Dedicated in memory
of
Ray
Ackerman, Bob Kane, and
Ralph Kluesner
The Veterans who were there, at the beginning, can tell you. The US
Army in the Far East area was not ready for a major war. These were
garrison troops, living the "good life" of Occupation duty in Japan.
Most of the
units were only partially filled out with equipment and personnel. They
certainly weren't ready for winter campaigns on the Korean peninsula.
Winter at the leeward edge of the Siberian tundra. Winter so cold that
blood would freeze before it could clot. Some of the roughest, coldest
campaigning this side of Valley Forge.
