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Home Town brooklyn
Last Address 2372 east 5th street brooklyn ny 11223
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After service in korea my farther rasied a family of 3 children was married to the same women for 35 years beofore he died of natural causes in 1987 He never forgot he was a marine and he regreted leaving he always wished he would have made a carreer out of it
I remeber waking in the morning and unzipping his dress blues hanging in their bag and relizing the honor and galentry of the men that wore those colours although it was it not something he wanted me to experience
He instilled the values of the colours in all he came in contact with he never let you forget you were an american and told you were to go if you had second thoughts
He raised his children wiith the same honor and respect and dicipline he felt for the colours
i owe alll of my success to those 3 teaching and to him
his personel carrer changed after his service he became a computer programmer in the early computer years
he worked on programs for national defence in 1970
In 1974 he won the coast guard achivement medal for programs he wrote for the united states coast guard eastern district headquaters gouvenors island N.Y.
His last reqest was to be burried in his monkey suit as he called them (dress blues) a request that was fullfilled with great appreciation and love for his duty in the corp
I would like to thank the USMC for the honor they bestowed upon him and his family when he was intered in his final resting place
Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)/Second Battle of Seoul
From Month/Year
September / 1950
To Month/Year
September / 1950
Description The advance on Seoul was slow and bloody, after the landings at Inchon. The reason was the appearance in the Seoul area of two first-class fighting units of the North Korean People's Army, the 78th Independent Infantry Regiment and 25th Infantry Brigade, about 7,000 troops in all.
The NKPA launched a T-34 attack, which was trapped and destroyed, and a Yak bombing run in Incheon harbor, which did little damage. The NKPA attempted to stall the UN offensive to allow time to reinforce Seoul and withdraw troops from the south.[citation needed] Though warned that the process of taking Seoul would allow remaining NKPA forces in the south to escape, MacArthur felt that he was bound to honor promises given to the South Korean government to retake the capital as soon as possible.[citation needed]
On the second day, vessels carrying the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division arrived in Incheon Harbor. General Almond was eager to get the division into position to block a possible enemy movement from the south of Seoul. On the morning of September 18, the division's 2nd Battalion of the 32nd Infantry Regiment landed at Incheon and the remainder of the regiment went ashore later in the day.
The next morning, the 2nd Battalion moved up to relieve an U.S. Marine battalion occupying positions on the right flank south of Seoul. Meanwhile, the 7th Division's 31st Infantry Regiment came ashore at Incheon. Responsibility for the zone south of Seoul highway passed to 7th Division at 18:00 on September 19. The 7th Infantry Division then engaged in heavy fighting with North Korean soldiers on the outskirts of Seoul.
Before the battle, North Korea had just one understrength division in the city, with the majority of its forces south of the capital. MacArthur personally oversaw the 1st Marine Regiment as it fought through North Korean positions on the road to Seoul. Control of Operation Chromite was then given to Major General Edward Almond, the X Corps commander. General Almond was in an enormous hurry to capture Seoul by September 25, exactly three months of the North Korean assault across the 38th parallel.
