Korean War Oral Histories

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Video Video Description Service Branch Rank Specialty or Rate

Elmer R Horney

Army Vet received a Purple Heart as a machine gunner in Korea

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U.S. Army
1950 to 1952
Private First Class (PFC) [E-3] Machine Gunner, 1St Gunner

Nelson R Hoskins

20 year Navy Vet was on a Destroyer off the coast of North Korea

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U.S. Navy
1949 to 1968
Chief Petty Officer [E-7] Ship Repair Maintenance

Meryl Jackson

Army Vet served his country stateside in the early 1950's in supply distribution.

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U.S. Army
1950 to 1952

Donald John Jones

Her husband was a POW in both WWII and Korea. He died in a North Korean POW camp in 1951.

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U.S. Army Sergeant

Herbert C Jones

This Vet was a dentist and joined the Army Dental Corps during the Korean War.

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U.S. Army
1951 to 1953
Captain [O-3] Dentist

Frank J Kappmeyer

Breakfast at the sleeping bag

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U.S. Army
1951 to 1953
Corporal Ordinance

James P Kelly

Going from one ship to the other by lines

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U.S. Navy
1950 to 1954

Dennis Ray Kiewiet

Korean Era Army Vet was stationed in Germany in the early 1950's.

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U.S. Army
1952 to 1954
Corporal Radio Operator

Adoulf H. Kimball

Permanent KP got whatever food they wanted

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U.S. Army
1951 to 1953
Corporal Dozer/cat & Scraper Operator

Richard L Kinney

Army Vet was a lineman in the Signal Corps in Germany in the early 1950's.

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U.S. Army
1951 to 1953
Corporal Pole Lineman

John P Kisner

Army Vet was with the "Big Red 1" in Germany. (1951-54)

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U.S. Army
1951 to 1953
Sergeant

Francis M Kreb

WWII was over but this Army Vet was sent to Okinawa in the 1950's as a cook.

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U.S. Army
1951 to 1953
Corporal Cook

Robert G. Kunkle

Korean Army Vet was 19 years old when wounded, serving his country on the front line.

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U.S. Army
1950 to 1952
Paratrooper

Phillip K Kuriger

This Army Vet was 19 years old when his company assaulted Mt. Baldi in Korea.

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U.S. Army
1952
Artillery Hq; Mail Clerk; Motion Picture Operator

John J Kvidera

Vet was one of five brothers that served. One brother wounded in Korea and one brother killed at Pearl Harbor. He recalls not knowing his brother was killed there.

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U.S. Army
1950
Radio Code Operator

Frank P Lape

During the Korean War, this Air Force Vet was in the South Pacific. He recalls an unusual incident.

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U.S. Air Force
1952 to 1956
Supply Club

Arthur D Larson

Navy Vet recalls the first time he saw his ship, the destroyer "USS Hunnington" (early 1950's)

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U.S. Navy
1952 to 1954
Fireman In Engine Room

George Vernon Leerhoff

Army Vet was stateside for the CIC (Counter Intelligence Corps) in the early 1950's.

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U.S. Army
1952 to 1954
Corporal Office Clerk- 101St Airborne

Laverne J Lentz

Korean Army Vet recalls methods of communication with the folks back home in the early 1950's.

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U.S. Army
1953 to 1954
[E-5] Administrative Supervisor

Marvin James Leverington

One bomb every night

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U.S. Marine Corps
1952
Front Lines; Maintenance At Transit Camp

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