My Dad in Korea

[cleofus1]

Posted these a couple of months ago in the Photo Group...thought I might share them here too....these were taken in the early fifties while my dad served in Korea...a machine gunner in the army...

[cleofus1]

1. brushing the teeth...

[bridgit]

3. this is a terrific photograph here...

i like it :)

[cleofus1]

15. thanks!

I just got access to them this last december...

[cleofus1]

2. camped out

[cleofus1]

4. good pals

[cleofus1]

5. keeping the tools clean

[cleofus1]

6. good friends in dire straits..his squad...

[cleofus1]

7. soldiers

[cleofus1]

8. still had to keep the hair trim

[cleofus1]

9. decompressing

[cleofus1]

10. my dad thought korea looked like california

[cleofus1]

11. blurred

[cleofus1]

12. the foot hills

just kids right off the farm...

[cleofus1]

13. combat hardened veteran

[cleofus1]

14. my dad now 2006 in new mexico

[movie_girl99]

16. these are really great pictures

thank you for sharing them with us.

[cleofus1]

18. thank you

i wish i had more of them

[Wcross]

17. Thanks for sharing!

My Dad is also a Korean war vet, he has some very interesting photos stashed away. My mom is working on putting all of them on DVD's.

[cleofus1]

19. isn't

photography a great thing?

[cleofus1]

20. like the boy scouts

[Wcross]

21. Yeah, except those pesky Chinese and NK soldiers......

All wars are brutal and inhumane. Korea was extra brutal. You should be very proud of your father and his service. They don't make them like that anymore.

[cleofus1]

22. he is a product of his times

and today he has no ill will towards any man..

[Bucky]

23. Two thank you's. One for the message and one for the medium.

I appreciate you posting these one at a time.... that's a real headache saver for us dialer-uppers. Kudos.

But the serious thank you is really for your dad. I'm so so grateful to you for showing photos about an often forgotten chapter in our history. Over 54,000 comrades of Alphonse Manitowabi also didn't come back from Korea, stopping totalitarian aggression in a way that showed Stalin and Mao how firm the free world's resolve was. We live in a soft generation today because of young men like your dad and his friend Alphonse stood on the line.

Is it okay with you if I share these photos with my American History class?

[cleofus1]

24. of course

that would be nice

[cleofus1]

25. just one

bump

[msedano]

26. Here are some Korea fotos, 1969

This is just south of the DMZ, north of Chunchon. Don't know if your dad wandered around this section, probably not as it was Turks and Australians who fought north through Chunchon and Cap Yong. In fact, we found an Australian's foot up on the mountain one day, actually a raggedy boot with some bones. I'm glad he got home alive.

http://readraza.com/hawk/index.htm

[cleofus1]

28. looks colder

hey my dad was out of ft ord too! thanks for the comments!

[SeattleGirl]

27. Thank you so much for sharing these awesome pictures, cleofus

:hi: