Thanks for that. I've been reading a lot about Korea lately, and the more I read the more I respect the men who were there.
TTH, I've been reading about the King's Regiment and their involvement in Korea, as you say, these men are sometimes forgotten and their service under-valued to a degree.
John de Quidt who was wounded at Mogaung also fought in Korea in the Gloucesters I think. Was POW too for over a year.
Zahonado, I never knew this, how does the saying go: "Out of the frying pan……………" Attached is his award of the OBE.
My dad was a regular; joined up in January 1940 and became an A class reserve when demobbed from Perham Down in late 1948, after 8 and a half years in the Royal Engineers, mainly in 77 and later 26 Assault Squadrons A.R.E. He fought at D-Day, Operation Bluecoat, Walcheren, and across the Rhine. He married my mum in June 1950 and got home from his honeymoon to find his call up papers for Korea on the mat. He went out on the Empire Windrush with 55 Field Squadron, none too happy listening to National Servicemen complaining about their luck - and didn't come back until 1952. He'd told my mum he'd met a great bunch of lads - The Gloucesters and not to worry as he was a storesman and well behind the lines. Well, he was when he wrote the letter, but a few hundred thousand Chinese troops decided to interrupt and he was caught up in and wounded at the Battle of the Imjin. He had nightmares about that experience until the day he died and said very little of it, even to my mum. He did once mention his feelings about the place, "It looked like the ***** moon and smelled of sh*t".
