Kagnew Battalion

Kagnew Battalion

The Kagnew (ቃኘው) Battalions were three successive battalions from the Military of Ethiopia sent by the Emperor Haile Selassie between June 1951 and April 1954 as part of the United Nations forces in the Korean War. They served principally alongside the 7th Infantry Division (United States) and acquitted themselves well in battle, suffering 121 killed and 536 wounded during the course of the conflict.Varhola, Michael J. "Fire and Ice: The Korean War, 1950-1953". 2000, page 134.]

("Kagnew" had been the name of Menelik II's imperial warhorse during the First Italo-Ethiopian War. [Edwards, Paul M. "To Acknowledge a War: The Korean War in American Memory". 2000, page 117.] ) The infantry force in the Korean War included volunteers from Haile Selassie's Imperial Bodyguard.Varhola, Michael J. "Fire and Ice: The Korean War, 1950-1953". 2000, page 133.] Altogether, 3,158 Ethiopians served in Kagnew Battalions.

One member of the battalion, Gebre (or Guebre) M. Kassa, was later the commanding officer of Mengistu Haile Mariam.

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/lmak27455/Ethiopian_Korean_War_Veterans/help.html Ethiopian Korean War Veterans website]
* [http://www.geocities.com/lmak27455/Ethiopian_Korean_War_Veterans/action.html Book excerpt describing Kagnew Battalions]
* [http://www.bob-west.com/ETH.html Website with similar pictures of Kagnew Battalions]
* [http://www.korean-war-medals.com/ethiopa/awards.shtml List of Awards and Honors given to troops of the Kagnew Battalions]


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