Asia

Belgian Battalion in Korea

1 February 1951

On 13 September 1950, the Belgian Government offered a battalion as contribution to the United Nations effort to fight aggression in Korea. Following a special training period of three months, in Belgium, the 600-man, all-volunteer battalion landed in Korea late in January. It includes 43 officers and men from Luxembourg. In their P.X. (run by two women), the soldiers can buy cigarettes and candy from back home.

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