And, cornered them and, then we went on and on and on and on, right up through North Korea up to just nearly, to the Yalu River, which is the river separating China from North. Georges Lang est domicilié au Luxembourg (où, dans sa maison, il a aménagé son propre studio et peut y préparer ses émissions), faisant la navette avec Paris [1].. Carrière à la radio. Since 16 September 2009, RTL9 have a Swiss feed with local ads. And, this could have some bearing on why, they don’t say much to their families. And we’d call it ‘Frozen Chosin’. From 23 January 1995 to 2 March 1998, RTL9 was wholly owned by CLT SA, which became CLT-UFA SA in 1997. I guess it was all right. Too right he was. I wasn’t too impressed. Well I did. forward scouts too if you like. Was there any particular, blokes that stick in your memory? 25th, 28th, three, three weeks. They were all grouped up in, the mountains of North Korea, way up North. What, I mean, what sort of …, Oh. But I’ll say this, it’s very dangerous over there, with prisoners of war. Or on the other hand, with some of the war films and, Australians At war, they showed a flash of Menzies broadcasting that. some of our blokes obviously. we had our numbers in, the [(UNCLEAR)] rear of our hats. And it’s getting a bit late now, I don’t think they’ll change. Yeah. Strangely enough on a British troop ship. But, maybe I should have kept them. Just a great long, long line of them. But. Yeah. the boys jumped out. I mean you give your mate in the army your, last cigarette you’d break in half and give him half. Thereabouts, or 44. If you, on your way out have a look in that study and you’ll see, folder after folder. And, my family nickname was Pep, P-E-P. And that went back to before I was born apparently. So that’s how it went. Oh well the poor devils, I shouldn’t use that term or knock them but, they weren’t given much, by way of payment. Oh there were day patrols for sure, yeah. Hundreds of thousands, Gosh. And across, from this tributary, were the North Koreans and you could look across at them and, they were bellowing away there, with their propaganda and the Koreans, South Koreans would bellow back, at them. But we weren’t attacked to the best of my knowledge. What was that first initial training at Puckapunyal like? Kingsway and President Avenue, Caringbah. Should never have been there. Oh sorry, okay let me start again. I wouldn’t say we admired them the North, the Chinese. Might have known a little bit about that. Put in jail. Battalion. Mile and a half it was real hot, yeah. The RSL [Returned and Services League] didn’t want to know us. But that was one of the duties. Quite funny. Later. Which is what they do, 25th of June. And there was an American Battalion, a tank Battalion who got, the American Presidential Citation. Don’t know if he even was an Indian I think that was a gimmick. And, it was, my way of thinking was it was a no good place, for any man or beast. And, he said, or he started going crook at me and I just let him have it with the baked beans. Well both male and female, yeah. But how could you? Let’s say we had them released. It was great to get back. He was then taken out, and put in uniform. Yeah, we go to the functions, for the Koreans. Well, it’s the digger spirit. When you’re really, sunburn. Interviewee: George Lang Archive ID 0647 Tape 05, After the Apple Orchard we went on to Chongju. They were, pardon me, really hurt. The reaction would have been, just keep firing at them, if they keep coming. That’s how it worked out. Because, it’s, it’s been going on for over 50 years and how are you going to change it? But, gung ho you see. And from there I went to Puckapunyal to do my recruit training which was three months. When we were, in areas where the cooks could cook a meal, we weren’t there very long and we were lucky to, get a meal down and off. How did this make you feel about the war you were fighting? How would this work? Free Shipping with Accoun . Interviewee: George Lang Archive ID 0647 Tape 08. And some were getting around with long chopsticks. Interesting. Maybe it was because he, he wasn’t in Korea very often, he’d just issue orders and they had to be carried out. Where our Company, A Company were up there on the hill I think it was A Company yeah. And, when, the Kapyong Battle occurred, it happened, because, a South Korean Division, vacated, their, their line, the front line. Well the Brits were very regimental, oh. And, they’d fly over at night and drop, mortar bombs, mover the side. Yeah, well we would be told to dig in, that would be the first thing. How did you deal, you were quite young still, at seeing these atrocious things? Disembarked. You go in a boy you come out a man. Oh yeah, I’d get away to Japan too. And, oh, I was so sentimental about Hawthorn and, right from an early age, with my mates from school primary school we’d go to the football every Saturday and watch Hawthorn. And, further and further South and we just kept going further and further south. All the others had, both parents. Oh the new role was much easier. ASAH Art Supplies & Home H3. As you were being pushed back those peace talks were on and that sort of thing, what rumours were you hearing or what were troops saying about the end of the war? But at 4 o’clock in the afternoon you’d have mincemeat on toast. And the other brother, I think he went through New Guinea and Borneo. Yeah. Kingsway and Woolooware Road, Woolooware. No no, wait on. I can’t remember they were all, different, divisions, and armies. Yeah. troops were from the United Nations side fighting? After the Armistice was signed, the next day, they came out, over to our side, apparently. And, she said she’s putting all of her notes, in order, by name of the veteran, into the War Memorial. No it was just taken par for the course that you were in action you can’t have women around. And, they took him away. And, he and his driver. So they’re they’re nothing but a rat-bag riddled state North Korea. And, then they were taken down to the, security guys at the railway station, or the railway siding. He said he, he’s got to stay there and that way. When Colonel Green got killed. He’s dead now. Plenty of rocks and trees. This is MacArthur saying this because, we got up, right up, to, nearly the Yalu River. And, it was a pretty, closed camp area. Yeah. And, I was there for four detonations. Kissing Point Wharf Upgrade. did have, I brought it home with me I think, a, pamphlet on the different sights at Hiroshima and oh, they were shocking. What are those funny little things? It was coming on winter. But, there were not. And, South Koreans were, for South Koreans, out for themselves and, we were often called in, or not often but sometimes called in, to plug a gap. sort of happened and, at one stage, they were without power for two weeks, North Korea. Like what kind of formations, what kind of methods? But the patients were last on the place, yeah. And that was a fantastic, turn of events. Embarkation numbers. to Tokyo and stayed at a camp called Ebisu, E-B-I-S-U. And I thought we’re not forgotten, yeah. And that, that was a, a good memory of Tokyo in that march. Yeah, I can’t think of his name but, he had a twin brother. in camp yeah. But now the boss of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, he’s had a highway built from Pyongyang down to the DMZ [Demilitarised Zone] in South Korea. And she said, “What war were you in?” And I said, “the Korean War” and she, she laughed. They’ll get a good grant out of it. And, he married her. And, mixed with the dust, would be some of the, blow off, of the human excrement, mixed with the dust and float through the air and. yeah. We went all over the place we went to, the Korean cemetery, war cemetery. That’ll do. And, how it upset everyone in the room, of course. Command structure, the way they acted with officers. And we, dis-established. And, through the snow, it was rotten with snow then. Because someone said, your mother’s going to have a little, peppy Hector. Well, she was, she was just put in there and, I don’t know I didn’t go into. Notes notes? Physical education that was all part of it. And, you just don’t run out on others. And got in there and, I managed to get a, oh it’s about, a stack about that high of, postage stamps, I thought they were postage stamps but they were, duty stamps. And, they did it for North Korea and the North Koreans may well have said, “We want this and we want that”, as well. I didn’t matriculate as it would have been. And in. In the wintertime you’d, be hopeless you’d. A few of my mates have brought a wife home from Japan. And, oh I think the Yanks got in there and, took it over. Oh they were pretty good, yeah. Down south, Fukuoka. Napalm bombs are. And, my mother had been to the Victoria Market to get me a pair of pants, to wear. wary of that because they’re, they’re playing monkey tricks. It allowed the Belgian channel to show Belgian-specific programmes (JTL, presented by Jean-Charles De Keyser and entertainment) alongside programmes for viers in Luxembourg and Lorraine. Oh. Make his skin greasy you see so the other guys would slip on. I thought he was a mongrel, for doing what he did. Would it work in the reverse way? It was, such that, Dad was very anti-Communist, or Communism. I let them have it. And I went to do a secretarial course or clerk’s, senior clerk’s course, at Puckapunyal and I qualified in that. shame. when I, when I came out, I was posted to the Reinforcement Holding Unit and I was given a job there as a clerk. That’s, completely different new era new way of life. Mm. Oh, I’ve forgotten, yes. But it was just an experience just to see it. Oh yeah, it was there was a seed sown there, self-sown. But it was good, mm. Quick tutorial how to create stop motion with your Smartphone, … Now, he was only. George Birchenough 30th November 2018 at 3:07 pm. But never were we in one spot more than about a day. All of those things tied into one I guess. And, he left a wife and seven daughters behind. They were, pretty gruesome. Yeah. And, there was a big stoush, not Kapyong but the next one, Maryang San. How come? Hoping you can help. You get the countdown, 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, zero, turn, and you could turn around and have a look and just then you see the fireball coming up from the mushroom. The programming consisted of films, American serials, gameshows, and chatshows using the same presenters gave Télé-Luxembourg star status in Luxembourg, the East of France and Belgium, reinforced by their move to colour in 1972 : as well as the VHF 819 line transmitter (channel E-07) reconverting to 625 lines SECAM, two new UHF transmitters were launched at the Dudelange Radio Tower, one for channel 21 in SECAM for France, one on channel 27 on PAL for Belgium. And the old army boots. And that cost me 40 cents. Pardon me. Yeah. trip and we were all squashed up together I guess and we, just slept on the floor I just can’t remember. just kept moving and if you were attacked I suppose you had to try and defend yourself. Which I duly did after six months and, then joined the army. Let’s finish it. And, unfriendly. Yeah. ‘Chuff chuff chuff chuff chuff chuff,’ you know like a real old-fashioned, motor car, an old Ford T Model or something. I don’t know where I’m going to get it though. And he used to come in and order a pound of butter, so Mum tells us, told us. And another guy was executed because he, they. What’s a way that you deal with these … ? people talk about, the explosions? It would depend on the type of patrol. And, I wasn’t home to console Mum. And, she said, “Who fought in that?” I said, “Chinese,” I said, “Why are you Chinese?” And she said, “Yeah.” I said, “Where do you come from?” She said, “Beijing”. But see the people of South Korea were very poor and they were, farmers. Just straight across the Japan Sea. Do you want me to grab it for you? That’s why the Australian soldier is. What do you think about this idea of Australia just being used? Hm. Who knows? Did you see the Chinese coming towards you? No. Oh I didn’t ,I got up to, intermediate standard which was pretty good in those days and, then in the army I went on for leaving. How’s your eyesight” and, he said, “Oh well, you sound all right. and oh, had to go to Adelaide and I still didn’t know. What kind of interactions do you remember you would have with the Japanese? You’re very lucky.” “How was he, behaving?” “Very well, Your Worship, very well, very well.” “Okay, don’t do it again. He’s had a bullet through the leg, in there and out there. Yep. And, even to this day you wouldn’t hear a bloke say a word against him, yeah. Using a VHF channel of E-07 initially showing programmes at 625 lines, and renamed "canal Luxembourg" in France, the standard was kept at the "Belgium" 819 lines or "819 narrowband" used in Francophone Belgium. Mum would’ve, oh yeah she would’ve. That’d get rid of them we could advance then, no worries they’re gone. But, we don’t call it the ‘forgotten war’. I don’t know, she, she must have had some sort of blood in her which was a bit dark. And, they’d, want to come out into no man’s land and pick up their wounded and we’d let them and, they in turn would let us pick our wounded up. Usually six and, maybe 12 blokes. Since October 2017, RTL has been operated by the M6 Group after RTL transferred the licences of their French stations to the television company where they're the largest shareholder. And that’s, how the term police action started and not, that it was a Korean War. The day before there were some, casualties, blokes killed the day before the Armistice was signed. And, no explosion, thank God. Gregorian chant or hip hop, kd lang or a rookie conductor, all get the rapt attention they deserve. car, and they took her up the hill to where, her husband, was killed and showed her the spot. We Remember. No they wouldn’t talk about it. Yeah. But tea to them was 4 o’clock, mincemeat on toast. No wait on. Yeah. Because they had to wait, ‘till the wind was at a certain, height level or what, before they’d let it go. Boots for example, with nylon mesh inserts. Well, they had to be put somewhere I think they were sent South. And, then MacArthur had already made a, beach landing, an amphibious landing at, Inchon, which is the international airport site now in Korea. Oh yeah, yeah. And they got out. From Tokyo down, to Kure, Hiroshima. How did you feel about the Japanese in this post-war period? sponsored by the, Korean Government, and the American Military Forces there. And the last time I saw her was Anzac Day up in Brisbane. I’m sorry, Kapyong. Yeah. Oh just gravy. “God what are we in for?” And my mate said to me, “Don’t worry in a couple of weeks we’ll be dodging bullets.” “Oh, thanks,” ohh. The Japanese were, the Japanese were well in with the Americans I’d say because, General MacArthur, his influence was just dramatic, all over Japan I mean he, he’s the one who got Japan back on its feet. Slim Madden, yeah. I mean, Communism was, was a cult, with them. Down South they were living in little, what we called hoochies, little huts, you know and, in Tokyo, I was amazed to see them living in cardboard cartons. And they were sold on the Japanese market. But otherwise I didn’t have much to do with them, no. So. Just follow me. And when I got to Adelaide they told me I was going up to Maralinga to the atomic range. A fighting patrol where you had to go and fight, in a. certain area to, stop them from, getting through to your area. And then five years, or six years after that, came Vietnam. You could sell that stuff to them and make a heck of a profit on it. If I do change it, from the ‘forgotten war’ to, ‘We remember the Korean War’, something like that. 100% Hits: The Best of 2004. And, after arriving, how quickly were you. But, why make yourself get sicker just to get something bigger. That was, with 2 Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, and a Company of, 3 Battalion D Company I think, at the time. Sometimes I’d say, “I wish to God I had never volunteered for that crummy war,” but, that’s by and by. Did you ever have to classify or destroy your records? Well, of course Australia was threatened because of that Second World War and, actually a lot of people say, the Americans saved Australia well, I’ll go along with that. I was posted 29 times. Oh well I just, treat it with disdain now and say, “Oh, they wouldn’t know, they wouldn’t understand,”. Didn’t have scooters much. Wow. Ken, he didn’t tell us much at all the elder. That was the main purpose of burning them. I can’t say much more I don’t think about the days of my, my youth. I’m a Life Member, of our association here. You mentioned the black market earlier? Sunray was the boss. Because otherwise it becomes also ran or, you ran a mile or something. I can’t say, offhand. Yeah. You you couldn’t walk from here to the front, to the letterbox without, being accosted. And the Australians. Just on, you mentioned the nurses, what was it like having to fight without women around at that time? But, that area they let South Koreans have on the Eastern side was useless. And, in so doing, if there was anyone, up ahead of you, well you saw everything that, was coming through and, I came out and I was purple. Yeah. And 19 of them are, for the boffins, the, scientists, right? And we had to put them into the decontamination chamber. A lot of people thought that the 3 Battalion fought the North Koreans, at Kapyong but they didn’t they were Chinese. And, to build you up to be a fit soldier, yeah. But the Chinese were, what we’d call fair dinkum fighters. Yeah.. No light or anything. And this is why they never ever decided on a peace treaty. Oh they were all right. Filipinos. Real battle. And, in the summertime with the hot winds and what have you, it, would mix with the dust and, it was nothing to swallow some of that and that’s how I came to get asthma very badly, after thereafter. And, we had to burn the village down to stop them harbouring in the houses, the huts, you see. bridge and Luna Park and, jumping on and off the trams and hanging off the side of trams it was great fun, yeah. Had them done up like that and, they used to think they were great and they were important because they were. And again we were under the British mm. And, they interrupted it for a special announcement and it was the Prime Minister, Robert Menzies. Orders were orders and that’s, we were never, sort of, told what the orders were going to be it just happened. Oh well we had our, physical, you know, and all that sort of thing, exercises. Why did you … ? And the pigs that got out were going around and they were eating, the remains. the BCOF, British Commonwealth Occupation Force, it was called British Commonwealth Forces in Korea. And, I don’t know whatever happened to the place. 1218, wounded. You mentioned that he died at this battle. Old Tommy White his name was, hm. And, even Bob Menzies, at the time. And, oh, you’d need a jackhammer to break the ice. A troop ship called the HMS Devonshire and it was manned by, Royal Aust-, Royal Air Force, personnel. Yeah. It satisfied the British. What do you think about, sort of political powers, say like the U.S. and Russia. It was, well do you know what a Wurlitzer organ looks like? And he got the, British Empire Medal for that. And, they were taken away as prisoners and their colonel got a Victoria Cross. But, he did. And then, another time I got a 100 per cent on technical. Maybe I thought, “Here goes, if I go home and say oh no I wouldn’t volunteer, I’d be ashamed of myself.” Which, I hated. Well, because it looks like a cowboy hat I guess. And we weren’t allowed to drink some of their spirits or wines because they were, bombo. And, actually, I got home on the Tuesday and on the Saturday I got put in jail. And how about any of the other nationalities, did you have much to do … ? Big Tits Betty. How were they, structured I guess in the convoy, how many people and …. Chongju was where our commanding officer was killed. South Road Superway. The need for renewal was felt to be essential, and in 1988, RTL Télévision tried to redynamise itself with small touches, such as modifying its logo and graphics (the appearance of the RTL balloon), and signing stars such as Geneviève Guicheney (from FR3) and launching new faces Agnès Duperrin and Martin Igier who had just graduated from the École Supérieure de Journalisme in Lille to replace those who had joined M6 and RTL-TVI. Maybe I rang, her about something and said who I was, like here in Queensland and, we just kept, communicating on, the Internet on the, emails and, writing, telephoning. I used to get a jeep now and then and, shoot up to our Battalion and, see a few of the guys, say hello. Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. But it’s it’s a fascinating thing and, our guys got the, American, Presidential Citation, for the Battle of Kapyong. And. It's massive! at Hiroshima, the, Carlton United Breweries sent some people over to Hiroshima to, get a brewery going, to supply the Australian and British troops with beer from Australia. Take us through a day-to-day kind of, outline of …. But, everything was good and, I was quite happy with it. Yeah I’m a bit vague on, on those things. Little Sammy, Sammy, yeah. I was posted immediately I hit Japan to, Tokyo, to the British Commonwealth Sub-Area. But they’re the only ones that were there and, oh, it was a, pretty good time and, Navy army and air force all together and, plenty to do, outside of working hours. But, they were quite, quite good yeah, very good. Yeah. Near the Glenferrie Railway Station. Every now and then that was checked to see, what rating we were. And that’s why he got sacked. you’d show it to them. North Korea to get into South Korea. Or Frozen Chosen. How would you break up that sort of cease fire to … ? No. Why? One of our guys, who was a prisoner, he, he refused to be brainwashed and they belted him and starved him and, God know what. And, it turned out they were, they were too small for me and I had to wear another pair. And, if you were a Class 1 Fighter you were a, pretty good soldier, yeah. And World War II didn’t have those flabby pockets. Hm. Didn’t want to get killed, can’t blame them for that, not wanting to get killed. Unless he was alive when Ken came home, the first time from New Guinea. A total of 2,412 cells at M3 and 2,423 cells at M6 were sorted from the four donors , and 488 and 1,027 supernatants (respectively at M3 and M6) post single-cell culture were tested for specificity against the SARS-CoV-2 S protein, S proteins from two other related … Yeah I think that was at Pakchon. And, they were really defeated. What was it that …. Yeah. And from there I remained in the army anyhow for sixteen years. Got something wrong with my right eye. And then, the big push came forward again. But, the, armour piercing shells you know. Or just sat on the floor there could’ve been, 30. To Korea? As he walked, sticks and stones went straight through his feet. The digger spirit. Very little except for the, when I mentioned the guy who, who was our houseboy and, I used to look after him and, we all did, and we’d give him some pocket money, he was getting paid by the Government, the Australian Government, or Japanese, I don’t know which, for doing his job. I can’t say much more about the Japanese I suppose. they had to find jobs for them but fortunately, jobs were there. Yeah. And, from there I was posted to Tasmania and made Sergeant, with the, it was a CMF [Citizen Military Forces] unit in those days, it was called CMF. With a few guys not many. Well if it was all quiet on the Western front, they’d just come out, and maybe wave their hands and, go like that, to pick up their wounded and off they’d go. And, I would have had to build my body up enough to join the army. It all happened and we were. But those spotter planes were good, yeah. They just went straight over them. But got rid of it. But. And, his name’s Ron Connolly he’s got a programme on. Yeah. And he was too young. Yeah, the Americans came good with what was called, what we called pile jackets. Oh we got on okay. how would you set up a camp? And, what else? Interviewee: George Lang Archive ID 0647 Tape 03, Okay. I do remember, blokes going off and seeing photos of them climbing up the broken concrete parts of the bridge. Yeah. With those Aboriginal people that were cleaned, how was she cleaned? George Charles Lang (April 20, 1947 – March 16, 2005) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Because, Chosin was, their original name for Korea. I mean Japan, Korea. And, at night there was one, detonated and it could be seen from a radius of 600 miles. Doctor Tony Samaha, yeah. And then the weapons, the atomic weapons chief, would put the main key in and, turn it, ‘Whoomph! Martin Barber & Hair Salon I7. Well, I did because mine was about the only one that worked. She didn’t weigh anything. And I stayed there, in May or June until, February the next year. It was a big hill. Butone landed near my trench and I was waiting for, I’d say, “Oh gee I’m getting a one-way ticket now.” And it went ‘plop’, and nothing happened. So what happened on those patrols? And I’m the youngest. You’d get a good Japanese imitation of an American, Ronson, cigarette lighter, for about 20 cents. And the fact that Max the other brother was in the army too. Blackwoods, part of Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety (WIS) is a recognized leader in managing design, development and supply chains globally, as such we are committed to working with our supply partners to continuously improve ethical business practices But, when we were there we wouldn’t entertain Asahi beer. Well I said “What, what did you do that for?” I swore at him I suppose and, he said, “Wait’ll you see, we don’t take prisoners, wait’ll you see what they’ve done to our blokes. And trying to sing, Silent Night. Like …. Always, yeah. Yes I remember it very clearly. Because, we weren’t in a position to have a cooked meal for long enough. And I’ve got a copy of that speech in, some of my history books there. Do you know why you say it wasn’t a war? This is North Korea I’m talking about. Interviewee: George Lang Archive ID 0647 Tape 06. As we were, tailing. Yeah. And, he was in the Black Watch, British Black Watch. They were pretty tough guys. Well it would depend on where, they were, to be picked up. The Americans always said they were, they were animals shoot first, ask questions later. the young, the young national servicemen, see a lot of the British soldiers were national servicemen and they get sent overseas. Tokyo was a place though. on the Korean War. I think that might have been my inspiration. They were, living in what I’d term, semi-poverty. The Ultimate Chick Flick Love Songs. We couldn’t go too far there and, we weren’t allowed in, to have a look. And the North Koreans were defeated by that time. Which qualified me to become a senior clerk. He might have been my inspiration. An absolute, leader. Well, we didn’t come home as a Battalion. Hiya. Biographie. And North Korea was a, Communist state. Yeah and, flew to Japan. I don’t know that I ever saw any right up the front line though. So Walsh was sent back to Japan with his, highly polished boots and, fur coat. I’d go, be more inclined to say trucks, than anything. And my wife, too and I said “Well you’re an old soldier now, you’ve been through there you’re the fourth Lang to have to do it.” And it was quite interesting to, see it. And, as a result there, there was no, counselling, or anything like that. Took down any flags, North Korean flags. Truman said, if he had not ordered that bomb, there would have been, more than, the number affected by that bomb, there would have been more young American soldiers killed if the war had continued. Sweet Release Various - From Venice Beach To Joshua Tree - California 2 - Georges Lang ‎ (4xCD, Comp, Dig) Warner Music France, The Good Sound, M6 … We went to live in Hawthorn when I was 18 months old and from there, I joined the army. You just mentioned the Turks and I was actually going to come to that. The public, the population didn’t change much, for the, let’s say, oh how can I put it? I’ve got a scar here, I don’t know if you can see it. And the girls, used to walk up and down the passage after cleaning your room out and they’d bow to you and, “Hello,” and I’d say, “Hello namaenani,” it would mean what’s. La collection RTL Georges Lang vol.3. And, of course the Commos, took over the north and the, Americans the south.