Voices from the Korean War - Douglas Rice [0]
Personal Accounts of Those Who Served
Douglas Rice
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Voices from the Korean War
Personal Accounts of Those Who Served
Copyright © 2011 by Douglas Rice
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ISBN: 978-1-4502-8256-7 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4502-8258-1 (dj)
ISBN: 978-1-4502-8257-4 (ebk)
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iUniverse rev. date: 01/03/2011
Dedicated to:
My father—Delbert Rice:
To the men and women who shared their experiences:
And, to the men who never returned home.
“Yea, though, I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;
for thou art with me...”
Psalms 23:4 KJV
Contents
~~Introduction~~
BOOK I
George Weidensall
Dr. Raymond Fish
Richard “Dick” Franklin
Joseph Marlett
Harold Selley
George Porter
Robert “Bob” Bouterse
Fred Connolly
Richard “Joe” Johannes
Jack Anderson
Dillon Staas
Lloyd Paul Summers
Robert “BJ” Johnson
Carroll Everist
Joseph Lloyd Wosser, Jr.
Eric Hanney
Tom Enos
Forrest O’Neal
Victor Shepherd
Robert Harbula
Jack Chapman
Rex Raymond
Robert Grass
Brooks Outland
Janice Feagin Britton
Charles Toole
Douglas Voss
Mario “Tony” Faiella
Raymond Cesaretti
Floyd E. “Gene” Combs
Donald Thomas
John “Rick” Kennedy
Byron Dickerson
Donald E. Barton
Ernest Everett Edge
John Ebnet
Delbert Rice
Fred Redmon
William McCraney
Richard Esser
Howard Camp
Rexford Glass
Raymond Reilley
Book II
David Lopez
Charles Bracey
Albert Field
Kenneth Flynn
Donald Degood
Otto White
Alfred Eckhart
George DeSha
Morton “Pete” Wood, Jr.
Anthony “Tony” Gurule’
Marvin Totland
David Hughes
Stanley Grogan
Calvin Harwick
Melbourne Leroy Rogers
Mark Pease
Paul Elkins
Dr. William Latham
Roger Lueckenhoff
Dick Thune
Kenneth Whitehouse
BOOK III
John Delaney
Robert Bickmeyer
Peter Beauchamp
Ronald Hale
Charles Klenklen
Dr. John Laura
Chuck Gibbs
Jerry Cunningham
Donald “Hank” Nicol
William “Bill” Warren
Gordon Southern
Donald Albert
Clyde Corsaro
Wayne Pelkey
Robert Ericson
Where Are They Now
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
~~Introduction~~
I remember as a child listening to my father as he told about his experiences during the Korean War. Because of his experiences, I became interested in military history at an early age.
The only time I wore a military uniform was in Army ROTC my freshman year at Western Kentucky University. Unfortunately, meeting twice a week at 5:00 AM in the parking lot of Diddle Arena, to practice marching and Manual of Arms, does not make me an authority on the subject. However, during the six years, I have interviewed by mail, email, phone, and in person, over one-hundred individuals who are authorities on the subject. Veterans!
One day as my father and I were working in the garden, he told me that there is a special bond between soldiers. Being a pre-teen, I had no idea of what he was talking about. But, during these past six years, spending countless hours reading handwritten letters and numerous hours on