Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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H Ha ,. . ..... A - ,. ' Somewhere in Korea . . . Back in the summer of 1950-early summer-one of those television or radio quiz shows could have probably stumped every contestant just by asking where Korea was. Everybody knows now. But back in early '50 it was just a long, skinny hunk of real estate over near Japan someplace that nobody gave two hoots about. Some of the young guys in our outfit weren't even too sure about its location and they were right around the corner from it. Aerial view of the Chosin Reservoir Area. Who am I? Well, that isn't important. I could be a youngster straight out of indoctrination with wet ears and two left feet. Or I could be a six-striper with hash- marks all the way to my shoulder. Or I could even be a West Pointer with a ramrod for a backbone and a voice like a 105mm howitzer. What is important is that I am a member of the 7th Infantry Division, U. S. Army. If you know anything about history at all you know about us. Attu, Leyte, Okinawa. Those are just a few of the Waiting fo debark from the UNST ElIinge . S f so 4 r

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,Juv- 1 1 North of Seoul-GI's cleaning weapons during break. A ., ,, 5 3 , 3 .Z 2, W-if! A lone GI advances 'lowurds the border. , i ii A lf! To the north, the 17th Infantry Regiment had speared a drive through Pungsan and Kapsan and entered the key Yalu River city of Hyesanjin four days before. It was one of the few units to reach the Yalu and spirits in the Bayonet Division were high. A three battalion task force of the Division had also moved to the eastern shore of the Chosin Reservoir and was settling back for a brief rest. That was on 25 November, 1950--two months and il ' ' i N -f i ' K f 4 .. it all s . !Ell ' rl f ' X 4 9 V, ,, , - V ! ii 6 Z: Xxx M ,U X 4 K? NX si d -I 65pnD5f i if 9' -ff i fum -' - g. -- - f e ...fi ' ---l.i-I .-X F? ' ' . - ig1f 'i' Hey fellows, how about giving me that ol' grim and determined look?