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arMY
Korean War
“I was put on a train headed Korea and didn’t even realize
north to Chorwon. They put it for weeks. I worked in a
us up there in a squad tent. Quonset Hut that had a stove
It was very cold in the winter that burned diesel fuel. We
and very hot in summer. I was also had some Korean soldiers
assigned to the 8th Army, 7th assigned to us called KATUSA
Division Artillery, 31st Field soldiers (Korean Augmentation
Artillery Regiment. They found to the United States Army).
out that I had some college and We taught them how to speak
could type, so I was assigned English and how to clean a
to the Headquarters Company weapon.”
and worked for the company
commander. After eight months, Recalling one humorous
we moved the unit to Munson, incident, Bill said, “One
South Korea. I turned 21 in KATUSA had a habit of getting
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