
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James R. Walker
U.S
Japan
James R Walker
David C. Walker
Matthews
Far Fast Command Chemical School
Camp Gifu
77Th Field Artillery Battaihon
1St Calvats
Blodgett Soldier Missing in Korea Civilian kin await word
Mrs Maj. Dunn Berges of St Louis learned this week that her husband Pvt Gerald Leste Beggs, 22, son of Mr and Mrs Finus Beggs of Blodgett, is missing in action in Korea. Beggs, with the 45th Division, has been in Korea since June and was massed as missing since August 18. He entered the service in January, trained at Fort Riley, and was home on furlough in May after completion of training.
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Dunn Berges
St Louis
Gerald Leste
Beggs
Finus Beggs
Blodgett
Korea
Massiz
Fort Riley
Hansas
Oran
Vantcuser and
Prisoner of War letter from James C Barber in North Korea
A June 16 1952 letter from P O W James C Barber RAL7TZ192736 to his family describes receiving mail from home, weather and swimming at camp, and hope to be released soon. He notes others in the area and mentions family updates about crops and home life.
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P.O
Camp No
North Korea
Dad
Seaborn
Ama
You
Avis
Jake Dial
Buddy Baldwin
Mr Faughn
Chatter Oak
Pic
James C. Barber
Wesley Foster Training With 24th Infantry in Japan
Pvt Wesley R Foster son of Mr and Mrs William R Foster Crowder Missouri trains with the 24th Infantry Division in Japan The first American division to fight in Korea the 23rd fought from Pusan to the Yalu River in 19 months of camp and was relieved last February to join the Security force guarding the Japanese Islands Foster entered the Army in February 1952 and arrived in Japan on August 14.
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Wesley Foster
24Th
Japan
Wesley R Foster
William R Foster
Crowder
Korea
Pusan
Yalu River
Campat
Pit Foster
PFC Jimmy Hill Wins Combat Infantryman Badge in Korea
PFC Jimmy Hill, son of Mr and Mrs A Bul Matthews Missouri, earned the Combat Infantryman Badge while serving with the 95th Infantry Division in Korea. Hill, a member of Company I 5th Infantry Regiment, entered the Army in November 1951 and arrived in Korea last June.
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Jimmy Hill
25Th Infantry
Korea
Jimmy Bu
A. Bul
Matthews
95Th Infantry Division
5Th Infantry Regiment
Bil
Eight Stoddard County Men Inducted in Army
Eight Standard Countians left for induction into the Army this week. Names include Estel Dee Davis Sikeston Farrel G Heigie Bernie Robert H Heath Bloomfield Willie Cain Chicago Parma James E Poep pelmeyer Bloomfield Ray L Duvall Paxico and Herschel W Thrasher Bell City. In Korea Cpl Ralph Phillips and Pfc Norman Little of the 95th Division's 69th Field Artillery Battalion are pictured after a mission. Phillips wife Rovma lives at 301 N Central St East Prairie Mo and Little is son of Mr and Mrs Louis Little of Decatur Ill.
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Austin E. Culver
Austin E Culver
Essex
Kenneth S. Sweany
X Corps
Korea
Culver
780Th Field Artillery
Ernest Culver
Isex
Betty
Estel Dee Davis
Sikeston
Rt 1
Farrel G. Heigie
Bernie
Rober H. Heath
Bell City
Howard N Hopkins
Bloomfield
Willie Cain
Chicago
Parma
James E Poeppelmeyer
Ray L Duvall
Paxico
Herschel W. Thrasher
Ralph Phillips
95Th Division
69Th Field Artillery
Cpl
Ralph Phillips Geft
Rovma
Central Street
East Pranie
Pic
Norman Little
Louis Little
S. Franklin
Decatur
al. Philips
East Prairie
Little
PFC Robert C Adams Returns From Korea
PFC Robert C Adams son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Adams of Morehouse Missouri has orders to return to the United States from Korea where he served with a unit of the G Corps and was a field illumination commander with the 19th Engineer Combat Group He entered the Army on March 31 and trained at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri
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Robert C. Adams
X Corps
Korea
Robert C Adams
Floyd Adams
Morehouse
United States
G Corps
Adams
19Th Engineer Combat Group
Koreas
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
PVT. NOBERT L. PHIPPS in Korea with 40th Infantry Div
Pvt. Nobert L. Phipps of Fornfelt Missouri is serving with the 40th Infantry Division on the central front in Korea. He arrived in Korea on August 11 after entering the Army last February and completing basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky. The central front has faced a summer rain season with muddy trenches and recent Communist attacks and patrol skirmishes.
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Nobert L. Phipps
40Th Infantry
Korea
Robert L. Phipps
Fornfelt
Phipps
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Corporal Millard L DeWitt Honored For Army Service
CAMP IRWIN CALIF A Matthews Missouri solate released from active duty at The Armored Combat Training Center. Cpl Millard L DeWitt 24 served in Korea from May 1952 to February 1952 with the 19th Infantry Regiment of the 24th Taro Seal Division. He holds the Combat Badge Korean Service Ribbon with campaign star UN Ribbon and Japanese Occupation Medal. He previously worked at Conoco Service Station Sikeston. He is the son of James DeWitt Route 2 Matthews.
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Camp Irwin
Calif
Matthews
Missouri
Solate
Army
Armored Combat Training Center
Cpl
Millard L DeWitt
Korea
Unti
24Th
Armored Combat Tiang Center
Dew 2It
DeWitt
United Nations
Cpl DeWitt
Conoco
S.athon
Sikeston
James DeWitt
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