Word: jaskilka
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...There's a ditch on the other side of the wall," said Jaskilka. "Roll over the wall into the ditch, then get up fast and make for the right side of the beach. Good luck...
...neared the sea wall the sound of small arms intensified. My hands, my armpits and my face were covered with sweat. Sam Jaskilka looked...
...ground behind the sea wall was literally torn apart. Dust still hung from the last rocket explosions and air and ground reeked with cordite fumes. Marines were running in every direction. After a moment I caught sight of Captain Jaskilka standing straight and calmly surveying the situation. He trotted on 150 yards to a small, gutted building near the Wolmi causeway. There he met his executive officer, 1st Lieut. Gilbert R. Hershey (son of Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey). "They all got ashore fine, skipper," reported Hershey...
...young marine ran up the road from the shore herding two scared North Korean soldiers before him. When he saw Jaskilka, he yelled: "Halt, you bastards!" Then he reported: "I find 'em in a solo skipper. What do I do with them?" Jaskilka told him to take them to the beach and turn them over to the shore party...
...brought in a rather staggering prize: a whole platoon, led by its lieutenant, from the third battalion of the 26th North Korean regiment, the outfit defending Inchon. The patrol had moved in on the platoon, which gave up without a fight. The Korean lieutenant, eager to be cooperative, told Jaskilka that much of his battalion had been killed in the two-day shelling of Inchon. Those who survived had retreated in the direction of Seoul...