Memories of Bloody Ridge
Source: Department of Defense
An M114 155-mm howitzer is shown in firing position at an undisclosed location in 1985. This type of big gun was key to winning the Battle of Bloody Ridge, which took place from Aug. 18 to Sept. 5, 1951, near the 38th Parallel in Korea.
Staff Writer
I like to visit “This Week in Military History” websites, and I found an item on one of them that struck a chord — it involved a very special veteran in my life.
He served in all three major wars — World War II, Korea and Vietnam — and only about one single battle would he speak, and that was the Battle of Bloody Ridge in Korea.
He was my Dad, retired Army Col. Keith C. Nusbaum. He passed away in 2013 after enjoying a long, well-earned retirement. But like so many veterans, he never spoke about his wartime experiences — except for Bloody Ridge.
It was his first combat.
As a freshly minted West Point graduate in June of 1945, his first assignment was in the Army of Occupation in Japan. He didn’t like the duty, evidently, which was all he’d say.