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USMC (0311-Infantry) 1968-70 Foreign Military 1976-78 Contributing author SOFREP Contributing author gruntsandco.

North Korea & KOJE-do: Lessons Forgotten

On May 7, 1952, the North Korean Senior POW on the Island of Koje-do requested the presence of the camp commander at the gate to his compound, #76. Brigadier General Francis Dodd obligingly showed up. Prior to this date, a number of American guards had been kidnapped and ultimately released. On April 2nd, MP officer […]

WAKE: An Island Too Far, Valor Betrayed

I stepped up to the podium and adjusted the microphone. It was Saturday, September 21st, 2013. I was at the reunion of Wake Island survivors, possibly their last. The organizers and the small number of survivors knew who I was and why I was there, but the many family members did not. I explained that […]