European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes August Engineer in f r p f revealed As secret weapon by Jack Burby with 24th div in Korea 24 the army unveiled a new secret weapon today that lays builds blows them up under evacuates troops and roams enemy territory on combat the secret weapon is known officially As the 3d combat engr a group of hard working 20yearolds whose pres ence in Korea until now has been labelled top they have been in the thick of the action since the Kum River line they were still in the thick of the fighting the Day i visited on that particular Day they were frontline pfc of Deer summed up the korean his tory a the outfit Way its been pure hell until too much were All right worst at Taejon the pure hell was the worst at Taejon c co was the last Force to that was where pfc Kenneth l a v r e n of backed a truck full of ammunition into a tank fun of communist Crew men making frantic efforts to crawl out of their Lavrenz ran about 15 Yards and hit the dirt before the ammunition blew taking the Lank with when i saw Lavrenz was sitting under a cloudless korean sky watching the front As Rifleman in a Forward pfc Frank of Wash is another of these ver a Lilg he helped stall the enemy at Taejon and a few weeks later was Back in enemy territory on combat patrol with 13 other had to swim we had to fight our Way Bast 75 gooks to get Back to the River from that Pinkerton we covered each other Alt the Way but the boats we rent there to we had to wait until night and the secret weapon is proud of its part in Korea thus a big part of the reason is it col Marvin battalion leads his men on patrols in sectors to get them oriented it Richard of said we had to move our last command Post Back because no Bonfe would come up and visit he also had a mild to far nobody outside the division seems to have heard that weve done More shooting than Engineer but the battalion figures it needs Only three things to put it in perfect some Engineer for a change and combat infantryman badges for the Mir Yang vital artery Between this is an air View of which is on the main Taeg Pusan Highway in South a tributary of the Nekton or dividing morale of gis at front steadily going up line Between through by Harry Ferguson new 24 army is Ever any belter than the morale of the Man in the front the news from Korea today is that the morale of the going after eight weeks of Tough fight ing against discouraging he is beginning to see he has Confidence in his it Gen Walton and admires the lightning Way the High command has moved troops from one crucial sector to another to meet enemy the gis now refer to them selves As the rapid transit the men have More Confidence in their it is sight for them to see a superba Pooka team lob a rocket into a communist tank and watch the tank six weeks ago their rockets were bouncing the big upsurge in morale came last three things caused it american Victory in the Little Battle of the communists threw a goo sized Bridge head across the Nat orig 30 airline Miles Southwest Walker made of his rapid posters Tell South korean Story South koreans pause before posters in Taegu Fivian South korean transit shifts of troops and threw a joint army Marine counterattack against the almost every communist Soldier was driven Back across the River or killed or american divisions and regi ments that had been fighting a discouraging War for weeks finally tasted Havish Teatsorth reported from it was a Sweet it gave them much heart for the hard Battles communists the but their fire Power has begun to that is particularly True of their artillery and mortar tide has turned two weeks ago the gis spent a great Deal of time Flat on their faces in Foxholes because the nor Thern forces had but the tide is beginning to turn slowly and Rte officer sum med up the situation with this Wisecrack i can now walk around my com Mand Post without looking for the nearest air Force last wednes Day sent 98 b29s into ground sup port action against communist troops across the they put tons of o m is a rectangle of 24 Square the gis stood on the opposite Bank and watched the precision and Between blasts pvt d u a n e of spoke what All of them were feeling those things look maybe when we get started North with that kind of closeup port we wont have to fight German commits suicide feared War was coining 24 Ger Man who was afraid to go Home be cause he War was coming and the russians will overrun my House committed suicide in a hotel the Coroner Donald Teare said Fritz of died of potassium cyanide anything but dead gooks in the gis now feel that they Are that they have close and effective air support and that their lives Are in the hands of a s m a r resourceful they dont think they Are going to win the War next or even next but they now think they have a 5050 Chance against the enemy on any Given and any Good sol Dier will Settle for Cleveland woman Heads wac vets 24 Esther of was reelected unanimously As president of the wac vets at the closing session of a three Day National the women delegates also selected Boston As the site for next years other officers elected were Isabelle of new and Audrey of vice presidents Marge of Mil treasurer Kamile Micha of recording Secre tary Doris of corresponding Secretary Agatha of and Leona of airmen ambulance for 30f clients at a time 24 apr funded servicemen flown rom Korea will be handled Nore Speed than formerly at Iel Suisun air Force j because a group of airmen got thei Dea of building a unique Ambi men of the 5th and 9th is spent seven around the vehicle which would transport patients at a instead of new that can be moved in a their conveyance flatbed it will he wounded from planes to ase i agent drowns i of Potomac Cruiser 24 Yron Al More Spector who had worked on if the bureaus biggest overboard from an anchored me Cruiser in the Potomac River and Gurnea had worked on the Asia secret documents Case brinks Arm Redcar ice robbery in the Touhy Case in and Jefous Bank robberies red Cross seeks if Tloyd americans at Home have been asked to give whole blood for the korean i the red Cross said that up to now this need was supplied by Valr Untener military and civilian donors stationed in Large amounts blood and plasma Are now required not Only for Korea but for the expand ing armed forces in the United the announcement the red official procure ment Agency for blood for the fight ing will open six More donor centers and elsewhere i listing the facilities of mde Pfindel blood Gen George marshal Cross president said blood Supi for civilian use will be by i n c r e a s e d blood throughout the red Cross said whole blood will be flown Rei to the far Eastern i Bloodfin excess of in the combat areas will for stockpiling plasma derivatives for military use