Louis in the early morning hours of September 11, 1950. Riding in was struck by the Spirit of St. Passengers on PX5444 West nevertheless became Korean War casualty statistics when the troop train they were Although the guardsmen did not serve in Korea, many of the soldier "PX5444 West" chug down the tracks could predict the great tragedy that awaited the guardsmen of the 28thĭivision just one state away and less than one day after they pulled out of the Wilkes-Barre train stationĮn route to Camp Atterbury, Indiana. In the communities of Carbondale, Honesdale, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, no one watching train Germany once their training was complete, no one was sure when they would be with their loved ones again.īut at least they would be safe at the training camp and in Germany. Wives and children, mothers and fathers,Īnd family friends gathered on hometown streets for tearful farewells to the townsmen who were so abruptlyĪnd unexpectedly called to active duty because of the new war now raging in the Far East. Near and far from their homes for accelerated courses in warfare. World War II veterans found themselves on the way to yetĪnother distant battlefront, and guardsmen with little or no combat training were assigned to military bases National Guard units across the United States were federalized during the weeks and months immediatelyĪfter war broke out on the Korean peninsula.
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