Hand-to-Hand Combat in the Mountains of Korea | James Sharp
Sergeant James Sharp joined the U.S. Army on April 7, 1950. After basic training Sharp was sent to NCO school, but this training was cut short with the news that North Korea has crossed the 38th Parallel and ignited the Korean War.
Sharp found himself quickly shipped to the Korean Peninsula with the 1st Cavalry Division and was embedded into South Korea to help stop the advance of the KPA. He quickly became a seasoned combat veteran experiencing everything from chaotic firefights to intense hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
On April 7, 1951 Sharp would be wounded by an artillery round and receive the Purple Heart. He would serve the rest of his time in Korea recovering from his wounds behind the lines.
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Just subscribed to your channel!! I stumbled upon your channel and loved hearing this man’s story.. Thank you and forever grateful for all who served and are still serving 🙏
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to any veteran who served in the Korean war, I sincerely thank you. i am the son of Korean immigrants and have enjoyed being born in the United States, but I'm sure you have noticed how much progress South Korean has made in the last 70 years. none of that progress would be possible without your help. i hope that surviving veterans can make a trip to South Korea (if they haven't already) to see what their efforts have helped to build: a thriving, free country. and if you are able to visit, i hope you look upon my mother country with great pride because you are a part of the fabric of our great nation. you are deeply appreciated.
You're right! S Korea is an awesome place full of wonderful people! I wish the good people in N Korea could help take part of the future of Korea!
@@tnwhiskey68 that is my dream as well. So much suffering. And for what? Thanks for the warm response!
Wish I could have shown this to my grandpa when he was still alive. Surely would have brought tears to his eyes.
Thanks I know and knew many of them
MY FATHER FOUGHT IN KOREA , ONE OF THE " FROZEN CHOSIN " SURVIVORS , HE SAID THAT MANY CIVILIAN PEOPLE FLED , MAKING THEIR WAY TO WHERE THE U.S. NAVAL VESSELS WERE AT , LEAVING FOR THEIR FREEDOMS IN THE SOUTH . ***** TO ALL. WHO SERVED IN. KOREA, PAST & PRESENT , THANK YOU ALL , FREEDOM ISN'T FREE , TO. SOUTH KOREA , STAY STRONG & FREE .
I am a Korean. You came to a country that no one knows about, participated in the war, and protected the Republic of Korea. Thank you very much and respect you very much.
God bless you?
My dad was there. 25th Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Division 1950-1952 Bronze star w/ Valor After I got outta the Army in the 80’s my dad actually talked about it with me. He told me about the night a million screaming Chinese came wave after wave. Bodies were everywhere. 11 men in his company were captured. He was only a private at the time. How a Lt. asked for volunteers to go rescue them. He mentioned how dark it was while on that mission. Hearing the Chinese whispering as they walked past him. Well, the mission was successful and they made it back to the company. Lt. got the Silver Star Dad got a Bronze w/ valor. I asked him why he volunteered? He said, because they would have done it for him. RIP Dad… Staff sergeant John Day WW2/Korea
we miss you dad!
I miss your dad as well. Bless these men. My dad was in nam, but I’m 28 and the age gap is profound, especially since my paternal grandfather was born in 1906, believe it or not. My father was the youngest of 9 boys, and his father was 44, and he was 43 when I was created. I’ve got a generationally short lineage to the Great War, but nothing to Ww2/Korea besides a great uncle who was in the red ball I believe.
Thank you so much Thanks to them, the Republic of Korea exists We don't always forget your sacrifice!
Literally brought tears to my eyes. RIP to you your dad, a fine American.
Your dad was a bad ass
I am a Korean(South) immigrant, just became US citizen recently. If it weren't for the sacrifices made by American soldiers, like this gentlemen, the Korean peninsula would have been a communist state and I wouldn't be here. I always try to show my appreciation when I come across a Korean War veteran!
I’m an American, we love korea your culture is beautiful. We’ll always be allies, we love korea!
That’s very kind and grateful of you. God bless you
Thank you for being a grateful US citizen. I love when patriotic immigrants speak on behalf of this country.
I'm proud to be an American and what our military can go do for foreign countries and it's citizens. Think about how civilians were being treated in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and tons more countries. Glad my working tax dollars go towards things like this!!!
Live your best life My friend. The freedoms and opportunities we enjoy were paid for with the blood and sacrifice of good Men. Thank you for appreciating that fact more than a lot of young people born in the US.
Something my Dad saw one time reminded him of being back in Korea. He said they shelled back and forth all night with the enemy and the hill they were on was about 2 1/2 miles apart. The next morning as it was breaking day he said he could have walked from one hill to the next without touching the ground because of all the bodies! I don't think he ever left there in his mind.....he never talked about it that much! I think he was trying to forget it after all those years. He did on occasion speak about the guys he served with and always had good things to say! His name was Corpl. Herbert Gurney Scott from Robbins N.C. I miss him alot!
God bless your father. My father also fought in that hell hole and it stayed with him the rest of his life. Fought at Chosin Reservoir.
God bless
@@rd9793 just know the frozen chosen is still a big part of marine corps training.
They never really did talk about it, I was 40 years old before my father started to tell me about what really happened, as kids he would tell us the funny side of things that happened, if he and a few of his mates caught up for a BBQ we would wait until they had a few beers and stay just in earshot listening but not really knowing, when I was older we were having a few beers and he started at the beginning, one of his funny stories involved hunting an ammunition train on a pitch black night, the night before they rowed miles to the bouys the shore battery's used for range and moved them another 100yds out to sea, next night they quietly got into position very close to shore listening for a whistle as the train came out of a tunnel miles away, at the whistle HMAS BATTAN an Australian destroyer opened up with two broadsides and waited for the next few minutes incase they missed,search lights came on and silhouetted the ship, shore battery's opened fire and shells hurtled just over the top smashing into the sea exploding close, then the sky lights up and a rumbling explosion fills the night, the shore battery's stopped for a moment and the destroyer roared into life, engine's at full speed while the guns engaged the shore battery's in the confusion they were only hit a few times,no sleep, bad food, freezing cold and stinking hot That was one of his funny moments after the 1st retreat from Inchon when the chinese came across the border
I could beat your dad up in seconds.
My father was 17 years old for almost his whole tour. He wouldn’t turn 18 until 14 June 53. (He shared his birthday with the Army. He was proud of that fact, he also served 33 years.) He never talked about Korea but he would wake up screaming a lot. He never slept with his feet covered when I was a kid. I would say, “Dad your feet will get cold.” (And cover them) He would kick off the blanket every time. At his funeral his Army buddies told me. “No matter how cold it was your father never slept in a sleeping bag.” I told them the story about his feet uncovered. They said, “you know why?” “Your father’s platoon was bivouacking somewhere in Korea. The Chinese (who didn’t ever get points to rotate home and were all hardcore Veterans.) snuck in among the sleeping men and murdered them in their sleeping bags. Your father woke up and nobody else was alive. They missed him and his sleeping bag.” 17 years old and you wake up to everyone else dead in your platoon/squad whatever it was. My father never told me the story himself. He was wounded 3 x (I read his records once and saw the wounds documented) he never got awarded a Purple Heart do to record screw ups. My mother asked him once why he didn’t try to get his Purple Hearts. He said, “I just did my job.” His job was a heavy .30 cal water cooled Browning. He showed me one at West Point once and noticed a part missing form 30’ away. He told me how he kept it from freezing with his body heat. He had frostbitten feet that also bothered him his whole life. He was on Pork Chop hill that’s were he got his grenade scars in his face and neck.
Thanks for sharing, RIP to him!
If your father had never gone to Korea, he would not have suffered anything. Why did he go there? What he had to do there? What he was looking for there? Did the Korean attack the US?? No, they did not. But people as your father BURNED DOWN ALL THE MOUNTAIN WOODS OF KOREA. THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE FOOD SHORTAGE IN KOREA UP TO THE PRESENT DAY. Because the burn down of the mountain woods led to soil erosion, which reduced the fertile soil and thus reduced FOREVER any harvests.
Wait but how does that relate to not having your feet under covers?
@@MadMenPlays because the seasoned Chinese combat vets, that never 👎 got sent home 🏠, from combat In Korea, killed his whole entire squad, who were sleeping in their sleeping bags , which cover your feet 👣…..he didn’t want to be restrained, by blankets sleeping bags etc……. Far less dramatic personal experience of mine that I can relate to this…..is being a .50 cal gunner , on vehicles in Afghanistan, my “gunners harness “ (which operated like a seatbelt, in the sense of it buckles in, and can also restrain/restrict, giving no leeway like seatbelts do sometimes) and sometimes my harness, would restrict me from being able to Stand up, completely, to where I liked to be able see the maximum amount of area, outside of my gunners hatch 🐣, and I would wig out, when my harness, did this …
Jesus.
My Korean American grand uncle fought in Korea in the US Army. My mom said she once overheard him talking about fighting in trenches and how the enemy bodies were piling up so high, they were using them as shields. He ended up dying in Vietnam while working as a civilian contractor.
I’m sorry for your loss, he sounds like a good man.
i’m sorry for your loss my friend, i wish he could have lived a life of peace. I wish i could shake his hand.
The horror of war 😩
Sorry for your loss. It's crazy to think he went back into a war after serving and seeing what he saw. Men were built different back in those days.
He sounds like a badass dude, like a hard-core warrior
Just lost my dad August 3rd. He was a Korean war veteran. 2nd infantry division. Thank you for bringing us their stories. They're going fast.
Our sincere condolences to you and your family.
My grandfather was in 2id in Korea. Purple heart recipient. PFC Keith.
Sorry for your loss bud
Sorry to hear you lost your old man--mine's gone too, last year...feels like last week. Hope you and your family are there for each other but if not hope at least you're doing okay.
God bless your father , you and your family.
My grandpa told me stories about mowing down wave after wave with a bar or an m2, and beating men to death with an e tool. He also brought up the hill 303 massacre (the ditch full of executed POWs near Taegu) and said it changed the way they thought about the war. He said there was no such thing as a surrendering enemy. I spent time in the sand box, but I didn’t do anything compared to that. Pops turned more bodies cold in each fire fight than my entire unit did in a deployment. He wouldn’t talk about it until I got back from Afghanistan, but I went to see him on leave and we swapped war stories soldier to soldier. It’s still my favorite memory of the grumpy hard ass.
the korean war was brutal man its the reason its forgotten more munitions are used than in the entire pacific theater including the bombing of japan
The first time my Grandpa even mentioned Korea was when I came back from Afghanistan. We talked all day and into the night. What lives they have lived.
America spent more years fighting the Communists in Korea and Vietnam than fighting the Nazis in Europe! This younger generation needs to be educated about sacrifices made by these Men!
@@BST-lm4po Considering all those factions were Socialists, that means we've been fighting violent Socialists quite a bit.
Nice story! My Great grandfather was in WW2. When I joined the Army in 1993. The next year I came home on leave after Somalia. My Grandfather told me about the countless Russians he would mow down with his MG34 on his half track. He was a Hungarian who served on the Easter front. He actually enjoy killing until he was captured. He was going to be killed when a guard saw him. I guess when my grandfather was drinking once. A Russian ran right in front of him. He decided to let him go. The guard spared his life over that incident.
The forgotten war, my late grandfather was in Korea for 2 years, I miss his stories. Brutal combat and unbearable cold. He used to tell me about how the enemy would just keep coming no matter how many were shot & that some gunfights lasted less than a minute to over 15 hours. I remember he told me about his brother Pete and after his brother was wounded that he didn’t think he would make it out without being killed because he saw his brother as the strongest of all his siblings. Hand to hand combat was a real thing, very personal. I always wondered if my grandfather came back changed, but he was a good man treated us all kindly and with love.
The sad truth is everyone who leaves to war then fights in combat and lives do not come back. A doppelgänger of them comes back. I spent almost 4 yrs in combat and we had a saying "Only the dead really come home." I can say it is a horrible thing to come home and have life long friends and acquaintances not recognize us. Worst to hear your own spouse say "I just want my husband back!" Problem is we can never really come home as who we were died along side our friends that got killed and amongst the enemy we killed, piled up then dumped in mass graves. Every war and combat action is the same one big meat grinder.
@@bullboo1 very well put, sorry you had to see all that. I almost enlisted when I was 16 but the Marines didn't want me because I didn't have good grades.
@@vannlo355 Nobody cares about almost. Do it don’t, there is no try.
@@James-ty3ef Ok
@@bullboo1 I’m a veteran but I was in an undeployable unit at the time, I have the upmost respect for you sir. Hopefully in time you’re able to rekindle the person you once were. Wish you nothing but the best.
My father was very good friends with a fella who served in Korea with the Marines. He fought in several hand to hand combat situations. He said the average US marine seemed huge compared to the Chinese and Koreans. I believe he said the Chinese were easier to fight in hand to hand, but the North Koreans were fierce (it may be the other way around). He described one encounter where the enemy stabbed him with the bayonet and he (the marine) grabbed the bayonet with both hands to keep from being stabbed again. The enemy started beating him in the head with his free hand. Eventually the Marine’s legs buckled and he fell. As the enemy lifted the rifle to kill him, another Marine came up behind the guy and cut his throat. Saved my dads friend. That fella became a Christian and served as a missionary in Africa until his death just a few years ago. God Bless America and ALL our servicemen!!
Praise God! What men those were. 💓🥹🇺🇲
Were?! Great men in difficult times...usually.@@2009carol2010
My dad served in Korea,1st cab ,Frozen Chosin. He told me the Chinese were ants they just kept coming.My son joined the army and ended up in the 1st cav.y dad could not of been anymore prouder. To all veterans I thank you from the bottom of my heart,thank you for your service.
@@edwardcomeau6859 …I think that’s what my dad’s friend said…the North Koreans fought like animals, but a Marine could take on a few Chinese at once, they were small, hungry, and didn’t really want to be there.
I hope more vets from Korea are able to tell their stories on this platform!
It won’t be long until they’re all dead. My grandpa enlisted at 16 when the war broke out (a male guardian signed for him) and died in his early 70s in December of 2009.
@@jaredfullmer7043 not many left now, my father was 79
@@jaredfullmer7043 lost my grandfather a couple of years ago. I regret not asking him to share more about this experience during the Korean War. If he is any indication the men of that era were of a very high caliber.
Ryan Ainlay and how would we know if any of them are telling the truth just look at how many fake vets you have in the US?
@@robertbutler8004 how do we know you are telling the truth
My grandpa was a Marine and fought in Korea. He barely talked about it. The only thing I know is that he got burned really badly on his back and almost froze to death. A chaplain saved his life and advocated for him. I was able to find his DD-214 and other records. They stated that he was in combat against Chinese troops and went on patrols behind enemy lines. These interviews are priceless and I feel like I get a glimpse of what my grandpa went through while he was in Korea.
My grandpa was drafted into the army for Korea and never talked about it either. The only thing he mentioned was how cold it was during the winter there, and that means something coming from a farm boy in Northern Michigan. Despite some health problems, he was with us until he was 95. Miss that guy.
Reminds me of my Uncle. He told me on his VA death bed, about being in the trenches on the border when the Chinese surprised the Americans. He said the first waves were armed with sticks. Wave after wave. Uncle mentioned that it was hand to hand for 2 days. He did have some issues for a few years afterward...regarding night terrors. Finally in the late 1970's...he found help for what was now described as PTSD. He was one of the most gentle, Christian men I've ever known. I cant even imagine the terror. God Bless and keep.
None of them knew what ptsd was, my father made it to 79 and still woke up at 2am not sure if he was in Korea or just dreaming again
@@infidel202 God Bless. I think Uncle...was 18 when he went to Korea. Hard to imagine how I would handle what he faced.
@@philwaller4379 my father said he was too tired to think or feel he just wanted to sleep when I asked if he was scared
Imagine carrying that pain with you your entire life. God bless all our military personnel, thank you all for your service to America. 🇺🇸
Not too many gentle Christians most are evil rape pedophiles
My Dad served in Korea '51 & '52 in the Infantry. I still have photos he brought back. One in particular has my father with three of his buddies in winter boots,pants,caps and helmets with their belts (canteen,ammo pouches and bayonets on the side) posing with their M-1 Carbines with 30 rnd mags ready for action! On the back it states everyones' name and says North Korea '52. He was honorably discharged after the war and went in the Navy and served 9 1/2 yrs. on the Destroyer USS Shadwell. I was born in 1963 and from an early age until I was about 15, my Dad would wake up any given night screaming and my Mom said he was dreaming about being in Korea! He told me that he dreaded going out on patrol at night the most. He said you had to be able to break a mans' neck without making a sound! Thank y'all for your service! Remember it was called a ''Conflict''.
Bless your dad! RIP. 🙏 💜 🌿 🇺🇸
My dad was there in '51/'52. He served with the 5th RCT of the 24th Infantry Division. He told me that they found 24th division GI's with their hands tied with wire, and executed. After that, they began shooting most Chinese that tried to surrender. At the end of his time there, they put his 210 man (over strength,) rifle Company on a hill, and told them to hold it. On the 4th day, they were overran, and when relieved on the 5th day, there were only 20 men still able to fight, and most of those were walking wounded. My mom and grandmother told me that for 2 years after he came home, he would wake up, in the middle of the night, screaming, then jump on the floor before realizing he was home. Dad passed at age 72, and the last few weeks of his life, he would see friends that died in Korea, and at times thought he was back in Korea. He would get this terrified look on his face, and reach around frantically looking for his M1. Our nation owes all.these guys a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid. The US flag represents freedom, and the sacrifices made by millions of American service members to protect that freedom. That is something these kneelers, and lefties, cannot seem to grasp God Bless all who served, and are serving now.
no words can say how i feel about this. always and forever will honor those before us.
As an Aussie cunt, I got respect for your dad and all that have served. Without the USA the global trade system wouldn't exist and there would have been alot more wars over the years. :)
I'm from Australia, my father was one of the 1st to respond to the Korean police action as world governments called it, Korea was the pinnacle of ww3 and what happened affected the world, he was in Japan about to return to Australia from the occupation force, when north Korea invaded, luckily Australia had airforce, navy and a battalion of infantry fully equipped and ready for action, every person who served in Korea was a hero, thank you for standing up for our freedom 💙
I was a US Army serviceman stationed in Korea 88-'89. There is a museum of the war in Seoul. They display pictures of the murdered GIs with their hands tied with barbed wire behind their backs. No mystery to me why our guys wouldn't take prisoners.
And after all that, the South Koreans were blessed with rule by a dictator until 1960, followed by constant corruption, political coups and assassinations, martial law, and police massacres. "The Bodo League Massacre was a massacre and war crime against communists and suspected sympathizers (many of whom were civilians who had no connection with communism or communists) that occurred in the summer of 1950 during the Korean War. Estimates of the death toll vary. Historians and experts on the Korean War estimate that the full total ranges from at least 60,000-110,000 (Kim Dong-choon) to 200,000 (Park Myung-lim)." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodo_League_massacre "Under pressure and fearing North Korean infiltration, the US leadership panicked. Soon command saw all civilians as the enemy regardless. On 26 July the US 8th Army, the highest level of command in Korea, issued orders to stop all Korean civilians. 'No, repeat, no refugees will be permitted to cross battle lines at any time. Movement of all Koreans in group will cease immediately.' On the very same day the first major disaster involving civilians struck." www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/korea_usa_01.shtml No-Gun Ri Massacre "Early in the Korean War, American soldiers machine-gunned hundreds of helpless civilians under a railroad bridge in the South Korean countryside, villagers said." "We just annihilated them," said ex-machine gunner Norman Tinkler of Glasco, Kan. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/daily/sept99/skorea30.htm "When survivors and victims' relatives told their story, and sought redress, they met only rejection and denial, from the United States military and from their own Government." www.nytimes.com/1999/09/30/world/gi-s-tell-of-a-us-massacre-in-korean-war.html?
A debt of gratitude that can never be properly repaid…… thank you my brother 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It can be repaid. Fight against this commie rubbish they sacrificed so much for on your local level. Every single aspect of local to federal bodies are infested with these scum. Thomas Jefferson “A nation of sheep will be ruled by wolves”. Funny part is we are more smarter than the wolves. We let them raid the hen house now they are so braised to take a bite of the sheep. Get up off line. Don’t thank them, get involved in the current war. It’s been on going for the last 8 years!
Repay it everyday by enjoying our freedoms and loving thy neighbors.
Robin Sage. 18 series eh? RLTW my friend
@@Rakkasan-vr8xt RLTW! My upside down falling umbrella brother!
He said "& i changed my mind." Thats the most bad ass thing i ever heard. My Grandfather Frank Polletta was a marine that served in the Korean War who also made it back home. I appreciate you on a personal level sir. Salute
My grandfather served in WW2 and Korea. When I was a very young kid he told me he got bayoneted 1" from his balls in Korea when they got over ran. I asked him what did he do then? With rage in his entire face he said 'I beat him to death with my bare hands' This is the first story I've heard about bayonet fighting in Korea, nice to have something to tie back to that memory. Our vets are hero's. All of them.
This is a typical hero... soft-spoken, no bravado, no self-aggrandizement. I've been lucky to meet many like him. These are real heroes. Thank you, sir, for your service!
My grandpa fought as an infantryman in the 7ID in Korea. He mentioned there being a lot of hand to hand stuff there. He was captured and held as a POW for 3 years until his release in 1953. It really bothered him that most of America seems to of forgotten the Korean War.
My grandpa was also a POW in Korea for 2yrs. He has crazy stories. Lost an eye from infection in that camp.
These brave men, who fought communism, would be disgusted by the new crop of Marxist politicians we have in the country, People who escaped communism & came to America are incredulous about them. There is good reason why the WW2 & Korean veterans are rightfully known as the Greatest Generation.
I didn’t forget !
He was captured in the early days…
My grandfather was in the 7th as well.
My neighbor was a Korean vet. He and his wife are both still driving, riding bikes, going for walks, gardening on the daily. This old man was much more badass than I've ever been. Gotta respect vets that are going strong like him
Thank you for your service sir,in Honor of SSG Nicholas P Bellard my son KIA in Iraq, he was scout with 1st Cav Ft Hood, my dad had a man who work for him at his gas station, he served in Korea and shared many stories with me. You have my respect
Sorry for your loss.
What was your son’s name? Unit?
@@kendawa2918 Are you blind
@@kendawa2918 SSG NICHOLAS P BELLARD, 1ST CAV 6/9 3RD COMBAT TEAM, HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME DOING MISSIONS GATHERING INFO AND LOCATION OF ENEMY TRAILS,ROADS,HIDEOUTS AND MADE MAPS ON IT THEN HAUL ASS BACK TO THE FOB
Full respect sent sir. 🇺🇸
On behalf of my fellow South Koreans, we all thank the American veterans for your service.
Thank you for your expression of appreciation for our U.S. troops serving in the Korean War. My dad was one of those men.
My dad was in the 1st Marine Division...Chosin Reservoir....one of the Chosin few. Korean war veterans are true heroes and many of you suffered without the gratitude you were due. You will always have my respect and gratitude. Rest in peace daddy you were a hero.
My cousin Bob Blythe (chick) came out of the Chosing Reservoir. I heard him talk a little about what they experienced. GOD bless them all.
my great granda served as a marine in korea and lost both of his legs at the age of 18 lives till he was 86 tho we will forever miss you gilly you old man...
My father was a marine in Korea.he never spoke a word about the horrors of that war until I was in my 20s.it was a blood bath.i can't believe there isn't more stories.movies.historic documentaries ect about the war.you men went through hell.true heroes thank you for your service
My grandfather was stationed in Korea in 1947 and then went back as a 21 year old ssg when the war started in 1950. I have a picture of him goofing around there with ping pong balls over his eyes. By the end of the year he was in Walter Reed. He never talked about it to anyone. Never talked much at all, really.
My grandfather was in the Korean war he was shot 2 times in the chest but he did survive and lived till 89 but he told me you definitely didn't want to be a pow of the north koreans and that you where better off fighting to the death thanks vets for your service
My great grandpa was in Korea and told me some funny stories about the “nips” before he passed away. I miss him, he was a gem
my grandpa was i. the 45th and fought for mt baldy. he was drafted the first time witt the army and after he volunteered again with the marines. the only story really he told me was he went to get coffee one morning and saw over 1000 chinese coming from over the hill and he ran back up to warn everyone and took a few shots to the back but ended up saving a ton of peoples lives RIP
Thank you for your service and your courage god bless you and everyone else who answered the call to serve our country 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
My Pops went to Korea in 1950 he told me some crazy stories and mentioned running passed GI,s with hands bound and executed. Other stories about almost freezing to death and curling up in some hut next to a wood burning stove he said when he moved on he wasn't sure who was in that hut/ house enemy or not said at that point it didn't matter he was so weak and cold .And some stories about veitnam also ,shell-shock was bad for many years .He is missed .
The man who ran the car wash in my hometown was a Korean veteran. He said that grenades in training made the most fearsome BOOM that rained clods on you big enough to break necks, so he thought they could kill twenty men at a time. But grenades in combat versus waves of Red Chinese just went "pop" and killed a handful. The bodies absorbed the blast. He fought in the "Chosin" reservoir.
My farther “Jimmy Swain”was in the 21st Infantry “The Gimlets” in 1950. His company was overrun by the Chinese and he and 7 men were trapped behind the lines for about 30 days. He and three others made it out alive. I just don’t know where it happened. He passed away in ‘83! Thank you Sargent for your story!
For my uncle raymond scott from Kentucky, who was wounded on pork chop hill and 100%disabled and died in 1965, I was always proud of your service. My father also 100%,disabled from the second world War and then a german prisoner of war, I've always been proud of you. I served 6 years in the u s army retired rank Sgt during Vietnam another division, and the 2nd infantry division also a famous fighting division in Korea I served because of both of you.
There's a famous story in Korea just like this. It was published at the time. The name of the mystery soldier was Michael, that's what he told the wounded soldier before the ambush. The rest of the squad didn't see him and wondered why the man walked so far ahead. Look it up it's an amazing story.
It was great to hear this story from a Korean War veteran. These guys are becoming less and less. They are not that many left. The War lasted from 1950 to 1953. My mother was born in 51 and she is now 71 years old. Imagine the age of this veteran. It's great to hear this veteran's story as if it was yesterday.
Thank you for your service my grandpa Mark soldierwolf fought in that conflict
Thank you for everything sir!
Have a friend who's grandfather was in Korea. He told me his granddad still does a middle of the night armed patrol around the house still today. Respect Sergeant.
My grandfather doubles checks windows and doors with his side arm at nights after looking in each room. Such a gentle man. I can only imagine
@Brian Beatty I can’t sleep without a rifle close by. We started taking mortars and small arms one night and I couldn’t find my m4, I still have nightmares about it. I got in the habit of sleeping with a hand on it for the rest of the deployment, and it stuck
@@kylermoland8184I can't imagine that type of panic feeling. Thats a very specific type of feeling. You need that thing in that moment to fight for your life. Thank you. Take care.
It is great to see these stories of the Korean War. It such a pity that is so undocumented especially in Hollywood. The sacrifice of the whole of the UN forces should never be forgotten. From the US marines at the chosin reservoir, to the French at chipyohang, to the British glosters at the imijin River, to the phililinos at Hill eerie, to the Australians and Canadians in the kampong valley, to the turks at kunuri, and to the south Koreans fighting with their backs to the sea at Pusan holding onto what little of their country they had left at the time. The Korean War was worth fighting for as today South Korea is a one of the most prosperous free democracies in the world. Thanks to all the veterans who fought there
Retreat Hell is a very good movie.
Undocumented by Hollywood because our enemy in Korea is the same side they're on.
My Sargent, Australia Army in 1967 was a Korean war veteran. He told us stories of Korean and Chinese soldiers mass attacking their trenches in waves. They would just mow them down, and they'd keep on coming.
That opening line was hardcore
My uncle served in Korean war , the family said he was never the same ( once he returned ) I remember , family saying he would often have flashbacks, horrible nightmares and such … Despite this , he was a great auto mechanic and had a great sense of humor, i’ll always remember him as a favorite uncle … Godbless all Vets …
Thank you for sharing your story, along with your sacrifice, courage and service to answer the call. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
He’s talking about Hill 303 right outside what is now Camp Carroll in Waegwan. I was stationed there myself and we used to run up that hill every day to the memorial. It was always easy to push yourself on that run because you knew what you were about to see when you got up there so you didn’t want to let your fallen brethren down. Was good motivation to stay prepared during the months and months of constant training.
I was stationed in Korea on the DMZ for sixteen months and it was like going back in time. We've got it good here and if you've never been there you just don't know how good. GI's never shut up, they never stop talking, but after we landed there and rode the bus to Camp Casey it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Total culture shock. You burn up in the summer and freeze to death in the winter. That was the coldest I have ever been in my entire life. I was there in peace time and I can't even imagine how difficult it was to fight a war there. The service members that fought there have my total respect because they went through hell on earth.
Camp ames 1975-6 i remember that august smell of the rice patty \ south koreans some of my favorite people's of the world, the older folks loved us being there because they knew
Amazing interview from an amazing, brave man. My Uncle served in Korea in the British Army. Its the forgotten war. Thank you for your service Sir. Respect to you. 🇺🇲🇬🇧
My dad was there in 50/52. He was at Normandy as a Captain, injured 2 weeks after he landed (D-Day+2), sent back to England, which he didn't want. He was career Army, with battle being his duty. Korea was a different animal. He had never seen such viciousness from both North/South, and the complete and utter lack of human value by the Chinese government; teenagers sent into battle, on opium, attacking en masse. No care for human life ... this is what was so upsetting to my dad ... and he fought the Germans. He had to kill boys ... this was not acceptable to him ... but he did it to his utmost. He was "involved" in the Chosin Campaign. My mother and her friends would be looking everyday at the casualty list. When he came back "home" as a Major/Lt. Colonel, he had terrible nightmares, and he was a tough nut. Non-military folks would ask him where he was. He remembered that. With his experience, he taught tactics at Carlisle. He would drink just-boiled coffee in the 60s. I asked him why (I was young) ... he had never been so cold in his life, and never would be, after Frozen Chosin. He became a university professor, preferred to educate/help the "youngsters", rather than kill them, but was ready to re-enlist when needed. Buried at Arlington. Korea was a forgotten war. Thank you for posting this hero's account. The vets talk so little about that war.
There it goes young fellers. The story of a real man. May you all one day become one.
You joined on my birthday and were injured on my birthday, my first duty station 🚉 was Korea, you were injured 🤕 by artillery, I was artillery! Thank you 🙏🏼 for your service SSG!
I remember my granddad telling me how beautiful the stars were at night and the biting cold. My grandma told his story at his funeral, how him and his buddies volunteered to rescue a colonel behind enemy lines, how my great grand dad woke up in the middle of night and gathered the family and said Joes in a battle and we need to pray for him. All those memories are gone now.
There's a sadness when we put it in that context. My Grandfather was also a soldier, of the famed Australian 9th Division in WW2. I try to keep his memory alive anyway I can, his bride, my beloved Grandmother died only a couple years ago, and how I do miss her. We are all but severed from the greatest generation now and I don't like it. Makes me sad and oddly a bit angry when I see the way the world is heading, particularly country
Thank you for defending Korea sir! My wife is Korean. God bless you.
A lot of respect to this man I got my CIB also thanks for your service brother
Born and still living in Ireland I love these true life stories
Before the passing of my grandfather he never spoke to us anything from any war. The last few months of his life he was telling stories about Korea war under General MacArthur and he was proud to say he served under MacArthur. The story he told me was incredible and sad. To this day when I think of his words it still brings tears to my eyes. I love you Grandma Alfonso Perez Arce ,, Thank you for helping our country and giving our family life.
"I was not sure whether I could kill a person. And I found in a ditch 28 of our servicemen with their hands tied behind their back and shot in the back of the head. I changed my mind." Powerful
My uncle Mack Wightman survived in 101 AB, in Holland, Normandy and Bastogne then fought with the 7th Infantry Division, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company E in Inchon, Seoul, Yalu River, Hamhung, Taegu and all along the Central Front. He was a Master Sergeant leading his platoon on a charge against machine gun emplacements on Hill 1232 near Twi-got (Tami-Dong) where he was gunned down and KIA, March 9, 1951. Awarded Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism under heavy machine gun fire. My dad was stationed in Japan with USAF as a GCA Tech Sergeant and had hoped to meet up with Uncle Mack upon his return from the front lines, but it was not to be. Grandma Wightman grieved his loss for the rest of her days.
My grandmother married a former naval corpsman in the early 2000s. I lovingly refer to him as my grandfather as he was more that than my moms father ever was. He is 93 and, last time I talked to him in person at thanksgiving, his nightmares were getting worse. It makes me think about how unimaginable going up against the human Chinese wave they threw at those mountaintops.
Thank you for everything.
Great story staff seargent. I'm so glad you are alive to tell it. God bless you
Welcome Home And Thank You For Your Service ✌️
Wow. The angel took the blast from the artillery round. No other possible explanation.
Id say nah..just some unexplained thing. Why do people think god gets involved with wars, sports games, and the like....but then lets children, the most innocent , die by the millions from diseases and wars...
@@danthedewman1 The man that WAS THERE believes that, and that is good enough for me. Why isn't it for you?
@@matjj676 because im a realist...expalin why he thinks god was involved but the millions of innocent kids dying dont get that chance...i know the answer..god gets a pass...and isnt that weird..if i had the cure for diseases and said no your kids dont get none then what would you think..isnt god kinda like that..
@@danthedewman1 I can't answer for God or the man that was there. But if this brave man says he researched the issue and found no other explanation, and believes that's what happened, then that's good enough for me!
@@danthedewman1 Stop blaming god for the death of children, god abandoned the wicked. “god” abandoned all of us.
Thank you for your service.
I can't believe this channel doesn't have millions more subbed. I love hearing these heros.
Fascinating story and the end is incredible. God bless Mr Sharp and thank you for posting this.
Great recognition of what happened thank you for your service
Thank You Sir. I was friends with a late Marine, who was at the frozen Chosen.
Thank You Sir For Your Service
Thank you for sharing your story. Thank you for your service.
From one Veteran to another, God Bless you Sir.
Welcome home sir. That is a very powerful story. Thank you for sharing it.
Wow,, Just Wow!!! Much respect for you Sir! Thank you for your service to our nation!
Thank you so much for sharing with us sir.
Enjoyed the life events and how it ended. Truly blessed Thanks for your service sir
I loved hearing your story. I'm also from the Wichita area and my uncle served in the Korean War too. But he never seemed to talk about his time there. I would have loved to hear him tell his stories before he passed. God bless and thanks for your service. We owe so much to our military men and women on keeping our freedoms alive.
This was a very good talk. I felt like I was there.
Thank you for your service, sir.
Thankful for brave men like these . My grandfather was in 1st Cav 1/21 Arty
My Grandad was there with the Royal Artillery, and he was attached to an American unit.I didn't ask him which one,but he was taken prisoner a week before the ceasefire. He said the North Koreans were more evil than the Japanese in WW2.The scumbags tortured him,but he managed to survive it.I was stunned to hear him say the Chinese and North Koreans used children as suicide bombers against the Allied forces. Rest in Peace Grandad, I love you Xx
It’s sad but all evil in history has used women and children as human shields and as decoys and as human bombs.
Yes.
Like the Vietcong
Both sides have evil scumbags in any war.
Apply for his records
Thank you sir. Thank you for your recount of your war.
Thank you sir. I cant imagine the things you have seen. You are very much appreciated
Thank you for your service
My dad was in Korea and lived to be 84 and I never heard him speak one word about it. When he was in his 70s I have him a .30m1carbine for Christmas, he looked at it and said it was like the one that he carried,but it didn't have the full auto switch. He didn't take it but he liked to hunt and owned several guns but this one he didn't want.I still have it to this day
Interesting that he wouldn't take it. I wonder if he felt it may have been a weapon of a deceased comrade and didn't want the haunting. My dad carried a carbine in Korea too.
He had a m2 carbine. Saw one in the armory of the local pd along with two tommy guns. All vet bringbacks that were turned in back in the day.
Thank you, Mr. Sharp...
Thank you for your service sir and of your buddies that gave all.
Thank you for your service it needs to be brought up in history not forgotten a lot of good men lost their lives
Thanks for the great videos! Keep up the amazing work!
Thank You for Your Service, Sir.
Hi from Syracuse NY brother thank you for your service and being example to my generation
Thanks for sharing.
Love this man . He really has know know idea of what an amazing man he is.
Powerful testimony..thank you for your service brother
Thank you to all that served ❤
My late great grandad Cpl. Edwin Huelster was in the 7th infantry division in Korea. Hard man who worked on his ranch until the day he died but never spoke of Korea.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE & WHAT A WONDERFUL ENDING ✝️✝️✝️
Thank you sir for your service.
Glad you made it home God bless ,you were a very brave young man.
Dear Mr. Sharp, I think the same thing as you do. I never served my country in war. May I just say that I think this; one day when GOD calls for you, you will see that new man that took the most of that blast and saved your life for you to be here now. May the Lord continue to watch over you and yours. From Kentucky. USA