279th Inf.-45 Div
Killed in action October 8 1952. My mother's brother and my uncle.
Memorial Day. 2020
He was running telephone cable to a forward position and stepped on a land mine. In his captain's letter to the grieving family the captain said that death was instant. I don't believe that. I believe it was brutal and terrifying beyond words.
War is ugly business. The grief radiates for generations.