Comments: Your article on the M3A1 says that it may fire if dropped whether the bold is cocked or not. I don't think so. It fires on an open (cocked) bolt and until the trigger id depressed, all of the cartridges are in the magazine and there's no way it'll fire. If it's cocked, it might though.
Admin reply: When loaded the cartridges are stripped, chambered and fired by the forward motion of the bolt when either cocked or driven back by mechanical motion. Picture dropping the loaded weapon, uncocked, in a way to give maximum rearward inertia to the bolt when weapon motion is stopped by hitting a hard surface. If the inertial energy is sufficient to cause the bolt to continue moving past the top cartridge, the spring will cause it to strip, chamber and fire a cartridge just as though it were in full blow-back operation. If you don't believe this, try it, but not if the fired round can hit anything.
Added: May 7, 2014
Submitted by Name: Chris Gill From: Brisbane E-mail: Contact
Comments: Many thanks to Ron Cashman. The photo of yourself with John Gill was appreciated by his brothers and sisters.
Added: April 11, 2014
Submitted by Name: James Helton From: Missouri E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hello, I am trying to find information on my grandfather and all I have is his name, rank and birth year and death date. How do I find out where he was and what unit he was attached to? I appreciate any help. SSGT. Singleton, Arnold. He was from Missouri.
Admin reply: You may get a copy of his service records by submitting the little information you have in a Standard Form 180
If you can find his SSN and/or birth dates from others in your family, the Personnel Records Center will be more likely to help you.
All I can tell you from my records is that he was not wounded in either Korea or Vietnam. Good luck.
Added: February 22, 2014
Submitted by Name: James William Bolt From: Laurens South Carolina E-mail: Contact
Comments: I enter Korea Thursday 6 July 1950 with Bravo Battery 63rd Field Artillery Battalion. Enter combat area on Friday afternoon 7 July and saw combat on Saturday morning the 8 July as the 3rd Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment tried hold the road and railroad junction at Chonan South Korea sign 40 yards
Added: February 11, 2014
Submitted by Name: Ericka Roseberry From: St. Augustine, Florida E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hello, this is an amazing website. I am 14 and have chosen this battle as my history research paper. I am supposed to get first hand information on the battle rather than getting information from the internet. Do you have any suggestions? I would love to talk to you. Respectfully, Ericka
Admin reply: Hi Ericka,
You might contact the administrator at your local Senior Center with your request. Here in White Rock, you would find a number of veterans from WWII, Korea and Vietnam who would enjoy talking with you, and that will probably be true wherever you live. Good luck.
Added: January 29, 2014
Submitted by Name: TODD KENO From: SAN FRANCISCO E-mail: Contact
Comments: These are all lies. Jane Fonda wanted to bring soldiers home, not disrespect them. She was pro-soldier and anti-war. That wasn't uncommon then. Nixon lied and killed a lot of innocent people. Nixon and Lyndon Johnson were evil people. Stop blaming people like Jan Fonda. So ridiculous. More than half of America was against the war while she was living in France unaware for the most part what was really going on. She didn't influence anyone in America to be against the war. The fact that this was the first US war televised and most people had TVs in the 60s is the reason people were against that war.
Admin reply: By her photographs in Vietnam Nam and her contemporary speeches and actions, nearly all of us who did our duty as ordinary citizens and went through combat for the U S at that time were a little scarred for life, as we were by the other radical liberals on our return home. To most of us, she is no longer important, but remains forever a witch
http://www.koreanwaronline.com/arms/hanoijan.htm
Added: January 7, 2014
Submitted by Name: john pasquino From: glendae queens new yorl E-mail: Contact
Submitted by Name: michael skennar From: sydney australia E-mail: Contact
Comments: I first knew Gus (as Sir!)in 1952 at Ingleburn. I well remember the Mosquito flying low over 2 Bn lines in Korea for Gus to drop his mail for onward posting.
Name: Mark Dantone
From: Oak Lawn Illinois
E-mail: Contact
Was glad to go back and see when my Dad was injured and what unit he fought with.