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Collection Summary
Collection: 10873 - North Dakota Veterans' History Project Records
Folder: 0017.010
Item: 00518-00001
Title: On left, Dean in uniform, informal portrait; on right, Dean posing with cigarette in one hand and gun in other
Date: 12/11/2004
Creator: Wegleitner, Larry L.
Summary: Digitized. Photograph of four photographs. (Left photo) The black and white picture is probably what I looked like most of the time. I never really thought about it, but somehow I expected the war to shut down from Saturday noon to Monday morning, but it went on every day. If I had men working at night, I was out both day and night, so I may have been as tired as I look. (Right photo) The weapon I am holding is a Chinese sub-machine gun which we called a 'burp gun.' It was fired so rapidly that it didn't go 'rat-tat-tat,' but sort of 'rrrrrip.' It had a drum magazine and was very simple. As I recall the recoil blew the bolt back against the rubber block which bounced it forward, picking up a round from the magazine and firing it as it was chambered, blowing the bolt back, etc., etc. It was the standard infantry weapon for the North Koreans and the Chinese. The ammo was small and the gun was inaccurate at any distance, but was effective at close range. It was probably a burp gun round that hit my Platoon Sgt., Marvin A. Ranthum, in the back. It didn't penetrate his armored vest, but broke a couple of ribs from a distance of about 10 feet. (See the enclosed clipping of the May 26, 1953, Pacific Stars and Stripes.) The incident took place April 18, 1953. The Chinese soldier only got off one round, so the weapon probably jammed. Incoming mortar and artillery on Pork Chop Hill that day made everything so dusty it was hard to keep small arms working.
Red ID: MS_I_452493 Image ID: 468965 Image Notes: 10873-00518-00001

Collection: 10873 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: North Dakota Veterans' History Project Records
Date: circa 1899-2019

Summary: Consists of interviews of North Dakota Veterans who served in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf War, War of Iraq, and other military conflicts. The files include one or more of the following formats: recordings (audio and/or video), manuscripts, photographs, and scrapbooks. The collection also contains records, administrative paperwork and forms used for the project.

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