Danny, Don’t Play With Him Uijonbu, Korea July, 1952 Charley Kauneckis was the volunteer point man on every patrol or raid for Company L, 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd platoon. Prior to this, he was a paratrooper for the 187 Regimental Combat Team that made two jumps in Korea, then they were distributed to the combat… Continue reading Don’t Play With Him
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Charley Korea 1952
Charlie Kaurneckis Chorion Valley, Korea 1952 “Sarah, roll the wallpaper off the walls, we’re moving.” This was Charley. He had a negative comment for every ethnic group. Did he know his own? When I told him that I was Jewish and from New York, he exclaimed, “Oh, a New York Irishman! From now on… Continue reading Charley Korea 1952