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Some Gave All LbNA #16052 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:flagbearer
Plant date:Jun 24, 2005
Location:
City:Plymouth
County:Marshall
State:Indiana
Boxes:1
Found by: wanderer
Last found:Jun 24, 2011
Status:FaFFFFFaFFFFFFFFFaar
Last edited:Jun 24, 2005
Some Gave All is again missing. I haven't decided if I will recarve it. This box was originally placed for the "Joy in the Journey" gathering May 21, 2005.

The Korean War has been termed "America's Forgotten War". 36,940 Americans gave their lives in the Korean theater and 92,134 were wounded in action. A total of 1,789,000 Americans served in the Korea War from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953. There are still 8,176 MIAs. South Korea sustained 1,312,836 military casualties and casualties among United Nations allies were 16,532. The estimated Communist casualties were 2 million.

The following poem by an unknown author expressed the feelings of those who fought in "America's Forgotten War".


KOREA
We didn't do much talking
We didn't raise a fuss
But Korea really happened
So please -- remember us
We all just did our duty
But we didn't win or loose
A victory was denied us
But we never got to choose
We all roasted in the summer
In the winter, damn near froze
Walking back from near the Yalu
With our blackened frozen toes
Like the surf the Chinks keep coming
With their bugles in the night
And we fired into their masses
Praying for the morning light
All of us just had to be there
And so many of us died
But now we're all but half forgotten
No one remembers how we tried
We grow fewer with the years now
And we still don't raise a fuss
But Korea really happened
So please -- remember us

This stamp is placed in honor of all our brave soldiers who fought to free the down trodden and lift up the spirit of freedom.

Enter the Oak Hill Cemetery through the northern most entrance and turn right at the cross road. Drive past the Rentschlar grave to the Greenwood section continuing on as the road angles to the right. Stop before the road turns and look for Herman Taber's black grave stone on the left. Herman served in Korea with many comrades that he wishes you to remember. Look behind the flowers and take a moment to reflect.

Be sure to find my other boxes in this cemetery