"The Four-Legged Marine Who Became a Korean War Hero" Topic
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| Tango01 | 04 May 2020 10:22 p.m. PST |
"The United States Marine Corps has endured few firefights as savage as the Battle for Outpost Vegas in the waning months of the Korean War. With a roar that sounded like "twenty tornadoes tearing at a countryside," according to one serviceman, more than 500 mortar and artillery rounds per minute deluged the mountaintop ridge where the Recoilless Rifle Platoon of the 5th Marines attempted to repel a Chinese assault on March 27, 1953. So much ordnance howled overhead that radar screens could only display a giant, useless blur and incoming and outgoing shells collided in mid-flight. As the sky fell on the Marines defending Outpost Vegas—so named because it would be a gamble to hold—they rejoiced as the silhouette of their beloved comrade emerged once again from the shroud of smoke that cloaked their position. All day long, their fellow Marine had traversed the "smoking, death-pocked rubble" to deliver fresh ammunition along with a badly needed boost of morale…"
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| athun25 | 05 May 2020 6:04 a.m. PST |
Great find, Tango. I have read about Reckless before, and as a owner of 4 horses myself, I can't imagine how extraordinary this horse, no Marine, really was. |
| Tango01 | 05 May 2020 11:56 a.m. PST |
Happy you like it too my friend!. (smile)
I'm owner of horses too!… Loved them!.
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 Legion 4   | 05 May 2020 3:40 p.m. PST |
Yes I've heard about this heroic horse.  Merrill's Marauders used a bunch of mule in the CBI too. |
| Tango01 | 06 May 2020 12:26 p.m. PST |
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