Robert de Aragon
Robert de Aragon served two years in the United States Army, including a tour of duty in Korea. Stationed at the Korean demilitarized zone, he served as a military policeman and company armorer for the 24th Infantry Division and later with the reorganized 7th Calvary. Robert was awarded the Good Conduct Medal for his service. He also served another six years in the Army Reserves.
Bob was born in Denver, Colorado, where he lived most of his life. After serving in the military, he worked as an electrician for more than 35 years. In 2014 he relocated with his wife, Gennevieve, to Gilroy to be near family. As a veteran, he is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6309 in Gilroy.
Bob enjoys wood carving and is known in Gilroy for making Harry Potter wands for local school children who have completed reading the popular series. He’s crafted nearly 300 wands over the years. Bob has two daughters, Theresa de Aragon-Thompson and Christine West, and four grand children. He is honored to serve as the Gilroy Memorial Day 2020 Parade Grand Marshall.
Korean War - Key Events
April 25, 1951
Vastly outnumbered UN forces check the Chinese advance on Seoul at the Battles of Kapyong and the Imjin River. Two Commonwealth battalions—the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment—rebuff an entire Chinese division at Kapyong, and 4,000 men of the British 29th Brigade stage a successful delaying action against nearly 30,000 troops of the Chinese 63rd Army at the Imjin River. Some 650 men of the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment (the “Glorious Glosters”), engage in a Thermopylae-like stand against more than 10,000 Chinese infantry at Imjin. Although the overwhelming majority of the Glosters are killed or captured, their sacrifice allows UN forces to consolidate their lines around the South Korean capital.
These events are taken from the Encyclopedia Britannica
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