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Hal Barker on Hill 931, Heartbreak Ridge, 1989. Photo - Republic of Korea Army.

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Other Links Korean War Veterans Memorial Dedication Twin Tunnels - 2ID Tour Chunchon - 1994 - 2ID Tour

 

Return To Heartbreak Ridge is the story of a sons' search for his fathers' past, and a series of letters received from Korean War Veteran SFC Seymour "Hoppy" Harris, a gunner with Company H, 23d Infantry Regiment, 1951. The story of a war in Korea begins at Chip-yong-ni, February 13, 1951, and ends at Heartbreak Ridge in October, 1951. But the end of war for Harris is only the beginning of a permanent nightmare of war. The book explores a forgotten war, and the true story of the events which shaped the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

 

Chapter One Purple Heart Gaither Nicholas The Memorial Punchbowl The Hoppy Harris Letters May Massacre Panmunjom Truce Village Hawaii Rituals

 

Letters From The War Zone - Early Days SFC Seymour Harris, 23d Infantry Regiment First Letter Second Letter - Just Loneliness Before the War - 1946-50  Chip-yong-ni - February 1951 North From Pusan Chip-yong-ni, 13 February 1951 Chip-yong-ni, 14-15 February 1951 I Remember The Snow  Death Valley Death Valley, 7 March 1951 Killed In Action  May Massacre - May 1951 Escape From Chaun-ni  Punchbowl - July 1951 The Punchbowl  Heartbreak Ridge - September / October 1951 Up And Down Heartbreak Ridge - Confessions Heartbreak Ridge - War  On the Rim of Hell - Postwar I Have Memories Nightmares When Sleep Comes Thoughts You Have A Personality Disorder Masks Man From Nowhere This Thing Called War A Ruddy Saint Random Thoughts Bob Shelden Called Maggies Drawers  Again A Proud Soldier Again A Proud Soldier Thanks For Caring