This Site is dedicated to the Men of Easy Company 180th Infantry who served in the Korean War from  the Mobilization of the 45th Infantry Division of the Oklahoma National Guard in 1 September 1950 through 1 September 1952. This includes their training at Camp Polk Louisiana and Hokkiado Japan.  The 45th's mission in Japan was training to become combat ready and the defense of Hokkiado.

 During seven months in combat in Korea we lost 15 KIA and had 61 WIA which are indicated in the E Company Roster. This is considered a light causality loss, except to those who were involved.

In December 1951 the Division was sent to Korea to replace the 1st Cavalry Division. By 1 September 1952 most of the National Guard members and replacements which trained together in Japan had been rotated back to the States. The 45th continued on until the Truce Talks ended the war. While the time after September 1952 is equally important to all who served in the 45th, this web site is dedicated to 1 Sep 50 to 1 Sep 52. 

When the members were rotated home, they returned to jobs, returned to college and raised families. Little thought was given to comrades until in later years, when there is now  time to reflect and try to remember those who shared our lives during this important time.

E Company,  Durant, OK,  September 1950 

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E Company, Camp Polk, LA  6 Jan 1951
Photo is divided into five sections
Thanks to Dan Bontrager


 
 

1	10 Adolph Losawyer	19	28 James Lyle ?
2 Harold Yost	11 Max Koerner	20	29
3	12 J.W. Gumm	21 Don Gothe	30 Neal Johnson
4 Walter Radabaugh	13	22 Jerome Goheski ?	31 Jack Nichols
5 James Davis	14	23	32
6 Bob Howard	15 Kenneth Robers	24 Marvin Quain	33 Robert Reuter
7 James Attaway	16 William Rot	25	34 Carl Reiner
8 John Breitmeyer	17 Donald Rutchik	26	35
9	18	27

 

1 Jerry Anderson	11 Bill Nowanty	21 Raymond Volbrecht	31
2 Jim Van Hove	12	22	32 Lyle Hartley
3	13	23	33 Ralph Peters
4 Robert Seidel	14	24 Ed Hergott	34
5 Eugene Blonigan	15	25 Charles Learned	35
6 Vernon Ribera	16 Robert Mielke	26 Andy Mazzara	36
7	17	27 Raymond Zucca	37
8	18	28	38
9 Paul Huster	19	29 Jack Newbold	39
10 Bill Personke	20 Eugene Blonigen	30	40

 

1	12	23	34
2	13	24 Sam Buscemi	35 Arnold Paverud
3 Allan Jones	14 George Joas	25 Robert Lathrup	36
4 Bill Massey	15	26 Neely Bond	37 Johnnie Corbin
5	16 Charles Mullen	27 Bert Potter	38 Mack Cullop
6 James Markel	17	28 Carol Sutterfield	39 Dan Bond
7	18 Sid Oakes	29 Velton Davis	40 Russ Blodgett
8	19	30 Elmer Maulden	41 Orvin Anderson
9	20	31	42
10	21 Don Hillestad	32 Rudolph Cook	43 Bob Newman
11 Bob Shore	22 Wesley Wunroe	33 Heinz Nagel	44 Gil Culoccy

 

1 Albert Massengale	9 Keith Nash	17	25 Clarence Mullens
2 Bill Riddle	10	18	26 Jerome Wipperfurth
3 Calvin Merritt	11	19	27
4 Euil Neese	12	20	28 Richard Nodine
5	13	21	29 Harold White
6 George Williams	14 Albert Szydzik	22 Kenneth Beck	30
7 Robert Heider	15 Joyclyn Olson	23 Ed Gerber	31
8 Allan Ross	16 Harold Miller	24 Harry Cooley	32

 

1	8	15 Jesse Turner	22 Bill Graham
2 Billy Mac Teague ?	9 Lowell Mann	16 Marron Mitchell	23 Gordon Anderson
3	10	17	24 Kenneth Beck?
4	11 Wayne One Bear	18 Claude Cole	25 Clipper Turner
5	12	19	26
6	13	20 Robert Treadway	27
7 Robert Wilke	14 Dan Bontrager	21	28

 

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