Combat medic

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Wallace B. Meade of Pound shares this photo of himself as an Army medic during the Korean war. Meade was a sergeant serving from October 1952 to July 1953. He served with the 224th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division. The photo was taken on the west rim of the “punchbowl,” a bowl-shaped valley near the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea. Meade was making sick call rounds at the time. The ridgeline behind him, between the arrows, is Heartbreak Ridge, site of a massive, bloody battle during September-October 1951. July 27 was the 61st anniversary of the cease-fire that ended all-out conflict between North Korea and United Nations forces. The conflict was never officially considered a war, and the lack of a treaty or surrender means it technically continues today. However, more than 36,500 Americans died there, more than 103,000 were wounded, more than 7,900 are missing in action and more than 4,700 were prisoners of the enemy.


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