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...they walked, others lay sprawled grotesquely on the frozen stubble by the roadside, in the deathlike sleep of utter exhaustion. One R.O.K. rifleman was crawling on his hands and knees, his Garand still slung across his back, when some G.I.s with an I. and R. (Intelligence and Reconnaissance) platoon found him and packed him off in a jeep...
...pointed down a small valley toward two smoldering villages. "Some of my troops, including a few wounded, are pinned down there," he said. "I've lost my senior major, a classmate of mine whom I've known for 25 years. I've also lost my assault platoon commander. We're just about to go in and get out the rest." Then the colonel had some cheese & crackers and a mug of tea, swung his carbine over his shoulder and marched off to join his riflemen. The counterattack came off successfully, and a few hours later...
...quiet. Popko's platoon sergeant discovered that all the other men on Hill 303 had either been killed or pushed back. Popko and his buddies managed to get off the hill with the help of a South Korean who led them through enemy lines. At dawn, they were ordered to retake the hill. A couple of times that morning, Stan Popko ran up & down that hill, chasing the enemy or being chased by him. Then he went up for the last time. "It seemed like I was all alone. There were supposed to be guys on both sides...
...once again be free to help my boys. They placed their faith in me and . . . whenever I led I brought them all back and now someone else leads them and I know they need me. Maybe in a sense I need them-my dirty, stinking and loyal platoon...
Sergeant Ward was sent back to Korea and his dirty, stinking and loyal platoon. His mother said: "When men in our tribe say something, they mean...