“These rough hills are hard to get at. It’s just like when a fellow tries to scale a wall, and somebody is hitting his fingers with that machine gunning coming down at us. The mortar and artillery fire is thick, and the casualties are heavy.”
MSGT Keeble to his wife, Nettie, during Op Nomad.
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
14 Oct 51 Unit moved out by march in the early morning apprx 1 1/2 miles to forward hill positions 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 2 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th Inf for rats & qtrs weather fair & WArm morale high 14Oct51
Stockwell Edward H RA14147141 LWA 14-10 Chupa-ri Rsgnd121stEvacHosp 16-10 Los Angeles CA
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
15 Oct 51, Unit moved into the attack apprx 0500 hrs received heavy artillery & small arms fire secured position apprx 0930 hrs 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th Inf for rats & qtrs
15Oct51
Armstrong John T US53025990 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri Bartow GA
Banascewski Eugene F US55083739 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri Dakota MN
Browning John W RA14276674 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri Greenville SC
Dente Sabato US51085439 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri TrtdRtndDy 16-10 Kings NY
Dixon Bervin L US56111150 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri
Huckleberry Charles L US56075852 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri Los Angeles CA
Hooper Alonza L US53012332 KIA 15-10 Chupa-ri NC
Kilgore Kenneth G US55007110 LWA 15-10 TrtdRtrndDy Jackson MO
Kirksey johnathan US55043874 KIA 15-10 Chupa-ri
Kolessar Edward L 1stLt 0-1330192 KIA 10-15-51 Allegheny PA
Kurgan Billie RA16348111 KIA 10-15-51
Larson Earl US56060060 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri Weber UT
Lavorgna Anthony L US56074599 LWA Chupa-ri 15-10
Liner William B US52045784 KIA Chupa-ri 15-10 Jefferson, Ky
Lopez David US56141047 LWA 15-10 TrtdRtndDy Torrence CA
Lynch William T RA14391966 LWA Hudong-ni 15-10 Greenville SC
Monk Charles C US52090094 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri RsgndSwdshRdCrssHosp22-10 Russell VA
Nagle Harry E US550359190 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri
Smith Billy G RA19396442 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri CA
Stevens Charles R RA17286627 LWA 15-10 TrtRtrnDy Scott IA
Troff Harold L RA17315426 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri Dodge MN
Williams Edward D RA13297914 LWA 15-10 Chupa-ri TrtdRtndDy 16-10 Lackawana PA
Zumwalt Harold RA17285518 LWA 15-10 TrtRtrnDy Blue-Earth MN
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
16 Oct 51 Unit went into an other attack and secured an other position 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th Inf for rats & qtrs weather fair & Warm morale high16Oct51
Adcock Gerald W RA16296249 LWA 16-10 TrtdRtrdDy NY
Bayley Ralph H RA16359049 KIA Chupa-ri 16-10 Henry IN
Davitt Michael US51061688 SWA 16-10 Chupa-ri New-York NY
Keeble Woodrow W NG20711396 LWA 16-10 TrtdRtrdDy Wahpeton ND
Worker Ernest US51085305 SWA 16-10 Chupa-ri
Deutsch Tony US51061460 LWA 16-10 Chupa-ri Bronx NY
Moreno Thomas US56144800 LWA 16-10 Chupa-ri Los Angeles CA
Pearce William D US55139095 LWA 16-10 TrtdRtrdDy
Slater Donald K RA19346105 KIA 16-10 Chupa-ri
Taylor William F RA19397761 KIA 16-10 Chupa-ri
Tyler Emile US53085698 KIA 16-10 Chupa-ri
Wingard James R RA13355020 LWA 16-10 Chupa-ri Fayette PA
York Robert J US55080795 LWA 16-10 Chupa-ri Gallatin IL
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
17 Oct 51 Most of unit remained in positions taken earlier & defended them 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th Inf for rats & qtrs weather fair & Warm morale excellent
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
18 Oct 51 Unit remained in positions 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th Inf for rats & qtrs weather fair & Warm morale high
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
19 Oct 51 Unit went into the attack in the early morning 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th Inf for rats & qtrs weather fair & Warm
morale high
19Oct51
Curl Joe E US56058314 LWA 19-10 Kumsong Placer CA
Hedstrom John C US55083746 LWA 19-10 TrtdRtrndDy
Jamison Charles E US51028915 LWA 19-10 Kumsong York SC
Huitt Martel W US56075565 LWA 19-10 Hudong-ni Los Angele CA
Plata Frank J RA13252982 LWA 19-10 trtd aid stn & rtrn dy
Smith Wilfred H US55062762 LWA 19-10 Hudong-ni Vermilion IL
Steen Gerald D US53034931 KIA 19-10 Chupa-ri
Wilson Jesse Jr RA14414294 LWA 19-10 TrtdRtrndDy
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
20 Oct 51 Unit went into the attack in the early morning taking their objective 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th Inf for rats & qtrs weathercool & rainy20Oct51
Cabrera Valentine J US56143589 LIA 20-10 Nodong-ni
Emerson Robert G RA34086840 LWA 20-10 TrtdRtrdDy Thompkins NY
Hadley William C 1stLt 0-439454 KIA 20-10 Hudong-ni Mahoning City OH
Keeble Woodrow W NG20711396 LWA 20-10 TrtdRtrdDy Wahpeton ND
Koehler Ervin C US55083829 LWA 20-10 Hudong-ni Stevens MN
Kuykendall Robert US54001962 LWA20-10 Hudong-ni Mississippi AR
Lockhart Lester B US55070455 LWA 20-10 Nodong-ni
McIntyre Lawrence W US55055272 LWA 20-10 Hudong-ni Nodaway MO
Newton Marshall H US52018692 LWA 20-10 Hudong-n
Pender Sylvester Jr US53058915 LWA Hudong-ni 20-10/DOW 21-10 Edgecombe NC
Saunders Harry V US51086271 LWA 20-10 Rsgnd11thEvacHosp 23-10 Suffolk NY
Smith James I US53010951 LWA 20-10 Nodong-ni/Rsgnd11thEvacHosp 23-10 Randolph AL
Stewart Doyle J US55055247 LWA Hudong-ni 20-10 Greene MO
Ulb Ralph L RA17315281 LWA Hudong-ni 20-10
Warnke Eugene E RA17286872 LWA Hudong-ni 20-10 Adams/Boone NE
Williams Edward D RA13297914 LWA 20-10 Hudong-ni Lackawana PA
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
21 Oct 51 Unit went into the attack in the early morning pushed till late afternoon then dug in for the night near their objective 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th Inf for rats & qtrs weather fair & Warm morale high21Oct51
Marty Raymond R US52091988 KIA 21-10 Yongo-ri Louisa VA
Strubcewski Joseph J US52062665 KIA 21-10 Yongo-ri
Rhoads Robert L US56626164 KIA 21-10 Yongo-ri
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
22 Oct 51 Unit remained in positions 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th for rats & qtrs weather fair & Warm morale high22Oct51
Loncosky Paul H US52008903 LWA 22-10 Nodong-ni Summit OH
Orcutt Lawrence E US56140510 LWA 22-10 Nodong-ni
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
23 Oct 51 Unit went out in platoon size patrol 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th for rats & qtrs weather fair & Warm morale high 23Oct51
Nafrady Joseph W US55021082 LWA 23-10 Nodong-ni St-Joseph IN
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
24 Oct 51 Unit remained in positions (24 Oct 51) 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th for rats & qtrs weather fair & Warm morale high24Oct51
Clark Charles C RA23462954 LWA 24-10 Nodong-ni/Rsgnd11thEvacHosp Franklin OH
Meiselman Joel J RA12335426 SWA 24-10 Nodong-ni Kings NY
Miranda Robert RA19397490 LWA 24-10 Nodong-ni/Rsgnd11thEvacHosp 25-10 Los Angeles CA
Nunes Paul J 1Lt O-1018841 LWA 24-10 Nodong-ni Los-Angeles CA
Owens Herbert K US55057762 LWA Nodong-ni 24-10/RtrdDy 27-10 Franklin MO
Pearce William D US55139095 LWA 24-10 Nodong-ni
Toney Eli US53072618 LWA 24-10 Nodong-ni
Troff Harold L RA17315426 LWA 24-10 Nodong-ni Dodge MN
Wilson Jesse Jr RA14414294 LWA 24-10 Rsgnd11thEvacHosp 23-10
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
25 Oct 51 Unit was attacked apprx 0400 hrs withdrew but regained the positions during the daylight hrs 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th for rats & qtrs weather fair & Warm morale high
25Oct51
Hopkins Paul C US52064522 SWA 25-10 Nodong-ni Sussex DE
G Co RECORD OF EVENTS
26 Oct 51 Unit remained in positions 6EM & 2 ROK atchd fr Med Co fr rats & qtrs 1 Off & 4 EM atchd fr 13 FA Bn for rats & qtrs 25 EM atchd fr H Co 19th for rats & qtrs weather fair & Warm morale
26Oct51
Hannan William F RA12334079 LWA 26-10 Nodong-ni
Lynch William T RA14391966 KIA 26-10 Nodong-ni Greenville SC
Mendoza Joseph US56144419 LWA 26-10 Nodong-ni
Moore Al SUS53061320 LWA 26-10 Nodong-ni Surry NC
Moton Cleother US53085588 LWA 26-10 Nodong-ni
Plata Frank J RA13252982 LWA 26-10 trtdRtndDy
From: Bernard Shanzmeyer <basnjs@socket.net>
To: mario8@ptd.net
Cc: Frank J. Plata 4-10 <silverfjp75@yahoo.com>; Edward.D.Williams@att.net; lngay@att.net
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:57 AM
Subject: 24th Infantry Division Blog
I really like your 24th Infantry Division Blog. It makes for good reading and brings back a lot of old memories.
There are a number of names in your blog that are very familiar to me.
John T. Armstrong was a very good friend of mine. I have a picture of him in my book.
Douglas C. Wold, was a friend of mine.
Martel W. Huitt, Thomas A. Schramm, and Joseph J. Secoges are all in my squad and are in the picture of my squad in my book.
Josep W. Nafrady was my assistant squad deader and is in the picture of my squad in my book.
Edward H. Stockwell was a good friend of mine. While in reserve along the Puck Han River near Chunchong, one Sunday afternoon, we got permission to see a friend and hitch-hiked to an Air Force airfield near Chunchong. We ate lunch and later on ate dinner with them.
We sat at a table and had silverware, a fork, knife and spoon. We thought that was great. Later on Stockwell talked some supply outfit out of a sack full of white T-shirts and a cot. We took them all back to our Company area. We gave out all of the T-shirts to buddies in G Company and I suppose Stockwell used the cot until we moved on.
Another time Stockwell and I got a week end pass to see a friend of mine from my hometown that was stationed in Seoul. Again we hitch-hiked to Seoul stayed overnight with an MP outfit. Slept on a cot, took a hot shower, they fed us breakfast, we had a cup of tea at a tea house then hitch-hiked back to our Company area. I was an enjoyable week end. My friend was not here, he had been sent back to Japan on sick leave.
Keep the stories coming.
Bernie Schanzmeyer
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Bernie, several of those names are also familiar to me and I can see their faces as I'm sending this to you. Johnny Armstrong left shortly after I arrived in G Company. For the life of me I can't remember who was the Plt. Sgt when I arrived. Lt Beidle was the Plt Ldr. Doug Wold was a farmer from Wisconson and a nice easy going guy. Joe Nafrady was hit in the hand and I remember his his finger almost severed. I found Ed stockwell about ten years ago and we communicated frequently and exchanged jazz music. Ed was living in Oregon, had two sons and a daughter. Prior to his army time Ed spent an enlistment in the USAF, I suspect your visit to an Air Force Unit was because Ed was probably looking up and old buddy. He was a couple of years older and had been a drummer in a jazz band out of his hometown, Memphis, TN. Ed died about two years ago...not sure if you knew that Stockwell was a Phd and worked for the navy as an electronics specialists in the
weapons functions. Throught the years I had found and contacted several former G Company alumni...Remember the Ledbetters, brothers or cousins, not certain which. Met them at Camp Picket VA. Found Eugene Shafer (Banzai) in a small town in Illinois, he passed away about the same time as Stockwell. Met WARRANT OFFICER Edward L. Shea at Ft Dix NJ at a football game. While on recruiting duty in NY in 1964 I met up with a couple other 3rd platoon alumni, Sabato Dente, and Angelo Calanna, now both gone. Hard to believe that so many years have passed and so many old buddies have left us.
In any event, hope all is going well with you.
Take care and stay in touch
From "The City of Brotherly Love"
Yo!
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You guys might not like this but it is a fact. Thomas A. Schramm refused to go up the hill. “they might shoot me” I told him if he did not I would shoot him. He went up the hill. Would I have shot him? We will never know.
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