AMERICAN LEGION POST  #14 - BOZEMAN, MONTANA



The American Legion Magazine

Monthly features and interviews explore national issues, health care, global security, history, travel and more.

 

THE COLDEST BATTLE

In one of his last interviews, Korean War Veteran Charlie Gebhardt recalls the "frozen Chosin."Charlie Gebhardt served at the Pusan perimeter and the invasion of Inchon before his unit, the 31st Regimental Combat Team, was sent east of the Chosin Reservoir to relieve Marines trying to rejoin their division. He and his fellow soldiers survived below-zero temperatures and attacks from Chinese troops.