The Graybeards - KWVA - Korean War Veterans Association

Images of a “Forgotten War”
1: Winter 1951-52 in Korea. Notice stove pipe. . Smart GI’s. 2: Sniper hill,
location unknown. 3: Unknown Veteran stands in front of AAA vehicle. 4:
Convoy from Korea to Japan–Home or R & R. 5: Great bunker located on
hillside. 6: M16 Antiaircraft vehicle dug in to protect tracks. Ground support.
FREEDOM VILLAGE: I don’t know how the First Marine Division got
its name on the Freedom Village sign. My battalion, attached to I
Corps, set up the Village and this area in the Neutral Zone between
the UN lines and the Chinese lines, had been in our hands for many
months. –Silas Cooper, Jr.
Photos courtesy of Cpl. Silas B. Cooper, Jr., Radio Op, Hq. &
Hq. Co. 1343d Eng. Cmb. Bn. 19th Eng. Grp (Korea, 1953-‘54)
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