FIRE in the hole!
Frozen earth flies upwards as the thundering sound of boots trod against it. A torrent of grenades, mortars, and small arms fire strike everywhere within the company line as men charge forward, the sound of Gary Owen echoing on the slope. A young rifleman fires a round from his rifle, smoke puffing out as he continues to charge before a grenade explodes nearby.
The calls of “medic!” fill the air as Dale Sasenbery lays on the ground, groaning with hot steel lodged in his body.
A VOLUNTEER WHO SOON WENT INTO COMBAT
Dale Damon Sasenbery was born on March 15, 1928, in Martin, South Dakota. Soon thereafter, his family moved to Stockton, California. The tang of fresh citrus fruit and the kiss of a warm west coast sun did little to prepare him for soldiering in Korea.
WWII had ended when he was a sophomore in high school so when the trumpets of war beckoned men of the United States to arms to serve in the Korean Conflect, he answered the call.
Private Sasenbery arrived in Korea just before the Chinese Spring Offensive of 1951. Assigned
