“I will defend Korea as I would my own country—just as I would California.” – Gen. Douglas MacArthur to Dr. Syngman Rhee, President of the two-month-old South Korean Republic, October 1948 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-get-a-Kilroy-Was-Here-commemorative-USPS-stamp/247260511952152?sk=wall
Archives for August, 2012
NAS Richmond WWII US Navy Lighter Than Air Facility. It was opened in 1945 and soon put a stop to the carnage in the Gulf Stream by German U-Boats. Sadly, it was completely destroyed in September, 1945. Here’s what it looked like in 1943-5 and what it was like to fly and fight in a […]
1950 Korea 1953 “It looked like Christmas. Red and green all over – Blood and guts all over the place.” —Chosin the movie Quote of the week: “A month or so before this we had undergone an ordnance inspection and half of our rifles were condemned. They were all left over from World War II, […]
Sightings Extravaganza! First — from the KILROY chapter of the MVPA (Military Vehicle Preservation Association.) A whole Association full of Kilroys and beautifully restored military vehicles. Second — A Beautiful stainless steel Globe dedicated to Kilroy Third — A whole album full of Sightings sent by Matt the Kilroy, self described as Kilroy’s biggest fan. […]
17 United Nations countries participated in the Korean War. Total losses 776,360 killed, wounded or MIA. Three Iron Curtain countries participated in the Korean War. Total losses 1,545,882 killed, wounded or MIA. ALL in just Three years, two of which were during peace talks Find and thank a Korean War Vet. He has been waiting […]
In Korea, temperatures in the summer can reach 110 degrees or higher with humidity 90%. The temperature in the winter drops as low as -40 degrees F. Much of the ground was solid rock, but the soil which surrounded it was frozen solid also. It was impossible to dig holes. Engine oil froze! Gun breeches […]
On this day in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world’s first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. It and the next one at Nagasaki saved an estimated one million American invaders and more than eight million Japanese lost due to the invasion, starvation and […]
“The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy.” – Omar Bradley Note: Bradley was referring to the war with China after their intervention in November, 1950 AND Did you know? The forgotten, Chosin was one of the most decorated battles in American history. 17 Medals of Honor, […]
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