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Our War: Korea

'It was mighty dangerous stuff': Granite City man recalls 'explosive' moments in Korea

Ray Parchment stands near a cutout he made to honor veterans outside his home in Granite City.

As Ray Parchment and his twin brother, Roy, grew up in rural Tennessee, their farmer father knew that his boys would likely have to go someplace else to find their living.

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'It took you long enough to find me': After 60 years, Korea vet meets daughter of buddy killed in action

Nearly 60 years after a Korean War veteran made a promise to himself to find the daughter of a friend killed in action, he finally got to shake her hand and tell her about the man she never knew. Inside: The story that brought them together

363 days ago
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'We had a couple of close calls': Jim Corcoran took to the air during his time in Korea

As he grew up in Henderson, Minn., Jim Corcoran dreamed of becoming a famous flier like his idol, Charles Lindbergh.

398 days ago
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Our War Korea: Vet battled communists in China before the U.S. ever entered Korea

When 83-year-old Collinsville resident Leon Anderson was in high school, one of his neighbors came back from fighting in World War II.

412 days ago
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'I just wanted to make it home in one piece,' Korean War vet recalls

In 1950, 24-year-old Delmer Scheurer had never strayed too far from his family's farm near Scott Air Force Base in rural St. Clair County.

454 days ago
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'I was lucky': Korean War vet saw the horrors of war, but Mother Nature sent him home

Collinsville native Wayman Milam, 82, joined the Army twice.

468 days ago
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'I'm a believer': Korean War veteran says divine intervention helped him survive

Col. William E. Chatfield says a divine hand dealt him a successful 34 years with the Air Force, and kept him safe through three wars. Inside: Video of his story

482 days ago
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Veteran talks to slain buddy's daughter: 'I told her ... that he was a real good man'

It was modern technology that helped them get in contact, 60 years after one of them decided to find the other.

482 days ago
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Veteran credits piece of Civil War equipment for getting him through tour in Korea

When Thomas Lapins was shipped off to Korea in 1951, he wore a standard issue U.S. Army belt buckle.

511 days ago
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Our War: Korea ... This time, the telegram had good news for soldier's family

Neighbors eyed a courier who worked his way to an East St. Louis home.

524 days ago
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Our War: Korea ... Army veteran became one of the military's 'guinea pigs'

Drafted into the Army on his 20th birthday in March 1953, Henry Weilmuenster was a week and a half from being shipped to the Korean peninsula as an infantryman.

538 days ago