On Mon, 25 May 2009 10:54:03 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 May 2009 01:19:47 -0400, BAR wrote:

BAR wrote:
Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009 21:52:14 -0400, BAR wrote:

Tuesday evenings at the Iwo Jima memorial will again see the
Comadant's Own and the Silent Drill team, now that we are into the
summer season.

You know - I've never seen that.

I haven't been to The Wall yet either - don't think I will either.

I know The Wall has deep meaning for those who served in SEA in that
era. But, when you do a 180 and walk across to the Korean War Memorial
it is chilling, very chilling. Pictures and descriptions just don't do
justice to the Korean War Memorial.

There is a book about the Korean war written by Martin Russ called The
Last Parallel. The last paragraph puts the who book into perspective.

Correction: It is Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950.
Written by Martin Russ.

Good thing I looked ahead. :)

Yeah - I've read it - required reading in my opinion.

My TI at Lackland in basic training had formerly been a Marine serving at
Frozen Chosin. Sgt. Buck Bosell (sp?). A great person and trainer. WE
were the last flight he trained. He became the head TI of the USAF after
us.

It's interesting - a lot of the more senior NCOs (E5 and up) I met at
Kessler were former Marines - do like 6 to 8 years in the Corps, then
transfer over to the AF.

I heard once that the AF went looking for former Marine NCOs during
the mid-60s because they were losing a lot of the WWII Army Air Corps
NCOs to retirement. Don't know if that's true or not.