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Article: The 24th Infantry Regiment: the "Duece-Four" in Korea.
- Article from:
- Military Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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African-Americans were not given the credit some individuals and units deserved for their service rendered in combat in Korea.
--General Matthew B. Ridgeway (1)
IN 1950, THE PEOPLE of the United States were recovering from the suffering and hardships they had endured during World War II. They wanted to retreat into mental isolationism and to avoid the burden of world-power leadership. As a result, the country's once proud and victorious Army was being defeated in the opening battles of the police action in Korea.
Suddenly, in July 1950, national radio announcers broadcast reports about a battle that had been fought in Yechon, a small town in ...