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[Mark in Rochester]

Sgt. Quick (right) bandages a Marine buddy’s leg during the Chosin Reservoir campaign in Korea.

Joe Quick is one of “The Chosin Few”.

He’s one of the members of the 7th Regiment, 1st Marine Division that led the way up and back from the Chosin Reservoir during the early months of the Korean War. For nearly eight long weeks, Quick and 20,000 other U.S. Marines braved overwhelming enemy odds in sub-zero weather fighting day and night, often completely surrounded by Chinese and North Korean forces.

As the 54th anniversary of Chosin approaches in early November, Quick reflects on the largest Marine engagement of the Korean War. “It was a fruitless exercise that accomplished little militarily,” he said with a feeling of disappointment.

As a 17-year-old leatherneck, Quick first went ashore with the 6th Division five years earlier on Okinawa, the last major battle of World War II. His company was reactivated when the Korean War broke out in June 1950. Fighting in Korea at 22, he soon became an “old man.”


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The Herald Tribune - 1 Jan 2008

Quick, Joe B.
Nov. 8, 1927 - Dec. 30, 2007

Joe B. Quick, 80, Port Charlotte, formerly of Lees Summit, Mo., died Dec. 30, 2007.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Roberson Funeral Home, Port Charlotte Chapel. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment with military honors will follow at Restlawn Memorial Gardens, Port Charlotte.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Shirley A.; sons Danny Joe of Punta Gorda, Gerald of Port Charlotte and Gary Welty of Wichita, Kan.; a brother, Wayne of Tempe, Ariz.; and six grandchildren.

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