Happy Father’s Day, Korea Edition

Some 75 years ago this week. 17 June 1951. Company M, U.S. 27th Infantry (“Wolfhounds”) Regiment, “Somewhere in Korea.” Note the unit had just earned its third Presidential Unit Citation of the conflict after liberating Seoul (again) just two months before this snapshot. Official caption: “Typical day of the many soldiers in Korea who observed Father’s Day without ever having seen their offspring are these five men of the 25th U.S. Inf. Div., who get together to compare snaps of their youngsters.” Photographer: Cpl. Allison Sherrod (SK), Signal Corps Photo SC 374885. U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive. L-R: Sgt. Weston Yates, New Orleans, La.; Lt. Charles Roffe, Eugene, Ore.; Capt. Lloyd Rainey, Emporia, Kan., (C/O Co. “M”, 27th Inf. Regt.); Pfc. Robert Parrick, Depew, Okla. After checking the casualty lists for the conflict against the above names, none perished on the battlefield that I can find, so let’s hope they all made it home to their respective kids and…