Ethiopia in the Korean War 1951 (Kagnew Battalions) ================================ Ethiopia was part of the United Nations forces in the Korean War between June 1951 and April 1954. Altogether, 3,158 Ethiopians served in Kagnew Battalions during the war. Kagnew was the name of the warhorse of Ras Makonnen, Military units from Imperial times would often adopt a name of a favored military commander and Ethiopian Warriors were often referred to interchangeably by the names of their war horses. At the conclusion of the war the Ethiopians were the only contingent that had no prisoners to collect from the North Koreans since no Kagnew Soldier ever surrendered. They had the additional distinctions of having won each of the 238 times they engaged the enemy be it as aggressors or defenders. They were never bested in battle. One of the feats S.L.A. Marshall thought worth noting was an Ethiopian patrol at the Battle of Pork Chop Hill in 1953 when ...under full observation from enemy country, eight Ethiopians walked 800 yards across no-mans land and up the slope of T-Bone Hill right into the enemy trenches. When next we looked, the eight had become ten. The patrol was dragging back two prisoners, having snatched them from the embrace of the Communist battalion.
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