My dad was with the 24th at the Yalu. He said that nothing about the war terrified him, as much as the horror he saw as the Chinese were striking our forces. Innocents leading the armed Chinese being cut down, .50 cal barrels sagging from overheating. Men throwing up in fear and the atrocities that were occurring. Defense was his worse nightmare come to life, and he could never quite communicate its' horror even 50 years after the fact.
My dad was with the 24th at the Yalu. He said that nothing about the war terrified him, as much as the horror he saw as the Chinese were striking our forces. Innocents leading the armed Chinese being cut down, .50 cal barrels sagging from overheating. Men throwing up in fear and the atrocities that were occurring. Defense was his worse nightmare come to life, and he could never quite communicate its' horror even 50 years after the fact.
Thank you for this story, very well written.