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Description
Mr. Himes recalls his impression of the Chinese enemy, particularly his shock at the numbers of bodies sacrificed.
Transcription
Interviewer: What was your impression of the enemy that you faced in Korea?
I think they've got to be stupid the way they throw their bodies away. But that's what they're using, is mass, mass, mass force. When they attack, they attack.... the ones in front could either have rice mats or whatnot and their bodies stayed over the wire, and then the other ones come behind with burp guns or hand grenades, and then people come along after that with ammo and just pick up the burp guns, because they haven't got any, so it's...
Interviewer: But it'd be a terrifying thing for a person from the West to see this.
Yeah.
I think they've got to be stupid the way they throw their bodies away. But that's what they're using, is mass, mass, mass force. When they attack, they attack.... the ones in front could either have rice mats or whatnot and their bodies stayed over the wire, and then the other ones come behind with burp guns or hand grenades, and then people come along after that with ammo and just pick up the burp guns, because they haven't got any, so it's...
Interviewer: But it'd be a terrifying thing for a person from the West to see this.
Yeah.
Catégories
Impressions of the Enemy
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Korean War
Emplacement géographique
Korea
Personne interviewée
Kenneth Albert Himes
Branche
Army
Unité ou navire
Royal Canadian Regiment
Military Rank
Corporal
Durée
00:55