Charles C. Smith –served three years in the United States army and is a Korean War veteran.  He retired from General Electric Company after thirty-six years.  HE was married in 1953 to a beautiful girl, Clarsey Ann Noe, and they had two children: a son, Charles Richard Smith and a daughter, Debra Ann Smith. He is an active member in his churched and has served on many missionary projects in the United States and other countries.  His hobbies are playing the guitar and singing bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, country music, and fishing.  He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.  The Stragglers.  Armed with M1 rifles, bayonets. And a few hand grenades, young soldiers from different units, operating without command, come together as The Stragglers.  Take a journey into the trenches in this fascinating true story of a group of misplaced soldiers fighting courageously as other American troops withdrew from the city of Chinju, South Korea.  Charles C. Smith recalls the story of his seventeen-year-old self, the lone survivor from a battle that took place more than fifty years ago.  A rag-tag group of soldiers solidifies as The Stragglers.  As lives are lost, honor and courage are upheld.