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Paul Kerezsi-Korean War
Paul Kerezsi 10/2000 |
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Pusan, Korea from B Co 8069, December of
1952
Picture taken by my brother, Andrew Kerezai |
| The city of
Pusan, Korea--Location of the famed "Pusan Perimeter". During the very
early and dark days of the Korean War, it appeared that the entire country could fall to
the Communist. General Douglas MacArthur's bold move to invade behind the communist
lines with the Allied Landings headed by the US Marines on September 15, 1950, did the
job. What a decisive victory this was for the Allied Forces. I just happened
to be on this campaign. |
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Paul Kerezsi
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July of 1950, I was on a troop transport bound for Korea and the Pusan Perimeter. My
outfit landed in Pusan on August 3, 1950. Pusan was the only port open to the allied
Forces at that time. It was vital to us.
Next came the Inchon Landings the following month. I saw Seoul, Korea destroyed and
liberated. Afterward in October, to Wonsan in North Korea and on up the Chosin Reservior
where a vicious battle took place when China with its vast army entered the war en masse
the day after Thanksgiving of 1950. |
We were later evacuated from the big port of Hungnam, North Korea
and back to South Korea and the city of Chinhae where we first started in August of 1950.
I was very fortunate in war - returning home safely each time. The Lord was looking
after me, I am very certain of this as I survived to talk about it today. |
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Page Author Janet Seksay Szymanski
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