The Tree incident.

[Robert Ryan]

Sounds familiar. It has been what 32 years now. I do remember going to Chip Yong Ni, where during the Korean War the 23rd Infantry, won a decisve battle that forced the NKA and Chinese retreat and never could bet back to Chip Young Ni,. After our training exercise we marched through the main Road of the Vill the street was lined with Koreans waving american/korean flag. We marched to a school yard where the vill mayor read a proclimation through an interperter declaring that the NK's would never take SK thanks to American Soldiers who fought at Chip Yong Ni and the American Soldiers now stationed in Korea. I reember going to Ched yuu Do (spelling ) Island for Spartan training, repelling 90 ft cliff then a 300 ft cliff, rubber rafting, I forgot what else. i had one week left in Korea when my unit rotated up the DMZ so I was left behind with 6 other soldiers from B 1/23rd and since I was SSG I was the highest ranking person left in charge. I would have to round up these people for PT in the morning, then report to BN CSM that we all were present for PT. I would then finish clearing, while the other 6 were sent up to BN to do what ever BN had them do until they were shipped up the Z. The day I left Korea there were only 2 people left at Company area. I didn't report to CSM that morning.