Korean War Vet Nominated for Distinguished Service Cross

Vet Nominated for Distinguished Service Cross

Halcomb said he is not so sure if the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are worth it. He flies an American flag at half mast at his Mulberry home.

EDITOR'S NOTE: More than 1,789,000 men and women from the United States fought in the Korean War between its start June 25, 1950, and the signing of the armistice July 27, 1953. Many of the heaviest, largest-scale battles took place in subzero weather. When hostilities were over, the war dropped from public memory, unlike World War II. It is often referred to as “The Forgotten War.” In this occasional series, The Ledger features veterans who fought in this first campaign of the Cold War era.

MULBERRY | Edward "Grady" Halcomb was kicked out of the Army the first time, when his mother presented officials with his birth certificate showing he had joined at age 16. When he became of age he went back in just in time for one of the most brutal incidents in Army history, for which he has now been nominated for the Distinguished Service Cross 61 years after the fact.

Halcomb, 80, is a retired career soldier, who ran Grady's Bait and Tackle for several years after leaving the military and other careers.

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