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William, a native of Mineola, Texas, was a cook, but served in the Korean War as a rifleman. He believes that a stateside mess sergeant with a grudge against him put his name on a list for infantry duty in Korea. William had been on the front lines only a week before he was wounded by mortar fire on September 18, 1950. I thought I was a goner to tell you the truth, he recalls.