JMJ

Monday, June 14, 2010

Third attack 51

Dear Readers (Hi Geo)..Ohh the dead eneny.. many many..Its amazing Ill never forget taking the better C-ration .Oh the other soldier got something to eat,Today as a more mature Christian,,I would have given him everything,,,Amazing burned bodies,,I nearnost got killed but Ill never forget being selfish,,,Well at least I have never forgot  ....One day I am going to eat a can of corn beef hash and make up for it... Phillip Meyer S/sgt Ret                                                                   JMJ
Kumwah North Korea
Sept 51 "L' Co 5th RCT 24th Div
Phillip Meyer S/sgt Ret
                                                                  Sept Memories
   When we left the hill we attacked in Sept...It was go to one hill stay a day an move to another,Sio various memories.Number one. We were told to stop and get in any empty fox holes or bunkers for the night. I look down where I was standing and there was a bunker. I was very care full going down to that bunker,So I pulled guard as the sun went down.It was late when we went down. I woke up look down.Oh good grief I look down.I was looking rearmost straight down. How they made that bunker ill never know.I was very happy to move out..Then we were going over a hill.Some Officers were looking through special telescope to check out what the enemy was doing I got a chance for a quick look,Then as we approached the end of the hill we were told.A sniper is shooting in this area,Move quick as you as you pass this spot. I moved very quick...Then one day we went on a patrol;..It was all normal until we reached this spot. I looked down the hill..there were Chinese tanks at the bottom,,The Sgt said lets get out of here quick..and we did..again I avoided a bad situation.....but then...
                                                                Third attack on a hill
It was not like we were told it just happened.. I was going down a trench.There was Lt.Lee our company commander was the last one.
In the trench.When I saw him he pointed for me to get out of the trench. I went out fast on the ridge line.A few feet away I looked down.There was a dead Chinese.I will spare you what happened to him.I was thirsty but after seeing that body I was not thirsty any more.(Many years have passed but every time I get a shot or think I am in pain I think of him and my pain is minor).It was not a pretty sight.Then I kept going and there was the rest of the squad.I hear the bullets going over our head,.the Sgt said those famous words."If you can hear them they are already [passed you by" so we went down the hill.When we reach the bottom I saw a quad Fifty on a truck go by. (4 fifty cal on back of a 3/4 ton truck,,) I would find out later why..I looked up at that hill the artillery had strip the hill clean of evreything.When I got to the top I was told to check the tunnels under the hill/Oh was I lucky.I got in the tunnels but did not find any enemy but I could see our troops coming up the hill as I came to the end of the tunnel.Then I watched with some other soldiers,Down in the valley a tank had been hit and could not move,Off to the left a small shack and trees.Then the quad fifty caliber came around .It stop by the tank and started firing four 50 cal, machine guns.Gone went the small house the trees all was left was a puff of smoke,Ohh before that we watched as the tank fired.No sound then one two three four and we heard the sound of the gun firing.Then we moved out down the ridge line,as I turn the corner ,,there were Chinese hit by Naplam.A whole line of them still burning looked at one body the flames coming from his mouth the flames in and out as if he were breathing flames,.But quickly the Sgt said start firing in the valley the enemy is escaping so I took my M1 and fired at a small road that was between the hills where te Chinese were going across..While we fired a big recoilless weapon was being fired..I kept going to the end of the hill,As we stood there three of us an American marine jet
fired at us.The bullets hit just in front of us, About three feet in front.We had not put out a panel saying we had taken the hill that's how quick we took it.Then the jet came around again it fired rockets but this time they went in the valley,He got the message in time,One soldier said his rifle got hit when the jet fired at us.I got a hold of binoculars. I looked and there was the Chinese going up the hill.i reported it,,Im sure they knew what was happeningThe hill was taken so we passed out rations.One box was shared.I was the second to choose.Even to this day I regret what I did.. It was corn beef hash or something else.I took the better one so the black soldier got the worst C-ration,,forgive me,,Phillip Meyer S/sgt ret