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Date of Passing Sep 20, 2020
Location of Interment Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery - Birdeye, Arkansas
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Passed away 15 September 2020 at 88 years of age.
There they go. Bright young men with bright young faces marching off to war in far away places. Places so horrible they can’t be imagined.
Two days after arriving in the combat zone, they come out. Their cadence ever changed. Eyes hallowed by the horror that’s unique to war that most will never know.
When soldiers come home, their time in combat done, they find little rest. Those scenes are not diminished; never fading into shadows of the past. Their memories are as stark and real as the day they happened —even after the passage of seven decades.
Today, he finds his rest. Today, the wars are finally over. Today, another soldier has gone home.
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Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)/Eighth Army Offensive
From Month/Year
September / 1950
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September / 1950
Description The Eighth Army began its offensive northward on 16 September. The ROK I and II Corps were in position on the north side of the perimeter. The U.S. I Corps, composed to the 1st Cavalry Division, the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade, the 24th Division, and the 1st ROK Division, was on the Taegu front. The remainder of the Eighth Army, positioned along the Naktong, included the U.S. 2d and 25th Divisions and attached ROK units. Progress was limited at first, but as the portent of the converging attacks became clear to the North Koreans, they fled north with heavy losses in men and materiel. Elements of the 7th Division (X Corps) and the 1st Cavalry Division (Eighth Army) made contact late on 26 September just south of Suwon, thus effecting a juncture of U.N. forces. Organized enemy resistance continued in the Eighth Army sector until the last days of September. Although large numbers of enemy troops escaped through the eastern mountains, more than 100,000 prisoners were captured during this period; by 30 September the North Korean Army had ceased to exist as an organized force below the 38th parallel. However, remnants of the army, fighting as guerrillas, continued to pose a considerable threat to the security of the U.N. forces.