Dixon, Eugene, GySgt

Communications
 
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Current Service Status
USMC Retired
Current/Last Rank
Gunnery Sergeant
Current/Last Primary MOS
2591-Operational Communication Chief
Current/Last MOSGroup
Communications
Previously Held MOS
521-Basic Marine, Enlisted
2513-Construction Wireman
8211-Correspondence School Instructor
2511-Field Wireman
2519-Wire Chief
8411-RSS Recruiter
Primary Unit
1950-1951, 2511, 1st Bn, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5)
Service Years
1946 - 1966
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Gunnery Sergeant

 
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 Official Badges 

USMC Retired Pin


 Unofficial Badges 


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)1st Marine Division AssociationThe Chosin FewYagle Brothers; Detachment 165
Chapter 38
  1967, Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
  2001, 1st Marine Division Association
  2002, The Chosin Few
  2010, Marine Corps League, Yagle Brothers; Detachment 165 (Traverse City, Michigan)3
  2011, Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA), Chapter 38 (Traverse City, Michigan)2


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Korean War/CCF Intervention (1950-51)/Evacuation of Hungnam
From Month/Year
December / 1950
To Month/Year
December / 1950

Description
The Hungnam evacuation, code-named Christmas Cargo, also known as the Miracle of Christmas, was the evacuation of UN forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, North Korea, between 15 and 24 December 1950.

The port at Hungnam was the site of a major evacuation of United Nations military, South Korean military, and North Korean civilians during the Korean War in late December 1950. Approximately 100,000 troops and material and 100,000 civilians were loaded onto merchant ships and military transports totaling 193 shiploads over the weeks leading up to Christmas 1950. They were transported to safety in Pusan and other destinations in South Korea. The evacuation included 14,000 refugees who were transported on one ship, the SS Meredith Victory — the largest evacuation from land by a single ship. This was made possible by a declaration of national emergency by President Truman issued on 16 December 1950 with Presidential Proclamation No. 2914, 3 C.F.R. 99 (1953). This operation was the culmination of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, in which the embattled UN troops fought their way out of a Chinese trap.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
December / 1950
To Month/Year
December / 1950
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

USS Princeton (CV-37/CVA-37/CVS-37/LPH-5)

 
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  52 Also There at This Battle:
 
  • Barresi, Vincent Wm.
  • Davis, Graydon, PFC, (1948-1951)
  • Floyd, Herbert, SSgt, (1948-1952)
  • Fouts, Charles, Sgt, (1949-1952)
  • Franz, Carl, Sgt, (1949-1952)
  • Irons, Ralph, Sgt, (1946-1951)
  • McCall, Howard, Sgt, (1941-1953)
  • McCormick, Vincent, Sgt, (1949-1952)
  • Pickett, Wayne, Cpl, (1946-1953)
  • Santiago, Paul, GySgt, (1946-1968)
  • Sinnicki, John, Pvt, (1948-1952)
  • Upton (deceased), Ralph, Cpl, (1948-1951)
  • Wofford, Robert, SSgt, (1949-1965)
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