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...Fred Ravreby did the booting for the kick-off platoon which included Hank Rate, Gil O'Neil, John West, Nick Culolias, Bob Stargel, Dusty Burke, Bill Rosenau, Dick Heidtmann, Red Wylie and Duke Sedgwick...
Silting Tight. We reached the burning British consulate and established a CP in a house on the hill just below it. The smoke and dust were beginning to lift from Inchon's waterfront area. The fighting was sporadic. One patrol brought in a rather staggering prize: a whole platoon, led by its lieutenant, from the third battalion of the 26th North Korean regiment, the outfit defending Inchon. The patrol had moved in on the platoon, which gave up without a fight. The Korean lieutenant, eager to be cooperative, told Jaskilka that much of his battalion had been killed...
...Angang, all was complete confusion. North Korean, South Korean and American troops were all mixed up, everyone firing in the darkness at everyone else. The fight to the south was filled with incredible feats of heroism; probably the greatest of which was performed by a platoon sergeant who was leading the point infantry platoon as it escorted the tanks out of the village. As the tanks were beginning to cross a bridge, Reds lurking underneath it lobbed two concussion grenades aimed at the tracks of the lead tanks. Dropping his rifle, the sergeant dived toward the grenades. He grabbed...
Imminence of Death. Brave Company is the story of a New Zealand infantry outfit on the Italian mountain front. Mostly it is about a single platoon, and it concentrates on a single squad. It is written by a New Zealand schoolteacher who fought in the infantry for three years, was wounded and commissioned on the battlefield. He writes about his bruised, battle-numbed foot soldiers with enormous compassion and an understanding that shades into love...
...best working soldiers in the 27th last week were young (26), blond Captain Martin Merchant of Ilion, N.Y., and Merchant's lead platoon leader, Lieut. Doyle D. Lummis of Waco, Texas. For four long nights, Merchant, Lummis and their men had held the most advanced position on the "bowling alley." Each night, they had heard the enemy tanks, trucks and self-propelled guns approach with a roaring and purring of motors, and a babble of voices. Each night, Lummis and his platoon sergeant had calmly told the artillery and mortars in the rear to get ready, warned the platoon...