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Originally Posted by JCFalkenbergIII
Yep that was me LOL. Im Kaoschallenged over on THC. I created that thread in reponse to a troll by the name of red army that basically claimed that the Army never used Black troops in combat. Not really sure about the General. Ill have to see what I can find on him. Btw another unit hardly mentioned is the 93rd Infantry Division in the Pacific.
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JC;
David Halberstam's book on Korea;
Powell's Books - The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam
NOthing good about Ned Almond and some really scathing indictments of MacArthur's chief intell officer Willoughby. MacArthur gets high marks for the Inchon landings, but then proceeded to wreck his reputation by charging off Northwards in spite of all evidence of a growing Chinese storm.
JeffinMNUSA
PS. Charles A Willoughby wrote the book on "How NOT to conduct intell ops";
http://books.google.com/books?id=Ff2...um=9&ct=result Not to feel so bad Chuck-the Reds consistently danced circles around Western Intell for the 60 yrs following the end of WWII. How did NKVD and then KGB get so good at the intelligence game? It started in WWII.