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Laughing in NorCal
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many units of the 24th simply abandoned their positions and gear as soon as night fell, even with no enemy nearby. So it's understandable that he mentions it. Add that fact, with his own homegrown racism of the times, and you get that aspect. Whether he's talking about the ROK or African Americans.
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Oh absolutely, and I've never found ANY mention of the unit being called that anywhere else. Eleanor Roosevelt is well known for her efforts to desegregate the army, and I can only think that it was a personal derogatory remark. But as for the lack of fight and chaos, it's just well known that...
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What Terry says about the 24th isn't just ghost stories/racist tales, which would not be unheard of from a white officer at that time, but something that is historically noted throughout the historiography
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These are from Eyewitness, Hastings, and Borders
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These are from Darkest Summer
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1 from Sandlers book and 3 from In the Shadow
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The biggest fact that many will mention is that while the 24th became notorious for this, other white units fled as well, the debate being circumstances, with multiple reports stating that the 24th fled even when no enemy was near.
Here are two highlights from Integration:
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And the fact is, they did "bug out" and the term was actually coined by African American Soldiers of the unit who had been serving in Japan previously, and used it originally as a term to go AWOL, but after what the 24th went through, the term spread throughout the lexicon of the US.
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Darkest Summer by Sloan
Eyewitness Korea by Goulty
Korean War by Hastings
In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation by Pash
Korean War by Sandler
And I'll add some screenshots but the basic gist was that the 24th had poor white leadership, morale issues, poor training, & lots of issues with racism.
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American Borders - Inclusion and Exclusion in US Culture by Guerrero
African Americans In Long Beach and Southern California by Burnett
Integration of Armed Forces 40-65 by MacGregor
Jim Crow Voices from a Century of Struggle Pt2 by Steptoe
Korean War by Cummings
Ghost Flames by Hanley
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his experience isn't different what anyone who served at that time would think/feel/write. Having said that, I wanted to go into my library and look this up and I went through the following books:
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I read the book recently, and Terry's prejudices & feelings stood out, especially in regards to the ROK members. In regards to the 24th Inf, I feel that it is pretty much established fact that there were a lot of issues with the unit, and his experience isn't necessarily wrong or at least, ...
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The games publishers play ... just ain't right.
Reminds me of all the times I got skunked with Jack Higgins! I can't tell you how many times I bought a "new" Higgins book, only to find it was an old one with a new name, new cover, and often new author name.
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God that's so annoying when they change it up that significantly! Different name, cover, and subtitle/description... I never would have guessed it's the same book!
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I've never been, the politics and environmental damage is unacceptable.
But the Long Beach one is always a fun time, and seeing the old warbirds fly low into LGB randomly throughout the year for rides and history lessons is so much better... especially since I don't have to leave my back yard!
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Or when the F/A-18s decide to come visit ... helllllo rattling windows! The C-130s lately haven't been too loud though.
It is nice that we get our own little air show when the B-17 and B-29 comes to visit.
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How is this the first one you've seen? I don't think there's a day that's gone by that we haven't seen one of them around LA. Like the ton we see in OC/SD is par for course, but LA/LB has it's fair share too. The worst are the sponsored ones that are giant State Farm and REMAX billboards.
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I know that association thing is a mindfuck and I like walking around and living life without the constant ups and downs that some cities have for me.
It's important to have those barriers & boundaries for quality of life.
Like I could never fish some places... I know what's in that water! LOL
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That's why my #1 rule of never shit where I sleep. The only time I broke that rule was being on the Fireboat... I didn't live in that area anymore, but I sure spent a lot of fun time there! Oh and tracking the serial arsonist that torched cars down the block from my place...
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Now that I'm retired, I'm looking at making memories of places that aren't disasters which is why I'm trying to take up new hobbies like bike riding and fishing!!
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The good news is that I was able to get back in time for the giant Topanga fire we had here in LA! 2005 was an... adventure! 2006 was then the Day fire in Ventura Co, and the tragic Esperanza in Riverside.
Only bad thing about this career was that you remember places and dates this way! ...
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Almost all of my memories are driving through the flooded areas, handing out food and water when we could, and just doing our best to help. It was only 7 months after the South Asia Tsunami, and it reminded me so much of the places we'd been there...
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I was a single unit resource, first assigned as a staging area manager and then got pulled into damage assessment/mapping. Everything from driving around in the big military trucks mapping water levels and damage, to being just an extra body assisting the swift water rescue teams...
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My only experience with that LA was a Katrina response, but Catalina is one of my favorite places on earth. I used to go diving there all the time and it's the perfect, quaint, out of the way spot to spend a day recreating, and then the night sitting on the beach. Plus buffaloes are a must see!
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Wish you were out here, I bet it'd be fun! I saw a tiny little dude with basically a stick and string pull an absolutely massive fish out of the water and that's what got the idea into my head!
Between the piers, the multitude of lakes, & the nice weather, it seems like a great hobby to get into!
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I've been reading guides and forums about the lake and there's a ton of good advice on what/where/when, but still I think the best thing is just to find a mentor for the first few go's and go from there!
I'm also glad the cost of the license is free here, which makes trying it much easier.
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I think I might do that! As for preferred species, that'd probably be Maine Lobster or Alaskan King Crab, but since I'm probably not going to find those in a freshwater municipal lake, I'd just be happy with anything that's not a cute stingray (common catch off the beach piers here)....
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I'll say this much, the trainers at the Wooden Center were amazing. They even took the time to talk to my docs after my injury to develop a great low impact workout plan and they were the ones who got me started with the aqua-core classes across the street at the Rehab building by P32
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I just sent off the forms for my first ever fishing license. Never been fishing before, but guess I'm going to learn!
Since I don't eat fish, I've mostly been looking into barbless hooks and grippers to make the whole release thing easier. Still confused as heck, but ... trying.
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Reading Luan's book recently was, in many ways, an eye opening experience into the world of Communist propaganda. The similarities between what happened in the 40s/50s/60 and MAGA/Project 2025 policies is basically a straight 1:1, from anti-vaxxers to promote anti-govt sentiment to deifying a leader
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Chevy Chase's second career has really taken off.
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In open season, you are allowed to catch and eat.. as I don't care for fish, I just go for the fun and the citizen science!
www.instagram.com/reel/DJml-b7...
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Friday night we're going on a grunion run!
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That's fantastic! You might also try and experiment with different fonts and bold levels to see what's best for you... And if that requires buying more books to test it on ... Well... Sometimes you just have to do these things for science!
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So you tried the larger font and it helped?
Because that'd be great news!!