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Ralph Pannell

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After the war was over, Ralph Pannell of the Army Air Corps recalls the long journey home, station by station, including a flight over the Taj Mahal and other activities along the way. (5:45)

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Ralph Pannell of the Army Air Corps goes over his daily duties while stationed at Gowen Field in Idaho. He also mentions some famous names who were stationed there between August 1943 & November 1944. (1:53)

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Ralph Pannell explains the planes that were flown by the Army Air Corps while stationed in Feni, India and one gruesome experience in that region due to the aftermath of a battle. (2:26)

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Ralph Pannell of the Army Air Corps describes the living conditions while stationed in India. They lived in old Bamboo Shacks and had to adapt to the conditions. They often hired locals for certain small janitorial duties. (3:00)

Ralph Puckett

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He wanted to be a military aviator, but West Point had no aviation program. Impressed by the infantry leaders he encountered, Ralph Puckett decided there would be no truer test of himself than to become a combat infantry officer. (4:19)

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He was at jump school when he heard about the North Koreans invading the South. Determined to get in the war, young 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Puckett was at a stopover in Japan when he was told to report for possible selection for a special Ranger unit. He found out that the officers were already selected but he made a pitch to get on the team as a rifleman if nothing else. Come back tomorrow, he was told. (5:13)

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We were unprepared for war when we had to fight one in Korea. Ralph Puckett should know because his job was to take a small unit of new Rangers into the country for dangerous missions. They arrived at Pusan where the American forces had just barely avoided being pushed into the sea. (4:02)

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Piano wire? Those Rangers want everything, groused the supply officer. When the volunteer company got into Korea, though, they only had the most basic cold weather gear. The first mission for company commander Ralph Puckett and his men was to rout North Korean stragglers and units left behind when they retreated Northward. (5:43)

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It was called Hill 205. The small Ranger company was told to take and hold the hill. They did that as long as they could but Ralph Puckett and his men had to go through hell to do it. Waves of Chinese attackers had him calling in very close artillery strikes. He lay there, unable to move after three wounds, watching the Chinese bayonet wounded Rangers. Then two figures charged up the hill. (12:28)

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Both feet were severely injured so Ralph Puckett had some serious hospital time coming up. Evacuated from Korea to Japan, then back to Fort Benning, he could, at least, see his family. Then came a knock on the door and two pretty girls walked in. If only they knew what he had just told his father. (4:37)