7-6-19 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

With the frozen Yalu River and snowy Manchurian hills at their backs, Cpl. Mayford J. Gadner, left, and Pfc. Tommie Robinson from New Mexico, stand guard near Hyesanjin on Korea's northeastern front, Dec. 2, 1950. The GIs are members of the U.S. 7th Division

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Mayford J. Gadner 1931 - 2017

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[Bob Seijas]

Most people don't remember that MacArthur wanted to seed a 20-mile wide strip along the Yalu with plutonium so nobody could walk across it for 100 years.

[Mark in Rochester]

Did not know that

[RCS]

MacArthur want to use atomic bombs on the Chinese too.

There was a story about MacArthur in Chicago in 1952, his Chrysler limo hit some guys fender in a parking lot. MacArthur rolled down
his window and said "don't worry the army will pay for it" and drove off.