Korean War, Heartbreak Ridge Hero, Photos, Letters, Prisoner Money, Drawings++++

KOREAN WAR VETERAN/HERO, HEARTBREAK RIDGE SURVIVOR, PURPLE HEART AND SILVER STAR RECIPIENT LOT OF LETTERS, PHOTOS, DRAWINGS, HAT, PLAQUE, AND MORE..... LET'S TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME. YOU'RE A LOWLY CORPORAL, LITTLE DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU WOULD RETURN A HERO, COMMISSIONED OFFICER, AND CHANGE THE EVENTS OF HISTORY. YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN OR EVEN IF YOU'LL MAKE IT BACK ALIVE, BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE, YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT AND LOVE OF YOUR COUNTRY, FAMILY, SWEETHEART AND FRIENDS BACK HOME, AND THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KEEP YOU ALIVE AND GOING EVERYDAY. THOUGHTS SWIRLING THROUGH YOUR HEAD, YOU'RE AT THE CREST OF THE ROLLER COASTER, THERE'S NO TURNING BACK NOW.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, AND WHY YOU HAVE TO DO IT. BECAUSE FREEDOM ISN'T FREE. IT NEVER HAS BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE. THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US AND FOUGHT TO DEFEND AN IDEA, AN IDEAL, WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE, THOSE ARE THE TRUE HEROES OF HISTORY......

NOT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR NEWS HEADLINES TODAY...... LARGE KOREAN WAR VET, HEARTBREAK RIDGE HERO, SURVIVOR, PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT, SILVER STAR RECIPIENT, AND AN BATALLION ENGINEER, LOT. PHOTOS OF KOREAN WORKERS, ROLLED SCROLL PHOTOS 1 WITH HIS MILITARY DRESS HAT ON, A COMPANY OR PLATOON PHOTO, THERE IS AN ARTICLE IN READER'S DIGEST THAT MENTIONS THIS SOLDIER AND A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING TUCKED INSIDE IN ADDITION TO A LETTER BY SOMEONE WITH THE SAME LAST NAME SAYING HE READ THE ARTICLE AND WAS PROUD OF HIM AND WANTED TO KNOW IF HE WAS RELATED JOKINGLY, THERE ARE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND PAPERS RELATED TO HEARTBREAK RIDGE, THERE'S A PLAQUE WITH A LT.

INSIGNIA (NAME PLATE HAS FALLEN OFF AND IS MISSING) WHICH MUST'VE BEEN SOMETIME AFTER HIS SERVICE IN KOREA. THERE IS A DRAWING OF THEIR FIREBASE THAT A FELLOW PLATOON MEMBER DREW WHICH HE BRIEFLY TALKS ABOUT IN 1 OF HIS LETTERS HOME.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LETTERS THAT WERE SENT BACK TO HIS PARENTS HOUSE IN CALIFORNIA AFTER HE LEFT COUNTRY. HE TALKS IN 1 LETTER TO NOT SEND ANYMORE LETTERS BECAUSE HE WILL BE RETURNING HOME. MOST OF THE LETTERS ARE FROM THIS SOLDIER BACK HOME TO HIS PARENTS. THERE ARE A FEW FROM HIS PARENTS, AND A FEW BEFORE HE WENT OFF TO THE WAR (1 ASKING FOR PAPERWORK SO HE HAD THEM FOR HIS MILITARY PAPERWORK) AND MANY OTHER LETTERS. THERE ARE SOME OF HIS OLD YEARBOOKS MIXED IN, SOME FAMILY PHOTOS THAT WERE SENT TO HIM AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE HIS SWEETHEART OR WIFE.

THIS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE, INTRIGUING AND HISTORIC LOT OF KOREAN WAR, AMERICAN, AND U. HISTORY NOT TO BE MISSED........ SOON TO BE AN HISTORICAL FACT....... OWN IT AND ADD IT TO YOUR COLLECTION OR MOTIF TODAY.....

BELOW I WILL GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF JUST SOME OF THE LETTERS AND WHAT IS DISCUSSED AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS IN THE LOT. PHOTOS: (SOME ARE WRITTEN ON THE BACK WHAT THEY ARE, SOME ARE NOT, I WILL DESCRIBE THE ONES NOT WRITTEN ON THE BACK). BETTY HUTTON (SINGING FOR THE TROOPS). A SIGN ON THE BRIDGE THAT READS IN MEMORY OF S.

JORDAN (LOOKS LIKE) AND OTHERS. HIM HOLDING A BOTTLE OF BOURBON WHISKEY. HIS DRIVER AND HIM, HIM SITTING ATOP A KOREAN MONUMENT WITH HIS DRIVER SITTING ON THE BASE.

HIM AND A KOREAN LIEUTENANT LOOK TO BE IN A RIVER BUILDING SOMETHING. SIGN OF BETTY HUTTON SHOW. I WAS ON MY WAY TO SHOW WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN.

MY MEN BUILT THAT BUNKER IN THE BACK GROUND. THAT CLOTH OVER THE WINDOW IS TO KEEP IN THE LIGHT AT NIGHT.... TRUCK IT BROUGHT THE BETTY HUTTON SHOW. AIR PANELS SO THAT OUR OWN PLANES WON'T SHOOT AT US. LOOKS LIKE HE'S POSING/RIDING ON A STONE CARVED BIG HORN SHEEP OF SOME SORT. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HIT A MINE AND SOME (BLANK) WITH A MACHINE GUN AT THE SAME TIME - PHOTO OF A DESTROYED TRUCK. SHELL EXPLOSION OVER THEIR CAMP. HIM IN THE MIDDLE WITH 2 MILITARY BUDDIES IN A SNOWY SCENE. LOOKS TO BE SOME FOLK ART OF A SEXY WOMAN SOMEONE MADE. MOUNTAIN SCENE IN THE DISTANCE.

SOME OF ME AND MEN BLOWING A BUNKER. THE S-2 OFFICER IN FRONT OF A TENT STRUCTURE FORTIFIED WITH SAND BAGS. 3 OF MY MEN AND 2 OF MY KOREAN LT.

A RUSSIAN JEEP CAPTURED AFTER HEARTBREAK. RUSSIAN JEEP THERE ARE SEVERAL IN THE PHOTO.

LOOKS LIKE A SOLO PHOTO OF HIM. SOME OF THE KOREANS GETTING WATER THROUGH THE ICE. MY DRIVER BY A KOREAN RICE THRASHER. LOOKS LIKE IT SAYS: PARACHUTE FLAIR IN THE DAYTIME-SOMEONE PARACHUTING AND POSSIBLY A PLANE BEHIND, HE DRAWS AN ARROW TO THE PARACHUTER.

OUR COMPANY ARTILLERY ROOM, OFFICE. THAT SIGN SEEMS SILLY ABOUT FIRE BUT WE HAVE ALOT IN THE TENTS.

PHOTO IN CAMP WITH HIM WALKING TOWARDS SOMEBODY. LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE COMPANY LINED UP IN FORMATION IN CAMP FOR INSPECTION. 2 SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF A FORTIFIED SANDBAG BUNKER/STRUCTURE, 1 POINTING AT THE OTHER, 1 WEARING A SKULL MASK SMOKING A CIGARETTE.

HE WAS A VERY RICH MAN - TALKING ABOUT THE PHOTO OF THE MONUMENT OR GRAVE TO THIS KOREAN PERSON. HALF TRACK (JEEP/TANK COMBO TYPE TRUCK WITH GUNS ON BACK). THERE ARE SEVERAL PHOTOS WHAT LOOK LIKE HE'S STATESIDE IN HIS MILITARY DRESS IN A YARD, AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE WITH HIS SWEETHEART IN ANOTHER, ALSO WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SOLDIERS MEMORIAL STATESIDE IN ANOTHER.

THE REST OF THE PHOTOS ARE ONES THAT WERE SENT TO HIM OVERSEAS, WHICH LOOK LIKE FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OF HIM OLDER (COLOR) BUILDING A SNOWMAN IN THE FRONT YARD, AND SOME MORE WHAT LOOK TO BE NEWER PHOTOS. THERE IS AN FFA SCROLL PHOTO WHICH LOOKS LIKE WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, SOME PORTRAITS WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE HIS SWEETHEART, THERE ARE SOME OLD SCHOOL YEARBOOKS. CURRENCY WITH AN ACCOMPANYING LETTER WRITTEN AND SENT BACK HOME, SAYING WHERE IT CAME FROM AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PROPAGANDA LEAFLET WRITTEN IN KOREAN THIS IS TUCKED IN WITH THE LETTER WHERE HE DESCRIBES THAT IT IS LEAFLETS THAT THEIR PILOTS DROP ON THE NORTH KOREANS, THERE ARE 7 PIECES OF KOREAN CURRENCY. IN THE LETTER HE TALKS ABOUT HEART BREAK RIDGE BRIEFLY, HIM BEING PROMOTED TO PLATOON LEADER AND THE CAPTAIN AND COLONEL WANTING TO GIVE HIM A FIELD COMMISSION AND HIM DEBATING ON WHETHER OR NOT HE WANTS TO TAKE IT. HE LATER DID ACCEPT THE FIELD COMMISSION. HE TALKS ABOUT ONE OF THE MEN IN HIS COMPANY GETTING A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING IN IT ABOUT HEARTBREAK RIDGE. HE TALKS ABOUT BEING ATTACHED TO A FRENCH UNIT FOR A SHORT TIME AND HOW THEY KNOW HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT NOT SHAVING FOR 17 DAYS. READERS DIGEST WITH MENTION OF THIS SOLDIER, WITH ARTICLE ENTITLED: "THE HEROIC STORY OF HEARTBREAK RIDGE" WITH AN ACCOMPANYING LETTER FROM SOMEONE WITH THE SAME LAST NAME AND A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING OF THE ARTICLE IN READER'S DIGEST FROM HIS LOCAL TOWN PAPER IN CALIFORNIA.

TYPED ON THE ENVELOPE: THIS CHAP WAS A HERO IN THE FIGHT FOR HEARTBREAK RIDGE. I DON'T KNOW HIS ADDRESS BUT HOPE THAT YOU WILL HELP THIS LETTER REACH HIM, H.

HIGH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE LETTER WAS ADDRESSED TO HIS HOME ADDRESS IN CALIFORNIA, POSTMARKED IN 1952. THE LETTER THIS PERSON WRITES (HIS NAME IS HARRY HIGH, SAME LAST NAME AS THIS SOLDIER) HE TALKS ABOUT: I WONDER IF I HAVE THE HONOR OF CLAIMING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. AND I BET THE HOLE OUT OF A DO-NUT YOU'RE ALREADY WONDERING HOW I HAPPEN TO BE WRITING YOU, SO I'LL BEGIN IN THE MIDDLE AND EXPLAIN. HE EXPLAINS HOW HE READ THE ARTICLE IN READER'S DIGEST ABOUT HEARTBREAK RIDGE AND HOW HE WAS PROUD OF HIM.

HE GOES ON TO SAY YOU PROBABLY ALREADY NOTICED WE SHARE THE SAME LAST NAME. HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE TRIED TO ENLIST A BAND IN THE 1ST WORLD WAR AND WAS REJECTED, THEN WAS IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS DURING WWII. HE WAS REJECTED BY THE U. CANADA, BRITAIN TO ENLIST BECAUSE HE WAS TOO OLD.

HE THEN GOES ON TO SAY HE WENT TO THE RECRUITING OFFICE AND TOLD'EM HE WAS 44 INSTEAD OF 66 , LATER. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE AIR FORCE RADIO TECHNICAL SCHOOL. HE ASKED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO A BAND, BECAUSE MUSIC WAS HIS PROFESSION SINCE 1901, THEY THREATENED HIM WITH A COURT MARTIAL AND DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE (FOR LYING ABOUT HIS AGE I GUESS). HE WAS REPORTED, BUT THE WAR DEP'T APPROVED HIS ENLISTMENT. DRAWING OF THEIR BASE, SANDBAGGED TENTS, CHAPEL, TENTS AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN FROM ONE OF HIS GUYS IN THE COMPANY.

HE DISCUSSES THIS BRIEFLY IN 1 OF THE LETTERS. A LETTER FROM THE ARMY WITH ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE "THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, " PRINTED ON THE TOP. PROMOTING HIM TO 2ND LIEUTENANT. LETTERS: (I WILL GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WHAT IS DISCUSSED IN JUST SOME OF THE LETTERS) THERE ARE OVER 70 LETTERS, WITH MOST BEING HIM WRITING BACK HOME TELLING OF THE RECENT EVENTS IN HIS LIFE IN THE KOREAN WAR, AND A FEW BEING FROM BACK HOME. I WILL GIVE SOME DETAILS OF A FEW OF THE LETTERS BELOW.

26, 1951 - THERE IS A DOMAIN OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON CERTIFICATE FOLDED INSIDE "RULER OF THE 180TH MERIDIAN" THIS LETTER TAKES YOU FROM JULY 11 TO THE 24TH. HE EMBARKS IN SAN FRANCISCO ON THE GENERAL W. HE TALKS ABOUT TRYING TO FIND THE MESS HALL ONBOARD, GOING UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. HE TALKS ABOUT THE WATER BEING AS CALM AS A POND, THE FOOD NOT BEING TOO GOOD. GOOD CHOW THE NEXT DAY. FIRE AND BOAT DRILL, 900 AIR FORCE, 600 ARMY ON BOARD. THEY HAVE BINGO, CHURCH SERVICE FROM CHRISTIAN TO BUDDHIST SERVICES. HE TALKS ABOUT GETTING CLOSER TO YOKOHAMA AND THE MOVIE FOR THE NIGHT ONBOARD. CROSSES THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE. A LITTLE PHYSICAL TRAINING IN THE MORNING, HE FELL DOWN THE STAIRS, CHOPPY SEAS OUTSIDE. 60 KP TODAY, HE WAS ONE OF THEM. SHOULD BE IN YOKOHAMA BY WEDNESDAY. THE MARKER BUOY WAS ATTACKED BY A SHARK. HE TALKS ABOUT SEEING THE ALEUTIANS SOMEWHERE IN THE LETTER BEFORE. HE TALKS ABOUT FLYING FISH, IT'S GETTING WARMER, SEEING JAPANESE FISHING BOATS AND FREIGHTERS PASSING.

HE TALKS ABOUT THE NEXT DAY GETTING TO PORT IN JAPAN, AND IT BEING HOT AND HIS CLOTHES BEING SOPPING WET. HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT RUMORS THEY WILL BE IN JAPAN 2 DAYS, 2 WEEKS, 2 MONTHS, 2 YEARS......

HE TALKS ABOUT SENDING THE PURPLE HEART HE WAS AWARDED, AND HIS WATCH BACK HOME TO HIS PARENTS, TRAINING, BEING THE PLATOON LEADER WITH 2 SERGEANTS IN IT HE GETS TO ORDER AROUND, AND HE'S ONLY A CORPORAL. TELLS HIS MOM THAT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE PLATOON.

HAS AN ACCOMPANYING NEWSPAPER CLIPPING TALKING ABOUT HIS COMMISSION/PROMOTION. HE TALKS ABOUT GETTING HIS COMMISSION, AND THE GENERAL ASKING ALOT OF QUESTIONS AND THAT HE WILL BE A 2ND LIEUTENANT, BUT WILL HAVE TO SIGN FOR 3 MORE YEARS.

HE TALKS ABOUT LIKING THE ARMY, AND THAT AFTER THE WAR IS OVER HIS DIVISION WOULD GO TO GERMANY. ACCOMPANIED BY A SKETCH ONE OF THE MEN IN HIS COMPANY DREW OF THEIR BASE. HE TALKS ABOUT THE LT. COMING IN HIS BUNKER TODAY, BECAUSE HE IS UP FOR R. TO JAPAN FOR 2 WEEKS.

HE TALKS ABOUT 1 OF THE MEN IN HIS COMPANY DRAWING THAT SKETCH OF THEIR BASE. HE TELLS THEM WHERE HIS AND LT. NEAL'S BUNKER IS IN THE SKETCH (ON THE EXTREME RIGHT).

HE SAYS THE DRAWING DOESN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING. HE TALKS ABOUT TRYING TO CALL AND GET HIS PARENTS SOMETHING FROM JAPAN, WHEN HE GOES FOR R & R. HE TALKS ABOUT GOING TO THE FRENCH BATALLION TO GET DECORATED. HE RECEIVED THE "FRENCH MEDAL OF HONOR, " HE SAYS THEY HAVE A NAME FOR IT, BUT HE CAN'T SPELL IT.

HE TALKS ABOUT THE MEDAL AND A LITTLE ROPE THAT GOES AROUND HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE SAYS HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE FRENCH FOR A WEEK OR TWO AND THERE THEY HAD A FEW FIGHTS. HE TALKS ABOUT SENDING THE MEDAL BACK HOME AS SOON AS HE GETS BACK TO CAMP. ON RED CROSS LETTERHEAD - HE TALKS ABOUT BEING IN THE HOSPITAL. DON'T GET WORRIED THOUGH. HE TALKS ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO HIS COMPANY GOT HIT HARD BY 300 NORTH KOREANS, ALOT OF GUYS WOUNDED, 7 DEAD OF HIS PLATOON, BUT HE DIDN'T GET SCRATCHED. THEN HE WENT TO THE AID STATION, REMEMBER I TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT.

HE GOT HIT WITH MORTAR SCHRAPNEL. HE GOT SENT TO A FIELD HOSPITAL.

SAYS HE'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO HIS COMPANY IN 2-3 DAYS. HE SAYS IT DOESN'T HURT AT ALL BUT HE LIKES THE LITTLE VACATION.

HE TALKS ABOUT HAVING TO BE IN KOREA FOR 9 MORE MONTHS AND THAT AFTER HE GOES BACK TO HIS COMPANY THEY WILL BE BEHIND THE LINES FOR 6-7 WEEKS, AND THAT HE GOT HIM A RUSSIAN PISTOL WITH PLENTY OF BULLETS AND A CHINESE SWORD. HE TRADED THE SWORD TO AN AIR PILOT FOR 3 CASES OF BEER, AND 4 BIG BOXES OF CANDY.

BOY HIS PLATOON SURE ATE FOR A WHILE. HE SAYS HE STILL HAS THE PISTOL, HE CARRIES IT INSTEAD OF THE ARMY. 45, AND ALSO NO ONE ON THE LINE LIKES THE CHINESE STUFF, BUT OTHERS DO.

HE TALKS ABOUT BEING SORRY FOR NOT WRITING FOR AWHILE. HIS BATALLION WAS TO TAKE 4 HILLS, BUT OUT OF A COMPANY THAT HAD 175, THEY NOW HAVE 23 LEFT.

ALL THE REST ARE DEAD AND WOUNDED. ONE NIGHT A SHELL HIT HIS PLATOON AND A LOT OF MEN WERE WOUNDED. HE AND 35 SOUTH KOREANS AND 4 OTHER BUDDIES TOOK THE WOUNDED OFF THE HILL. OF ALL THE BAD LUCK WE REALLY HIT IT THAT NIGHT.

ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WE CAME ALMOST UP TO THE FRENCH LINES WHERE THE FIRST AID STATION WAS , SO HE WENT AHEAD WITH 3 BUDDIES TO TELL THEM THEY WERE G. S AND NOT THE ENEMY. THE ENEMY PRISONERS SAID THEY HAD ORDERS TO WIPE OUT OUR DIVISION. THAT'S HOW MUCH THEY FEAR US. I DON'T BLAME THEM.

ON 1 HILL WE KILLED 281 AND NEVER LOST BUT 2 MEN. ACCOMPANIED IS A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER THEIR PLANES DROP TO THE NORTH KOREANS (PROPAGANDA LEAFLET), MENTIONED ABOVE. HE DREW A SKETCH OF WHERE HE IS IN HIS LETTER.

HE FINALLY GOT THERE, HE IS IN A FOX HOLE IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOUT 4O0 FEET HIGH, WRITING THIS. HE SAYS NOT ALOT GOING ON NOW, SOME ARTILLERY FIRE, NO CHINESE, BUT NORTH KOREANS.

THEY HAVE TO WORK NEARLY ALL DAY FIXING FOX HOLES, BARB WIRE AND MINES. HE SAYS THE KOREANS DON'T BOTHER ANYBODY IN THE DAY, THEY JUST SEND 20-50 MEN UP TO SNEAK UP TO THEIR LINES TO SEE WHERE THEIR AUTOMATIC WEAPONS ARE. HE IS ON AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON.

HE IS IN THE 2ND DIVISION, 23RD INFANTRY COMPANY, 3RD PLATOON, SECOND SQUAD. HE'S ONLY ABOUT 16 MILES FROM THE SEA OF JAPAN AND IN SOME OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN KOREA. HE IS EATING C RATIONS.

ON THE MAP HE DREW THE 38 JUST TOOK THAT HILL YESTERDAY. HE TALKS ABOUT GOING TO SEE THE DANNY KAYE SHOW, AND BOY WAS HE GOOD.

ACCOMPANIED BY A STARS AND STRIPES NEWSPAPER CLIPPING OF HIM WITH HIM AND 1 OF HIS BUDDIES ON HIS BACK. THEY HAD A BIG PARADE AND RECEIVED THEIR PURPLE HEARTS WHICH HE IS SENDING HOME WITH A WATCH TO HIS PARENTS. THE PICTURE IN THE NEWSPAPER CLIPPING WAS TAKEN ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES BEHIND THE LINES. HE SAYS IT WAS HIS PLATOON THAT USED THE FLAME THROWERS. I WAS THE PLATOON SERGEANT AT THE TIME, BUT NOW ALL WE DO IS TRAIN, SOMETHING LIKE BASIC TRAINING.

TOMORROW I HAVE TO TAKE MY PLATOON TO SEOUL ON A SIGHT SEEING TOUR. HE TALKS ABOUT A TRUCK TURNING OVER LAST NIGHT AND PINNING A GUY UNDERNEATH AND HIS COMPANY LIFTING THE TRUCK OFF THE MAN.

THEY CARRIED IT 25 YARDS AND SAT IT DOWN, ALL 257 MEN IN HIS COMPANY. LETTER ACCOMPANIED BY 6 PHOTOS: OLD MASH STYLE HELICOPTER (CARRYING WOUNDED TO THE AID STATION) , 2 MEN SHOOTING PISTOLS INTO THE DISTANCE SNOW ON THE GROUND (BATALLION AND ASSISTANT), 25 KOREAN LABORERS OF MINE, LAZY AS HECK (IN AN ARMY PERSONNEL TRANSPORT VEHICLE), 5 OF MY MEN AND OUR JEEP TRAILOR, MY PISTOL AND KNIFE IN FRONT OF A KOREAN MIRROR, SOME 45 SHELLS TOO (THIS WAS TAKEN INSIDE BY THE LIGHT OF A GAS LAMP WITH MY NEW CAMERA IT DON'T NEED THE FLASH BULB), A KOREAN HOUSE MADE OUT OF MUD AND STRAW ROOF THE WALLS ARE MUD ALL THE HOUSES HERE LOOKS LIKE THIS SOME HAVE FLOORS BUT NOT VERY MANY: THE LETTER TALKS ABOUT BEING BUSY AS HELL THEY GOT MOVED ON THE LINE AGAIN, HE IS SENDING THESE PICTURES HOME.

A NOTE WITH NO ENVELOPE THAT SAYS THIS IS THE MEDAL THAT THE FRENCH GAVE ME IT IS LIKE OUR SILVER STAR. ABOUT THE SAME, LAYING BARBED WIRE AND MINES, IT'S GOOD AND QUIET NOW.

HARDLY ANYTIME TO HIMSELF WITH ALL THE WORK WITH RUNNING A PLATOON. HE TALKS ABOUT BEING ON GUARD IN HIS BUNKER, AND HAVING A BLANKET OVER THE OPENING AND A CANDLE TO SEE BY NIGHT.

HE TALKS ABOUT NO FISH BEING IN THE CREEKS, BLACK SQUIRRELS THAT LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE SQUIRRELS BACK HOME, AND THE CANDLE GOING OUT AND HAVING TO FINISH THE LETTER BY FLASHLIGHT. THE CAPTAIN GAVE HIM HELL FOR BEING OUT OF UNIFORM. HE ASKED WHERE HIS BARS WERE AND THEN EVERYBODY STARTED CONGRATULATING HIM ON HIS PROMOTION TO 2ND LIEUTENANT.

CLINE TOLD HIM TO STOP BY IN THE MORNING AND HE WOULD GIVE HIM HIS OLD BARS. HE SAID HE WILL HAVE TO SPEND 2 MORE MONTHS IN KOREA THIS WAY AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO DIVISION TO GET HIS PAPERWORK STRAIGHTENED OUT TOMORROW.

MOM TOLD HIM ABOUT THAT DEER HIS DAD GOT, DON'T FEEL SO HOT, I GOT 5 PHEASANTS. WE SAW 3 DEER THE DAY WE CAME OFF THE LINE, TO GO INTO RESERVE. ABOUT 25 MILES FROM SEOUL. THEY WILL BE THERE FOR 10 DAYS THEN BACK ON THE LINE. THE OTHER DAY THEY SAW A DEAD TIGER IN NORTH KOREA.

THIS COUNTRY IS SO DAMNED WILD I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE AN ELEPHANT. HE TALKS ABOUT BEING WOUNDED 3 TIMES. ONCE IN THE BACK AND TWICE IN THE LEG.

HIS OFFICERS PUT HIM IN FOR THE D. HE'LL PROBABLY GET IT IN A MONTH OR SO. BACK OFF THE LINES FOR A DAYS REST, GOT THEIR BEER RATION, 2 CANS A DAY FOR 3 DAYS AND LOTS OF CANDY AND GUM.

HE TALKS ABOUT IF HE HADN'T BEEN SO DUMB, HE COULD'VE GOTTEN THE PURPLE HEART, HIS BACK WAS STICKING UP AND A SHELL WENT OFF AND THE SCHRAPNEL HIT THE SIDE OF A ROCK. HE DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AT THE TIME, HE WENT TO THE AID STATION A COUPLE DAYS LATER BECAUSE HIS BACK WAS SORE, THEY TOOK A PEN AND TOOK OUT A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK. HE DOESN'T MIND KOREA SO MUCH ANYMORE. HE TALKS ABOUT SETTING UP ON A HILL EATING MULLBERRIES. HE GOT MAD AT A CROW AND SHOT AT IT WITH A MACHINE GUN TWICE AND MISSED.

EVERYONE WAS MAKING FUN OF HIM. SOMEONE BET HIM A BEER HE COULDN'T HIT IT. HE TOOK OUT HIS PISTOL AND HIT IT.

HE THOUGHT IT WAS IMMORTAL BEFORE THAT. HE TALKS ABOUT EATING C RATIONS FOR 3 WEEKS AND SOME COOKIES HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO FROM HIS MOM AND SOME OTHER STUFF SHE SENT OVER. WENT TO WHERE HIS MEN WERE ABOUT HALF MILE UP THE VALLEY. THEY HAD BUILT A FIRE TO STAY WARM.

A WORKER THREW TNT ON THE FIRE NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS, HE HEARD AN EXPLOSION. 2 GI'S AND 1 KOREAN WERE HURT WITH 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS. HE GOT A MEDIC JEEP AS FAST AS HE COULD TO GET THEM TO THE AID STATION. A FOX JUMPED OUT ACROSS THE RIVER, THEY CHASED HIM, AND SHOT AT HIM AND DIDN'T HIT HIM.

HE STOPS BY A KOREAN VILLAGE TO GET SOME OLD DISHES FOR ASHTRAYS AND TOMBSTONES FOR DOOR STEPS. HE SAYS SOME OF THE TOWNS ALL THAT'S LEFT IS SOME OLD BROKEN ROCKS AND LOGS.

HE TALKS ABOUT TAKING A PICTURE OF AN OLD KOREAN GRAVE TO SEND HOME, BUT IT'LL BE AWHILE BEFORE HE CAN GET TO JAPAN TO HAVE IT DEVELOPED. HE SAYS ALOT OF STATUES ON THEM. HE TALKS ABOUT WANTING HIS MOM AND DAD TO SEND HIM A GUN, A 33 THAT'S MADE LIKE A 45, BUT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT THE WAY THEY DO IT IS TO GET A CANDY TIN EMPTY AND PUT IT IN THERE - THIS IS A HAND TYPED LETTER. HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT BECAUSE SOMETIMES HE HAS TO FOOL AROUND WITH THE KOREANS AND YOU CAN'T LAY YOUR RIFLE DOWN FOR A MINUTE FOR FEAR SOME OF THEM WILL GRAB IT AND USE IT ON YOU. 3 OF HIS MEN HAVE BEEN KILLED LIKE THAT IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS.

TALKS ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS DINNER, THE CHINESE YELLING OVER AT THEM AND EVEN GIVING THEM PRESENTS LITTLE CARDS WITH ALOT WRITTEN ON THEM TELLING THEM TO GIVE UP. HE SAID ONE OLD ENEMY CHINESE HOLLORED AT THEM ALL NIGHT THAT THEY WERE ALL GOING TO DIE. HE TALKS ABOUT AN OIL STOVE IN HIS BUNKER. HE SAYS WHO SHARES A BUNKER WITH HIM. HE SAYS THEY AREN'T DOING MUCH EXCEPT PATROLS AS THE ENEMY IS, AND SOMETIMES THEY RUN INTO EACH OTHER WITH A LITTLE FIGHT.

HE TALKS ABOUT HAVING GUARD DUTY FOR THE BATALLION, AND USES THE TIME TO TYPE AND HAND WRITE A LETTER. NOT MUCH GOING ON, JUST BUILDING ROADS AS FAST AS THEY CAN BUT THE MELTING SNOW WASHES THEM AWAY FASTER THAN THEY CAN REPAIR. THE RAIN MEANS HE HAS TO MAKE BRIDGE TOO. ONE OF THE GUARDS JUST CALLED IN AND REPORTED HEARING SMALL ARMS FIRE OUT TO THE FRONT OF OUR RIGHT FLANK, BUT I HOPE IT'S NOT A AMBUSH OR AN ATTACK.

YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL ABOUT THESE REPORTS OF FIRING, MOST OF THE TIME THE MEN GET JUMPY AND DO MOST OF THE FIRING AND SEEING THINGS IN THIER MINDS. ON A NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT WHEN ITS SO DARK AND RAINY ITS EASY TO SEE MEN OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, SOME TIMES YOU THINK YOU SEE A BUNCH OF MEN AND THE NEXT MORNING FIND OUT IT WAS A PATCH OF TREES OR JUST SHADOWS. RED PLANES JUST CAME OVER AND DROPPED BOMBS AND SHOT THE BATALLION UP WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE COMMIES HAVE STRAFED US. EVERYBODY SHOT BACK AT THEM BUT DON'T KNOW IF WE HIT ANY.

THEY MADE 2 PASSES, HIM AND LT. NEAL GOT THE 50 CALIBER MACHINE GUN WORKING ON THE SECOND PASS, BUT PLANES ARE HARD TO HIT. HE TALKS ABOUT GOING HOME ON THE ELEVENTH OF THE MONTH AND ABOUT A MONTH HOME AND HE'LL SEE THEM AS SOON AS HE CAN, BUT NOT TO WRITE ANYMORE. HE TALKS ABOUT AFTER THEY GOT TO YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, THEY WENT TO CAMP DRAKE TO TRAIN , 10 MILES FROM TOKYO, STAYED 2 DAYS IN DRAKE, THEN TOOK A 36 HOUR TRAIN RIDE AND A FERRY OVER TO PUSAN, KOREA, THEN A DAY AND A HALF TO WONJU. TOMORROW THEY GO UP TO THEIR REGULAR OUTFITS THEY'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO.

HE'S BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE 2ND DIVISION. HE'S ABOUT 40 MILES BEHIND THE LINES NOW. HE WILL BE ON THE LINE 2 DAYS FROM NOW.

HE TELLS THEM NOT TO WORRY. HE LIKED JAPAN ALOT OF GREEN HILLS.

HE SAYS THEIR TRAINS ARE DINKY. HE SAYS THE REDS CAN HAVE KOREA FOR ALL HE CARES.

HE SAYS HE LIKES JAPAN AND WOULD LIKE TO LIVE THERE. HE SAYS KOREA THEY USE HUMAN MANURE FOR FERTILIZER AND THE WHOLE PLACE STINKS. THE HOUSES ARE MUD AND STRAW...... HE SAYS SORRY HE HASN'T WRITTEN IN AWHILE, THEY KEEP HIM REAL BUSY. THEY HAVE TO GO ON PATROLS EVERY 3 DAYS AND WHEN HE GETS OFF HAS TO START PLANNING THE NEXT ONE. HE TALKS ABOUT THE ENEMY STANDING NEXT TO THEIR LINES ABOUT 25 MILES, THEY TRIED TO TAKE HIM (THE ENEMY) ALIVE, BUT HE TRIED TO THROW A HAND GRENADE, SO THEY KILLED HIM. HE SAYS HE WENT OUT ON PATROL WITH HALF HIS PLATOON AND THE ENEMY DIDN'T FIRE AT THEM. IN 3 OR 4 WEEKS 2 SHOULD GET TO GO TO JAPAN FOR 5 DAYS REST.

HE TALKS ABOUT HIS PARENTS NOT TO WORRY IF THEY GET A TELEGRAM TELLING THEM HE WAS WOUNDED, THAT HE GOT HIT IN THE BACK, BUT IS BACK ON THE LINE...... HE TALKS ABOUT HIS PICTURE BEING IN THE PAPER, HERE IT IS, THE NEWSPAPER CLIPPING IS IN AMONGST THE OTHER CLIPPINGS IN THE LOT. HE TALKS ABOUT HAVING TO TAKE OUT A PATROL AND FIND OUT WHERE THE ENEMY HAD THEIR MORTARS. THEY FOUND A WHOLE BATALLION OF CHINESE.

THEY HAD TO GO TO HEADQUARTERS AND TALK TO A BUNCH OF OFFICERS. AFTER IT WAS ALL OVER HIS C. THANKED HIM AND RECOMMENDED HIM FOR PROMOTION.

HE GOT A DAYS REST AND ALL HE WANTED TO EAT FOR ONE DAY ANY WAY....... THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE LETTERS, THERE ARE MANY MORE IN THE LOT....... A MILITARY PATCH WITH AN INDIAN CHIEF AND A STAR ON IT. THERE IS A HAND DRAWN PICTURE WHAT LOOKS LIKE HE DREW OF HIMSELF WITH CLIFF (HIS NAME) WRITTEN BELOW IT, HE IS ALL STITCHED UP, ON CRUTCHES AND WEARING A LETTER SWEATER WITH AN M ON THE FRONT, FROM HIS HOME HIGH SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA, BOOTS BANDAGED AND PATCHED UP, WITH THE CAPTION: HEY FELLAS LET'S GO BACK TO THE SNOW LINE!

PROBABLY DRAWN IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING. THERE IS A HAND TYPED PAGE WHERE HE IS RECOUNTING SOME OF THE DETAILS OF HEARTBREAK RIDGE.

THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF PAPER LOSS AND A LETTER OR 2 MISSING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. THERE IS A PATHFINDER MAGAZINE FROM 1951, WITH AN ARTICLE AND SOME PICTURES OF THE ACTION AT HEARTBREAK RIDGE AND AN ARTICLE, WITH AN ACCOMPANYING LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER OF PATHFINDER IN WASHINGTON D. TO HIS MOTHER IN CALIFORNIA, AND THEY ARE SENDING HER A COPY AT NO CHARGE. THE COVER IS TATTERED AND TORN WITH SOME PAPER LOSS AND DETATCHED FROM THE MAGAZINE.

THERE IS A "PHOTO MAGAZINE, " SMALL READERS DIGEST SIZED, WITH ALOT OF PICTURES OF SEXY PINUP GIRLS AND ARTICLES AND PICTURES ABOUT THE ACTON IN KOREA AND HEARTBREAK RIDGE WITH SOME OTHER MILITARY RELATED STUFF. JULY 30, 1953, MANTECA BULLETIN: COVER: 2ND LIEUTENANT CLIFF R. HIGH FORMERLY OF MANTECA (IN THE MANTECA NEWSPAPER) GETS SECOND HIGHEST HONOR THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AT FORT LEWIS, WASH. THE PAPER IS FOLDED AND COMPLETE. ANOTHER COPY OF THE ABOVE NEWSPAPER.

JANUARY 31, 1952, MANTECA BULLETIN, I DON'T SEE ANY MENTION OF HIM IN THIS PAPER, MAYBE IT WAS ONE SENT OVER TO HIM, A NICE PICTURE OF A STUDEBAKER, PAPER LOOKS TO BE COMPLETE. DECEMBER 13, 1951, MANTECA BULLETIN, COVER: SGT. CLIFF HIGH SINGLED OUT FOR UNUSUAL HONORS, SINGLED OUT FOR HIS OUTSTANDING BRAVERY IN THE KOREAN FIGHTING IN AN ARTICLE IN A RECENT ISSUE OF COLLIERS MAGAZINE, PAPER LOOKS TO BE COMPLETE. THERE IS A PARTIAL NEWSPAPER MANTECA BULLETIN, I DON'T SEE A MENTION OF THIS SOLDIER IN HERE. NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: I WILL WRITE THE HEADING FOR EACH CLIPPING.

PRISONERS TO ENJOY'OLD FASHIONED' CHRISTMAS HE TALKS IN ONE OF HIS LETTERS ABOUT A CHRISTMAS AND THE CHINESE HARASSING THEM, AND HOW ONE OLD MAN KEPT YELLING THAT THEY WERE ALL GOING TO DIE... A CLIPPING WITH A CARTOON SKETCH WITH THE CAPTION: HEARTBREAK RIDGE OCTOBER 24, 1951, WITH A UNITED NATIONS FLAG ON TOP OF THE RIDGE WITH VEGETATION WIPED OUT. A CLIPPING WITH A PICTURE OF HEARTBREAK RIDGE: "HOW HEARTBREAK RIDGE GOT ITS NAME". "BRAVERY OF MANTECAN ON KOREA FRONT TOLD; MEDALS WON, " WITH A PICTURE OF HIM, 3 IDENTICAL CLIPPINGS. "HEARTBREAK RIDGE BATTLE MOST SAVAGE OF WAR, "'AMERICAN AND FRENCH TROOPS KILLED WOUNDED 10,000 REDS IN 30 DAYS.

LOTTIE HIGH OF MANTECA IS SHOWN CARRYING A WOUNDED BUDDY FROM AN ENGAGEMENT ON HEARTBREAK RIDGE IN KOREA TO A FIRST AID STATION 2ND, 23RD INFANTRY, WAS THE FIRST ON HEARTBREAK RIDGE. HE WAS WOUNDED LAST MONTH AND HAS RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART. HIGH IS A GRADUATE OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL , CLASS OF'49, AND ENTERED THE SERVICE IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. HE LEFT FOR SERVICE IN KOREA JULY 11. HE TALKS ABOUT THIS EVENT IN 1 OF HIS LETTERS - THERE ARE 2 IDENTICAL CLIPPINGS OF THIS PICTURE WITH CAPTION.

"UN OFFERS TO GIVE UP ISLANDS OFF KOREA FOR TRUCE LINE". FRONT PAGE ONLY, OF DECEMBER 13, 1951 OF THE MANTECA BULLETIN, SAME AS THE FULL NEWSPAPER ABOVE, SGT. CLIFF HIGH SINGLED OUT FOR UNUSUAL HONORS. PICTURE WITH CAPTION BELOW: "HEARTBREAK RIDGE, "'THE LITTERS WERE SAVED FOR THE SERIOUS CASES. BACK SIDE PICTURE WITH CAPTION BELOW: COFFEE IN THE RAIN.

LUNCH ON THE SLOPES OF'HEARTBREAK RIDGE. THIS SOLDIER WEARING HIS FORMAL DRESS AND HAT - SOME CREASES. BATALLION 434 GROUP PHOTO - THERE ARE SOME CREASES, AND SOME TEARS TO THE SIDE. LATER PHOTO OF 44TH TO 2ND DIVISION, DATED OCT. 1954, POSSIBLY WHEN THEY WERE REASSIGNED TO GERMANY?

BERKSHIRE De LUXE, FORMAL DRESS HAT WITH THIS SOLDIERS NAME TAG STILL INSIDE, SIZE 7 1/4. A WOOD PLAQUE WITH A LT.

INSIGNIA ON TOP, RIFLE, AND MEDAL BELOW. THE NAME TAG HAS COME OFF AND IS MISSING. "YOU'VE HAD IT, "'THE STORY OF BASIC TRAINING, BY RITTER AND GADBOIS COMIC BOOK, VICTORIA PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK, N. PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, COPYRIGHTED 1950. PARKS, MAJOR GENERAL, GSC, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, WASHINGTON D.

PLEASE NOTE THE BOOKS HOLDING DOWN THE SCROLL PHOTOS IN PHOTO #9 ABOVE ARE ONLY TO HOLD THE PHOTOS IN PLACE AS THEY ARE ROLLED UP, AND NOT PART OF THE LOT. PLEASE SEE ITEM CONDITION AND PHOTOS ABOVE. FROM THE EMERALD CITY TO YOUR CITY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME, AND YOUR INTEREST IN THIS LISTING. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT OUR OTHER VINTAGE, UNIQUE AND EMERALD CITY TREASURES. THANK YOU AGAIN, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

WE HERE AT EMERALD CITY PLEASURES HAVE SAVED THESE MANY TREASURES FOR YEARS FROM THE CATACOMBS OF THE FUNKY GRUNGY URBAN JUNGLE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL, TO PRESERVE THESE TRINKETS, AND COLLECTIBLE ITEMS SO THEY MAY LIVE TO SHINE ANOTHER DAY IN SOMEONE ELSE'S COLLECTION, LIBRARY, DECORATING MOTIF, HOME, OFFICE, BOAT, CAR, OR WHEREVER THEY MAY WIND UP.

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WHATEVER IT IS, IT WAS MEANT TO BE, BECAUSE YOU LANDED ON THIS PAGE. ADD THIS TREASURE TO YOUR MOTIF, COLLECTION OR WHEREVER ELSE IT SUITS YOU TODAY. FROM THE EMERALD CITY TO YOUR CITY. The item "Korean War, Heartbreak Ridge Hero, Photos, Letters, Prisoner Money, Drawings++++" is in sale since Tuesday, October 13, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Korea (1950-53)\Original Period Items". The seller is "emeraldcitytreasure-2013" and is located in Everett, Washington. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.

• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Theme: Militaria
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Conflict: Korea (1950-53)