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Contents The Military History Digest is an idiosyncratic selection of military history from a variety of weblogs. Nominations for blogs to follow are always welcome at <hwar@silbey.net> ----- Early Modern ----- 1. War, Warfare, Military and Early Modern Europe by: jostwald at: <http://jostwald.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/war-warfare-military-and-early-modern-europe/> New title just released: Parrott, David. The Business of War: Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2012. Abstract: This is a major new approach to the military revolution and the relationship between warfare and the power of the state in early modern Europe. Whereas previous accounts have emphasised the growth of state-run armies during this period, David Parrott argues instead that the delegation of military responsibility to sophisticated and extensive networks of private enterprise reached unprecedented levels. This included not only the hiring of troops but their equipping, the supply of food and... 2. The Advantages of the Society of the Cincinnati by: jostwald at: <http://jostwald.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/the-advantages-of-the-society-of-the-cincinnati/> I’m back after almost a week away, mostly in Washington D.C., where I spent two days at the always-wonderful Society of the Cincinnati (SoC) library. I’ve mentioned it before, but it deserves a bit more attention. The SoC has a number of fellowships to defray the costs of short-term research trips – the deadline is usually in November and I’ll try to remind everyone on the blog as it approaches. But why bother traveling all the way to D.C. just to look at a few old books that you can get online? Nowadays we have oodles of digitized works... 3. Latest Journal of Military History by: jostwald at: <http://jostwald.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/latest-journal-of-military-history/> For those early modernists yet to receive your April 2012 issue of the JMilH, there are a few pieces worth mentioning. First up: Probasco, Nate, “The Role of Commoners and Print in Elizabeth England’s Acceptance of Firearms,” Journal of Military History 76 (April 2012): 343-372. Abstract: Even though commoners comprised the great majority of Elizabethan England’s fighting men, their role in the nation’s transition into the firearms age remains unclear. Common citizens and local officials generally protested the costs and dangers of firearms, and when they did purchase them, they often transgressed Elizabethan weapons statutes. The debate over firearms... ----- 19th Century ----- 1. Maroons Return From Exile by: Donald R. Shaffer at: <http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/maroons-return-from-exile/> One of the phenomena of slavery in the Americas was maroonage. Maroons were escaped slaves that rather than trying to make it to the North hid out in the South’s wild places. They survived by hunting and gathering, keeping clandestine gardens, pinching provisions from storehouses, and with the help of plantation slaves who at considerable risk shared with them their meager resources. It was a tenuous existence at best, especially as slaveholders periodically invaded the maroons’ wilderness sanctuaries, seeking to reclaim their human property. But it was preferable to a return to bondage and a some slaves stayed in the... 2. Gary Gallagher Assesses the World of Civil War Blogging by: Kevin Levin at: <http://cwmemory.com/2012/03/22/gary-gallagher-assesses-the-world-of-civil-war-blogging/> Last night I heard some rumblings on Facebook and Harry Smeltzer’s blog that the June 2012 issue of Civil War Times includes an editorial on Civil War blogging by Gary [...]... 3. Sons of Confederate Veterans Dig Up Graves by: Kevin Levin at: <http://cwmemory.com/2012/03/26/sons-of-confederate-veterans-dig-up-graves/> This is just downright bizarre. This past weekend in west Raleigh, North Carolina the local SCV dug up and moved the remains of the Hollerman brothers, one of who was [...]... 4. Civil War Memory Goes to Yale by: Kevin Levin at: <http://cwmemory.com/2012/03/27/civil-war-memory-goes-to-yale/> This morning I traveled to New Haven, Connecticut to visit with David Blight’s Civil War Memory seminar at Yale. It was my first time to the campus and I had [...]... 5. A Progressive Attempts to Understand Robert E. Lee by: Kevin Levin at: <http://cwmemory.com/2012/03/31/a-progressive-attempts-to-understand-robert-e-lee/> I am about half-way through and thoroughly enjoying Keith D. Dickson’s new book, Sustaining Southern Identity: Douglas Southall Freeman and Memory in the Modern South (Louisiana State University Press, 2012). [...]... 6. Civil War Naval Aviation by: noreply@blogger.com (Gordon Calhoun) at: <http://civilwarnavy150.blogspot.com/2012/03/civil-war-naval-avaition.html> Of all the discussion about Civil War naval warfare and technology, the use of barges as balloon carriers always produces at least a short discussion. Early aeronauts Thaddeus Lowe, John La Mountain, and many others all attempted to get the U.S. Army's attention with their respective balloon corps projects. In naval warfare history, the project that gets the most attention is Lowe's George Washington Parke Custis (often written as G.W.P. Custis for short). A self-taught chemist who made several ground breaking discoveries into the chemical properties and application of hydrogen, Lowe had an invented a machine that created hydrogen... 7. A Little Bit of March Madness for Cwn 150 Fans by: noreply@blogger.com (Matthew T. Eng) at: <http://civilwarnavy150.blogspot.com/2012/03/little-bit-of-march-madness-for-cwn-150.html> USS Benton Ship Plans As many of you know, college basketball season is winding to a close with its annual tournament of 64. Now in the clutches of the last four remaining teams, it would seem fitting to introduce a little bit of bracketology into this blog once again. How does this relate to the Civil War Navy you ask? For our longtime readers, you may recall we did something similar (albeit a bit drawn out) back in 2011 with the Greatest Naval Officer of the Civil War. As a way to get some more interaction on the blog, here... 8. Civil War Coast Survey Maps Online by: noreply@blogger.com (Gordon Calhoun) at: <http://civilwarnavy150.blogspot.com/2012/03/civil-war-coast-survey-maps-online.html> Confederate Defenses, Craney Island, Norfolk, 1861During the Civil War, both the U.S. Navy and Army benefited greatly from topographical engineers of the United States Coast Survey. In a time where everything was hand drawn, these engineers were among the finest mapmakers in the world. The maps themselves are not only to be greatly admired for their accuracy, but also as stand alone art. The modern day Coast Survey (now under the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) has placed all of their office's Civil War maps online in a searchable database. The maps are ready to be inspected and downloaded. Be... 9. “He Gave Ol’ Abe a Fearsome Fright”-the First Battle of Kernstown by: Phill Greenwalt at: <http://emergingcivilwar.com/2012/03/23/he-gave-ol-abe-a-fearsome-fright-the-first-battle-of-kernstown/> The lyric above, taken from a 2nd South Carolina String Band song fittingly describes the Battle of Kernstown on March 23, 1862. Acting on an erroneous report, Confederate General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson attacked what he thought was an outnumbered Union rearguard approximately five miles below Winchester, Virginia. This rearguard commanded by Colonel Nathan Kimballactually outnumbered Jackson’s command by two to one and caused Jackson to retreat, which led to a sticky situation in the Confederate general corps. ,Colonel Nathan Kimball Jackson’s command had been ordered to protect General Joseph Johnston’s left flank as that command began preparations to retreat... 10. Bright Afternoon at the Bloody Angle by: Chris Mackowski at: <http://emergingcivilwar.com/2012/03/25/bright-afternoon-at-the-bloody-angle/> The Bloody Angle Sunday, March 25, 2012 Standing near the McGowen Monument, looking toward the West Angle ... 11. In Praise of Preservationists by: Chris Mackowski at: <http://emergingcivilwar.com/2012/03/28/in-praise-of-preservationists/> Most of the time, we think of preservationist “out in the trenches,” doing the front-line work to save dirt and grass and history. On Tuesday, at least, when I had the good pleasure of spending some time with folks from the Central Virginia Battlefield Trust and the Civil War Trust, they were tucked in their cubicles and rooting through file cabinets. Such was the glorious work of Civil War preservation. I started the morning with Jerry Brent, executive director of (CVBT). I’m working on a project that outlines the history of land acquisition for the Chancellorsville battlefield, and CVBT... 12. North Carolina in the Herbst Woodlot by: Kristopher D White at: <http://emergingcivilwar.com/2012/03/28/north-carolina-in-the-herbst-woodlot/> Monument of the 26th North Carolina, on the first day battlefield, at Gettysburg. ... 13. Fire at the Bloody Angle Revisited by: Caity Stuart at: <http://emergingcivilwar.com/2012/03/29/fire-at-the-bloody-angle-revisited> Earlier this month, I helped with a prescribed burn at Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle.I had the chance earlier this week to revisit the scene. The color of the amber leaves against the sooty ground caught my eye. It looks like autumn, but actually, spring is coming on fast. My time here at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania is coming to a close, so as I looked over the field, I felt a real sense of pride at being able to physically take care of the battlefields where I have shared stories for the past two year. Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Be the first to like this... 14. After the Fire by: Chris Mackowski at: <http://emergingcivilwar.com/2012/03/30/after-the-fire/> The smell of smoke still hangs over the battlefield. It’s been a week since Park Service personnel have done their prescribed burn at Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle, and I’ve come out to see the scorched landscape for myself. I’m not sure what I expected to see, but I am surprised by how the land has already started to green. Life has already begun to return. The natural beauty of the Bloody Angle remains its most powerful draw for me. It stuns me with its beauty, yet it also infuses within me a deep sense of quiet. It’s the perfect place for... 15. The Forgotten 5th Corps: Additional Photos by: Kristopher D White at: <http://emergingcivilwar.com/2012/04/03/the-forgotten-5th-corps-additional-photos> I am preparing to finish up my final post on the Forgotten 5th Corps. In the meantime I thought I would upload a few pictures to add to my last few posts. I hope these give you a better understanding of the area of operations. This view is looking from the north side of Little Round Top,across the Valley of Death,and into the Wheatfield. The monument to the 6th Pennsylvania Reserves. The monument sites on the north side of the Wheatfield Road near the Weikert Farm. A view of the ankle deep marsh land that much of the... 16. Drawing the War, Part 3: Frank Vizetelly by: Meg Thompson at: <http://emergingcivilwar.com/2012/04/04/drawing-the-war-part-3-frank-vizetelly/> third in a series For those who think political correctness is the bastard child of the late twentieth century, artist Frank Vizetelly would strongly disagree. A mere sketch of retreating Union troops at the end of the Battle of First Bull Run upset Simon Cameron and General Scott so much that . . . well . . . it is an interesting story. Frank Vizetelly was born in London to a family prominent in the newspaper publishing business. The Illustrated London News was founded in 1842 by Frank’s older brother, Henry, and his business partner, Herbert Ingham. Their first issue sold 26,000 copies, but by 1863... 17. Morning at Mine Run by: Chris Mackowski at: <http://emergingcivilwar.com/2012/04/05/morning-at-mine-run/> The first draft of the manuscript is in the mail–always a welcome feeling–but already I’m looking down the road to the next project. In this case, the road I’m looking down is Virginia Route 20. I’m standing at the intersection near the old Robertson’s Tavern in Locust Grove, looking down the long descent in the direction of Mine Run. That’s where the next campaign will take me. Kris White and I have just wrapped up the first draft of our manuscript on the Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church, Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front. We already have some revisions... 18. A 54th Massachusetts Captain Describes the Attack on Fort Wagner by: noreply@blogger.com (Ron Coddington) at: <http://facesofthecivilwar.blogspot.com/2012/03/54th-massachusetts-captain-describes.html> John Whittier Messer Appleton (1832-1913) participated in the thick of the fighting in the ill-fated assault on Fort Wagner with his regiment, the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry, on July 18, 1863. In December 1899, he provided the testimony below to support the nomination of Sgt. William H. Carney for a Medal of Honor.Appleton, himself twice wounded in the attack, does a very nice job in providing a sense of space and time by simply describing the journey of the flag from the moment Carney picked it up on the beach during the approach to the fortification, until its... 19. “Patriotic Gore Is Not Really Much Like Any Other Book by Anyone” by: noreply@blogger.com (dw) at: <http://obab.blogspot.com/2012/03/patriotic-gore-is-not-really-much-like_26.html> Interesting article by David Blight at Slate.com. . .===============Revisiting one of the most important and confounding books ever written about the Civil War. By David Blight|Posted Thursday, March 22, 2012, at 7:02 AM ETFifty years ago this spring, the great literary critic Edmund Wilson, author of classic intellectual histories of Marxism, French symbolism, English literature of all kinds, and many other subjects, published one of the most important and confounding books ever written on the American Civil War. Patriotic Gore: Studies in the... 20. The Arrow War by: Mitch Williamson at: <http://warandgame.com/?p=26746> ... ----- World War I ----- 1. The Big Heart by: George Simmers at: <http://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/the-big-heart/> An intriguing item in the Monash University online exhibit of detective fiction is number 63: The Big Heart, by John G. Brandon, described as the story of ‘a soldier, demobilized after the First World War, who finds work as a detective unravelling a blackmail plot.’ The book turns out to be one of the early-twenties thrillers that responded to the immense success of Sapper’s Bulldog Drummond by imitating it (Agatha Christie’s The Secret Adversary is another example.) The similarities to Sapper’s bookare many: the plot is kicked off by a newspaper advertisement; the heroes are a group of ex... 2. Crozier’s ‘a Brass Hat in No Man’s Land’ by: George Simmers at: <http://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/croziers-a-brass-hat-in-no-mans-land> Crozier in 1916 Brigadier-General F.P. Crozier was not the kind of soldier who let ethical niceties get in the way of military success. Describing typical trench raids in his memoir A Brass Hat in No Man’s Land (1930), he writes: As we require only one prisoner on each occasion, and as more are a nuisance, all other enemy soldiers encountered must be put to death. All – it is implied – includes those offering to surrender. What are our weapons? The pistol, the rifle, the bullet, the bayonet, knuckle-dusters, hook knives with which to rip up, daggers for the heart... 3. Robert Graves on Crozier and on War Fiction by: George Simmers at: <http://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/robert-graves-on-crozier-and-on-war-fiction> In a letter responding to the Times Literary Supplement’s rather grudging account of Crozier’s A Brass Hat in No Man’s Land, Robert Graves wrote (26 June, 1930): That a senior officer of his distinction had turned King’s Evidence against modern war was an event that should have been more attentively greeted. He defends Crozier against charges of inaccuracy with this ingenious argument: I would even paradoxically say that the memoirs of a man who went through some of the worst experiences of trench warfare are not truthful if they do not contain a high proportion of falsities. High-explosive barrages... 4. John Allan Wyeth by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Kendall) at: <http://war-poets.blogspot.com/2012/03/john-allan-wyeth.html> His poetry having been neglected for 80 years, John Allan Wyeth is at long last receiving appropriate attention. BJ Omanson has established a new blog (here) in Wyeth's honour, and has posted an excellent essay of his own on Wyeth's work. The blog also lists many online resources, including an assessment by Dana Gioia of Wyeth's achievement, and three blogposts by yours truly. Wyeth is a fantastic poet. If there is a better American soldier-poet of the First World War, I haven't encountered him yet.... 5. Ted Hughes: 'Bayonet Charge' by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Kendall) at: <http://war-poets.blogspot.com/2012/04/ted-hughes-bayonet-charge.html> I have already said my piece about the AQA GCSE poetry syllabus and what it calls the 'Conflict' cluster. (I take 'cluster' to be the AQA's decorous abbreviation of a more accurate military term which, alas, cannot be used on a family-friendly blog.) Now I will do my best to help those unfortunates brought to this site in search of information about one particular poem: Ted Hughes's 'Bayonet Charge'. What follows is a set of loose notes. Anyone inclined to explore Hughes's treatment of war more generally can read my essay on that very subject here. 1. 'Bayonet Charge... ----- World War II ----- 1. As It Was by: Brett Holman at: <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/airminded/~3/SJS8vrEAgNQ/> Don Charlwood's No Moon Tonight has a reputation as one of the best Bomber Command memoirs. Charlwood was a Victorian who joined the RAAF in 1941, trained as a navigator in Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme, and then flew in Halifaxes and Lancasters with 103 Squadron at Elsham Wolds. Having survived his tour of 30 ops in 1942 and 1943, he stayed in aviation after the war, albeit on the ground as a civil air traffic controller. No Moon Tonight was originally published in 1956 and was the first of more than a dozen books by Charlwood, some... 2. The Necessary Madness of Air Defence by: Brett Holman at: <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/airminded/~3/5nk8wNelSKY/> In 1910, two Army officers, Second Lieutenant Bowle-Evans and Lieutenant Cammell independently put forward a new idea for an anti-aircraft weapon: the vortex ring gun. In principal, it involved the formation of a vortex in the air, by the firing of an explosive charge inside a conical 'gun' which, if it were pointed upwards, would propel the vortex towards the intended airborne target on which, it was suggested, the violent air movement within the vortex would have a sufficiently destructive effect. Some practical support for the theory was provided firstly by a Dr Pernter of Germany who had... 3. Acquisitions by: Brett Holman at: <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/airminded/~3/Ie_C4SBxUuQ/> Virginia Nicholson. Millions Like Us: Women's Lives During the Second World War. London: Penguin, 2012. Disappointingly, not the novelisation of the film. I haven't read her Singled Out -- I think the 'lost generation' thing is a bit exaggerated -- but the Daily Mail liked this one a lot, and that's good enough for me. Craig Stockings, ed. Anzac's Dirty Dozen: 12 Myths of Australian Military History. Sydney, NewSouth Books, 2012. Again, I never did get around to buying Stockings's previous edited collection, Zombie Myths of Australian Military History, but this is potentially even more interesting. Whereas that book critiqued myths surrounding... 4. Self-Archive: the Air Panic of 1935 by: Brett Holman at: <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/airminded/~3/wUUCBiJ6O_Y/> It's now a year since my article 'The air panic of 1935: the British press between disarmament and rearmament' was published in the Journal of Contemporary History. As noted noted previously, as it was with SAGE this means I can now self-archive the accepted version (i.e. which has passed peer review). This is the abstract: The British fear of bombing in the early 20th century has aptly been termed 'the shadow of the bomber'. But the processes by which the public learned about the danger of bombing are poorly understood. This paper proposes that the press was the primary... 5. A Forgotten Horror: the Great Tokyo Air Raid by: Kirk Spitzer at: <http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/03/27/a-forgotten-horror-the-great-tokyo-air-raid> TOKYO – On a clear night in March 1945, more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers launched one of the most devastating air raids in history. By dawn, more than 100,000 people were dead, a million were homeless, and 40 square kilometers of Tokyo were burned to the ground. More people were killed in the Tokyo firebombing [...]... 6. Interesting Post and Discussion by: Charles McCain at: <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CharlesMccain/~3/QvX_HRLIG-g/interesting-post-and-discussion.html> Tad pointed this post and discussion at The Edge of the American West out to me and I found it interesting.Can't say as I agree with him. The Anglo-American bombing offensive against Germany was a brilliant success. The key to making sense of this is understanding that the number one strategic goal of the Allies was the keep the Soviets in the war since they killed over 80% of German soldiers killed in World War Two. Further 80% of the land battles in WW Two were fought on Soviet territory. Stalin reminded Churchill and Roosevelt of this many times.First... 7. Book Review – Bismarck: the Final Days of Germany’s Greatest Battleship by: Ross at: <http://thoughtsonmilitaryhistory.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/book-review-bismarcl-the-final-days-of-germanys-greatest-battleship> [Cross posted from Birmingham "On War"] Niklas Zetterling and Michael Tamelander, Bismarck: The Final Days of Germany’s Greatest Battleship. Newbury: Casemate, 2009. 319pp, Illustrations, Maps, Notes, Index, £19.99 (Hbk) The story of the KMS Bismarck has all the hallmarks of a Greek tragedy. The Bismarck was the centrepiece of the Kriegsmarine’s new ocean going fleet [...]... 8. Ten Commandments for Advance Base Personnel (1945) by: noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Grog) at: <http://usstranquillity.blogspot.com/2012/03/ten-commandments-for-advance-base.html> The following series of comic panels focus on an unfortunate soul named “Mac,” a well-meaning sailor who breaks each of ten "Health Commandments" while serving at an advanced base in the Pacific during World War II. Mac’s wanton behavior and frequent snafus incurs the wrath of disease, and subsequently his shipmates. Originally published in pamphlet form in April 1945 by the Visual Education Department, Fleet Service Schools, San Diego, CA, these series of comic panels were used as a training tool to educate Navy and Marine Corps personnel on proper hygiene.Commandment IThou shalt not drink water from any source... ----- Cold War ----- 1. Profile 64: Final - "Kingfish One" as Flown by Leo Thorsness by: noreply@blogger.com (JSM) at: <http://ww2fighters.blogspot.com/2012/03/profile-64-final-kingfish-one-as-flown.html> DONE! And for a guy who normally loathes his own work, I'm surprised. It's pretty good.You might be interested to know that this very F-105F survived the Vietnam War, which, if you read the stats in a prior post, is a rare thing. According to one statistician, an F-105 pilot in 1967 Vietnam had a 1:4 chance in completing his required tour of 100 missions. One could say that 301 was fortunate to have made it.However, I don't think the word fortunate could be used to describe what happened to Leo. Barely a week and a half... 2. Profile 65 - "Billings Belle" as Flown by Earl Depner by: noreply@blogger.com (JSM) at: <http://ww2fighters.blogspot.com/2012/04/profile-65-billings-belle-as-flown-by.html> It's The Story that draws me to a particular airplane. Some stories are obvious - like that of Leo Thorsness' F-105 or the B-24, "Flak Shack. They represent the heroic clashes of aerial sabers. Some are historic - Hank Snow's Snowballs and Dick Cole's Doolittle Raider B-25 come to mind.And some are the result of a subtle but continual tap to the consciousness over years and years...until one day, it seems like the entire span of time was a set up for one purpose - draw the airplane.Behold, Billings Belle. Right now, it's a crude pencil sketch. But shortly... ----- Post-Cold-War ----- 1. Iraqi Ieds: Payback Time by: Mark Thompson at: <http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/03/27/iraqi-ieds-payback-time/> This doesn’t happen very often: 1. An Iraqi made IEDs during the most violent years of the conflict. 2. One of his bombs may have killed four members of the Pennsylvania National Guard in 2005. 3. The bomb-builder, Waad Ramadan Alwan, somehow managed to come to the U.S. as a refugee in 2009. 4. He [...]... ----- Misc/Thematic ----- 1. Construction of First Naval Hospital by: Naval Institute Archives at: <http://www.navalhistory.org/2012/04/02/construction-of-first-naval-hospital/> April 2nd, 1827 Construction of the United States’ first Naval hospital begins On April 2nd, 1827, the construction of the U. S. Navy’s first hospital began, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Although the construction of this hospital, which was finally completed in 1830, took three years, it marked a great milestone in the history of U. S. [...] ... 2. In Memoriam: John L. "Jack" Fenwick, U.S. Marine and Combat Artist by: noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Grog) at: <http://usstranquillity.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-memoriam-john-l-jack-fenwick-us.html> Fenwick at NNMC, 1951BUMED Library and ArchivesJohn L. "Jack" Fenwick , a retired U.S. Marine Sergeant and Korean War veteran, whose combat drawings are displayed at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (formerly the National Naval Medical Center) died on 18 March 2012. He was 82. In 1951, while a patient at the National Naval Medical Center, Fenwick picked up a sketch pad and began drawing out his stark and unforgiving memories of the war. Fifty years later, he and his wife donated these drawings to the hospital. http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/obits/story/john-jack-fenwick-marine-sergeant/225939... 3. Oral History: Sgt John "Jack" Fenwick, Combat Artist by: noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Grog) at: <http://usstranquillity.blogspot.com/2012/03/oral-history-sgt-john-jack-fenwick.html> Telephone interview with Sergeant John L. Fenwick, Jr., Co. A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Wounded in action, Korea. Conducted by Jan K. Herman, Historian, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 25 October 2000.When did you go to Korea?I went with the first and second replacement drafts which went from Japan together. We landed right after the Wonsan landing. We then went to a repo [replacement] depot and then were assigned to our units.Were you involved in “Operation Yo Yo?”Oh, yes, and then I saw some action at Chosin Reservoir.What do you remember about that?I’ll... 4. Combat Art: the Fenwick Drawings by: noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Grog) at: <http://usstranquillity.blogspot.com/2012/03/combat-art-fenwick-drawings.html> On a misty morning in October 1951, SGT John “Jack” Fenwick was on a mission to capture a prisoner to interrogate when his unit collided with a superior force of North Koreans. Most of his Marine comrades perished in the savage firefight that followed. The exchange left Fenwick bleeding and near death as at least four machine gun bullets ripped through his body. Through the gallant efforts of hospital corpsmen, Fenwick was rendered first aid and evacuated by helicopter behind the lines. A Navy surgeon then spent hours repairing Fenwick’s grave wounds before transferring him to a hospital ship offshore... ----- For subscription help, go to: http://www.h-net.org/lists/help/ To change your subscription settings, go to http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=h-war -----
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