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Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Col. Charles Bussey: Christmas in Korea

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Robert Kirk

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4.6675 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Warning: This episode contains harsh language and discussions about rape. Col. Charles Bussey was an African American fighter pilot and a member of the famous Tuskegee Airmen in WWII. You can listen to him speak about this experience here.  He later fought in the Korean conflict during the Jim Crow era, where he and other African American soldiers were given the worst leadership and equipment due to their race.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:29.3

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0:30.4

I'm Ken Harbaugh, host of Warriors in their own words.

0:33.5

In this episode, Colonel Charles Bussie discusses the horrors of fighting in Korea and the inhuman

0:39.2

conditions faced by civilians. He talks about their brutal treatment by soldiers on both sides,

0:45.2

including assaults against women. We describe every episode of this show as an attempt to provide

0:50.8

the unsanitized truth about war, and that's why we chose to leave Colonel Bussie's reflections as they are.

0:57.5

As difficult as his stories are to hear,

1:00.3

I hope you'll understand why we wanted him to tell them in his own words.

1:04.5

Thanks for listening.

1:10.4

The I'm Ken Harbaugh, host of Warriors in Their Own Words.

1:22.2

In partnership with the Honor Project, we've brought this podcast back at a time when our nation needs these stories

1:28.1

more than ever. Warriors, in their own words, is our attempt to present an unvarnished, unsanitized

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