Major Brooks

Major Brooks and the Korean War

By: Garrett Shew

The following post will have graphic and shocking information that is not for the faint of heart.

Major Brooks joined the military the day after he graduated from high school he originally enlisted in the Army and planned to become an Army Ranger. His plans soon changed after the start of the Korean war in 1950. His new plans were to join the Special Forces Platoon being sent in late 1950. Following a Commander who helped him throughout his basic training advanced training.

The Following is a personal Recollection of events in his first deployment in Korea that scarred him forever. The date is November 6, 1950, His Special Forces group has been dropped behind enemy lines and has been given a assassination order of a high ranking officer of the North Korean army. As they snaked there way through crumbling the crumbling cities on route to the rendezvous with their inside source they stumble upon a small platoon of Korean soldiers. There Field commander gives them the order to terminate everyone in the vicinity including the civilians as silently as possible to keep them from alerting the nearby military base to their presence. Major Brooks sat back and watched as 5 of his comrades acted like wild animals stalking there prey. His group close combat specialist slides 2 combat knives out of there holsters and takes out the 2 Korean guards by accurately and swiftly plunging his knives into the back of the neck separating the skull and the spinal cords, killing them instantly. After dragging there blood drenched bodies out of the way 4 of his fellow comrades begin to encircle the group taking Korean Soldiers out 1 by one. He said it was like watching a master painter paint a masterpiece due how silent and accurate each kill was executed. Soon as the assassinations began it was over all that was left was the prostitutes and wives of the massacred Korean Squad. Before executing them several of his comrades raped and butchered the women treating them like animals. This was the first of many events that would leave major scars on his conscience. When his comrades decided they've had enough fun they began lining them up and slitting there throats one by one whispering if one of them said a word they would chop them up into little pieces. After the fifth execution a woman closer to the end whimpered just loud enough to catch the commanders attention. He pulled her out of line and ripped her shirt off and balled it up and stuck it into her mouth then put a piece of duct tape over it to keep her from screaming. He then dragged her in front of the line of around 6 women whispering that he warned them if they made a sound. He then proceeded with cutting off the woman's fingers and toes, then her ears. He then began to saw thru one of her wrists all the while the woman is trying to scream but due to the shirt in her mouth nothing comes out better occasional muffled squeaks. after the 2nd leg wrist is completely sawed through the woman passes out due to rapid blood loss. The commander continues to chop the woman up until there is close to 20 pieces of the woman laying on the ground in front of them.  He then took pieces of the woman and rubbed it across there chests smearing them with the blood of their friend. They were all swiftly executed before they began on route once again toward the checkpoint with there inside source. At around 0100 hours they came upon the source; he told the platoon that their target was stationed in a civilian building with approximately 200 civilians residing it it as well as close to 100 Korean soldiers. The commander made the decision to call in a precision airstrike to wipe out the building and the surrounding area instead of risking engaging the soldiers within the building. The Squad positioned themselves on the roof of a building around half a mile a way and radioed in the order of a multi-angle airstrike to completely wipe out the area. As Major Brooks sat there watching the building he began to hear the humming of the jets incoming on there position. He then sat and watched as missle after missle rained down on the building and the surrounding area. After the missle fire was over they went to attempt to search the wreckage to try to find evidence that the mark was killed in the explosions. After about 30 minutes they received conformation that the mark was killed and was bringing the 8 rings and his Golden Ak-47 back as souvenirs. 

After Major Brooks returned to the U.S. outpost he received word that 750 civilians were killed in the bombing and another 1,500 people were injured. The deaths laid heavy on his conscience for the rest of his time in Korea. After being in Korea for 6 months he was awarded the bronze star for combat excellence and was given a 2 month leave to anywhere he wanted paid for by his Commanding officer. 

At this point the Recollection began to lay heavy on his mind and he began to tear up and cry and he decided that was enough for now but promised that he would tell me more stories from the Korean War and from his days in the first Iraq War.