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Korea, 1953. We had a true 'chowhound' in our company. I managed to catch him on film on his way to the mess tent.  |
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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2016, 04:47:01 PM » |
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That's a great shot!
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2016, 04:59:38 PM » |
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Due to an ingenious motor sergeant and willing help, we manged to get hot showers in the company instead of riding in a truck 2 miles down dusty roads. A rejuvenated gasoline powered water pump and immersion heaters did the job.  |
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2016, 05:04:49 PM » |
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Here is the end of this post and the end of my tour in January 1954. I titled this photo, a welcome sight, "America, The Beautiful" and I'm not ashamed to say so even today!  |
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« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2016, 05:17:07 PM » |
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Here is the end of this post and the end of my tour in January 1954. I titled this photo, a welcome sight, "America, The Beautiful" and I'm not ashamed to say so even today! I bet that was a very nice sight to see.  |
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« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2016, 06:01:49 PM » |
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Great pics Wayne, the last one is beautiful. |
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« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2016, 06:13:41 PM » |
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Chowhound = funny! Life's simple pleasures. Was the food really that good Wayne?
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« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2016, 06:13:54 PM » |
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Here is the end of this post and the end of my tour in January 1954. I titled this photo, a welcome sight, "America, The Beautiful" and I'm not ashamed to say so even today! Wayne, that photo could be in Life magazine..... |
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« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2016, 04:05:38 AM » |
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Baldo, while I'm not sure if it could've been on the cover of Life magazine, it was on the cover of Graybeards Magazine our official magazine of the Korean War veterans.  I had to run the photo through photoshop to fit the cover. In the process, I eliminated some of the white dots known as seagulls. |
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« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2016, 05:54:13 AM » |
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Great pics and story Wayne. |
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« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2016, 07:12:51 AM » |
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Baldo, while I'm not sure if it could've been on the cover of Life magazine, it was on the cover of Graybeards Magazine our official magazine of the Korean War veterans. I had to run the photo through photoshop to fit the cover. In the process, I eliminated some of the white dots known as seagulls. Outstanding.... |
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« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2016, 07:59:16 AM » |
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that man with the chow tray looks very happy to be eating. It looks like the trays were much bigger back then also having 6 compartments for food vs. most I think now are smaller only having 4 dividers. My dad also was in the Korean War on the front lines and jumped out of airplanes and for a person who never could swim also being on boats, he somehow made it thru. He never really said much besides it was colder than hell and being without food often or the same food day after day was far from ideal. He never mentioned, after he died going thru the safe, that he was shot in the leg and out of combat for a few months, never liked talking about the war since am sure he saw plenty. thanks for the pics and thanks for the service. |
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« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2016, 08:53:53 AM » |
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I'll never say that I was in combat, i wasn't, but I saw the results. I didn't lose any buddies. As far as eating, it was the best chow in the Army. We drew top rations for the wounded. If we had many wounded, we ate much less, no wounded we ate more. Steaks, eggs (real, not powdered)and fresh rolls and coffee every morning. However, the wounded were top priority as it should be. Not bad for being located three miles north of the 38th. The bad news is that we were allowed NO weapons! Steel pots and M2 carbines only on guard duty. This is the closest that I came to looking like a combat GI. Bivouac end of basic training.  |
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« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2016, 01:24:04 PM » |
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Thanks for sharing, it's neat stuff.
My time in the miltary began 30 yrs behind yours and our food sucked most of the time.
I don't ever remember seeing someone that happy about Army chow.
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« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2016, 05:00:42 PM » |
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Chow on the carrier at the start of the deployment was fair to so so. We were SUPPOSED to be able to go 3 months on the food aboard with out an unrep. unrep-underway replenishment for you non Navy types. We tried/attempted/took a shot at that 3 month thing!  Bout 2 months along the food went from so so to I Now KNOW the sewage is no longer going overboard!  Wayne-whenever we were tied up in port overseas the American Flag flew at the stern of our ship(s) 24/7. When we were headed back from Hawaii right at 4 days would see us Stateside in San Diego! U S of A-land of the round eyed females!  I spent a bit of time in the Orient.  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2016, 06:08:23 PM » |
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O2S - you should have spent some time on a small boy  |
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