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VFW brawl erupts between Old Guard, Chosin vets

ARLINGTON, Va. – A brawl erupted late Thursday between current members of the Old Guard and a group of Chosin Reservoir veterans gathered for their monthly remembrance of the Korean War battle, resulting in one broken hip, two cases of eye gouging and two chairs burned.

“We meet at the VFW next to Fort Myer once a month to reminisce about the 1st MARDIV,” said Gunnery Sgt. (ret.) James Beacon, a survivor of the 1950 battle in which his unit spent 17 days in subzero temperatures. “Obviously, we weren’t going to cancel for a candy ass little dusting of snow like Winter Storm Jonas.”

The group, according to Beacon, became agitated when they could hardly hear each other over a group of young NCOs from the Old Guard looking at pictures of themselves on social media.

“I tried turning up my hearing aide, but its from the VA," Beacon said. "They were spouting all this nonsense about how his picture guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns had gone viral. I couldn’t even enjoy myself with all the boasting and bragging.”

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