Item COLD WAR 27/111 - Transcript of interview with Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bussey, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with US Lt Col Charles Bussey, 77 Engineer Combat Company, attached to the racially segregated US 24 Infantry Regt, Korea, 1950, relating to the lack of combat readiness of the US 8 Army, Japan, Jun 1950; Bussey's experience of service in a racially segregated US Army, Japan, 1950; the North Korean invasion of the Republic of Korea and the advance to the Pusan perimeter, Jun-Sep 1950; the superior morale and physical fitness of the North Korean Army as compared to the US Army, 1950; the poor condition of US Army equipment and weaponry in Korea, 1950; Bussey's bravery at the Battle of Yechon while attached to 3 Bn, 24 Infantry Regt, US 25 Div, Korea, Jul 1950; Bussey's account of his superior officer's failure to recommend him for the US Congressional Medal of Honor following his bravery at Yechon because of the possibility that the US public would resent the creation of an American hero from the black community, 1950; Bussey's opinion of the performance of the US Army in Korea, 1950; the crossing of the 38th Parallel by UN forces, Sep 1950; the Chinese intervention in the Korean War, Oct 1950; US casualties caused by the severe winter weather, 1950-1951; the equipment of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1950-1951; the US retreat from the Yalu River, North Korea, 1950-1951; the effect of US Gen Matthew Bunker Ridgway's takeover in command of UN forces in Korea, 1951. 35pp