Lt. Richard Anderson, 180 th Infantry Regiment

Comments: To Lt. Richard Anderson's FAMILY AND OTHERS TO Whom It May Concern:

I served in N. Korea from late March, 1953 and well beyond for accumulation of my mandatory nine months (9) of military service, to include the bloody July 27, 1953 shelling and attacks on Love Company positions of the 180th Infantry Regiment 45th Infantry Division.

Lt. Richard Anderson loaded me into an ambulance (a jeep) of sorts while we were pulling off the front line on June 2 or 3(?), 1953 after a severe Chinese attack. King Company may have been hit as hard or harder than Love Company that night. (The "wiped-out," according to the New York Times later, 180th was being relieved by the 179th Infantry Regiment of the 45th).

The truck in which I was riding was blasted off the "road" by mortar shells I was told and went over a 50-75 ft. cliff in moonsoon rains, in the dark of night. I was found next morning at the foot of a hill and woke-up some time later in a hospital. A friend from home, Vic Busick, came to get me - he slipped us out a side door of the "hospital" and when I returned Lt. Anderson was waiting and told me what had happened. Also, he made sure Vic (George Company, 180th) received something to eat before sending him back to his unit.

I had nothing more than a concussion, but no one told me at the time. Upon return to my unit I was virtually useless as I could remember almost no one's name.

Anderson was a wonderful man! Repeat: Lt. Richard Anderson was a MAN! I may have been the only survivor I was told by Busick.

A REAL MAN, Anderson, was fighting mad at the event and most helpful to me!!! He has my eternal thanks.

Today is Wednesday, August 25, 2010 and only today did I learn of Anderson's recent(?) death. Most likely no one will notice this small comment for, after all, no one cares but if my good thoughts of Lt. Anderson find their way one day to any member of his remaining family, I feel better for having told this story that virtually no one on earth has ever heard.

Respectfully,

Thomas J. Coyne, Ph.D., US52221059 www.coyne-assoc.com

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Very Respectfully, Joseph Kornmeyer

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Sincerely, Cliff Roberti clifford.roberti@gmail.com

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