"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 May 2009 10:54:03 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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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.

I think after Korea, there may not have been enough billets for NCO's in the
Marines, and the USAF had slots. Friend of the family was an officer bomber
pilot during WW2 and had to go back to enlisted to stay in the service in
the late 1940's.