29 Oct 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Private First Class Preston McKnight, 19th Infantry Regiment, uses his poncho to get protection from the biting wind and cold, in the Yoju area, during break in action against the Chinese Communist aggressors. Janurary 10, 1951.

BIRTH 28 Jul 1927 Newell, Hancock County, West Virginia, USA
DEATH 9 Feb 1951 (aged 23) South Korea

When Preston Lindburgh McKnight was born on July 28, 1927, in Newell, West Virginia, his father, Carl, was 23 and his mother, Margaret, was 21. He had one brother and one sister. He died on February 9, 1951, in South Korea at the age of 23, and was buried in New Manchester, West Virginia.

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[Timothy-R]

A good post to revisit next Memorial Day.

[Bill Hollinger]

Flat buckle sling.

[Surpmil]

Named after Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis flight a few months before his birth.

And only eight years after Alcock & Brown flew across the Atlantic! Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown - Wikipedia

[Mark in Rochester]

Named after Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis flight a few months before his birth.

And only eight years after Alcock & Brown flew across the Atlantic! Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown - Wikipedia

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what am I missing here

[Bill Hollinger]

Preston "Lindburgh" McKnight

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Makes me cold just looking at the photo. Sad reading the caption. Too young and died far from his beautiful home state.