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Why was it called Pork Chop Hill?

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bunnyphuphu | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Actually it was Hill 255 before having the name changed to Pork Chop Hill, because of its contour lines.

My father fought on Pork Chop Hill. He served in the military when he was too young and had me when he was older.

My mom said he wasn't the same after fighting in that war.
He never talked much about his time on that hill.
I had to read about it, or watch the old movie with Gregory Peck.

While studying history, I had discovered that the Vietnam War had a famous hill too. Hamburger Hill. But it was not named because of its shape.
It was named because that's what the soldiers looked like after fighting on it.

**picture of my dad Jim in Korea
(bottom right side - he looks like Radar from MASH) - I miss him
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elkor_alish | 2 years, 8 months ago
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Hill 266 was what the Amry deemed it, but almost all landmarks in Korea were renamed by the deployed troops after distinctive visual characteristics for two reasons; One, so that from the ground they could be easily identified and two so they could be kept straight. 255 is "Mouth Baldy" and 266 is "Pork Chop Hill." Old Baldy earned its moniker after artillery and mortar fire destroyed the trees on its crest, Pork Chop Hill was named after its resemblance to a pork chop when depicted on the topographic maps used by officers in the fields
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