Valleys of Death by Bill Richardson

Author:Bill Richardson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2010-10-21T04:00:00+00:00

Remnants of 3rd Battalion, perimeter defense. November 2-4, 1950. Excerpts from Major General Gay, 1st CAV Div. Commander 1950-1951. National Archives

Wollack, a stocky sergeant, had taken charge. I never got his first name, we really just used last names, but I do remember he was Polish and one of twenty-six children off a farm from somewhere in the north-central part of the country. As we talked, I saw that a group of twenty men were running right at us. They were Americans and were hollering and waving at us. I prayed they were the lead element of a relief column. The others guys were cheering them on as they made the short dash to our trench. They slid inside, their chests heaving.

“What unit are you guys from?” I asked.

“Second of the Eighth,” an officer said between deep breaths.

The stragglers pushed by us and collapsed in the center of the perimeter. Everyone’s morale sank lower than whale shit. The energy and excitement seemed to deflate from the men in the trench, and all at once their heads hung and shoulders dipped. These guys weren’t a relief column. They were just more stragglers from the Second Battalion.

I couldn’t shake the thought that no one was coming for us.

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