European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes m August 1950 wounded newsman pays Tribu Irto gis ins correspondent Frank Emery and Randolph Corre son of the wartime British prime were both Oiin ded when they accompanied a six Man american Parrot behind enemy lines in following is Emerys own Story the by Frank Emery 8th army 25 delayed two hour patrol behind enemy lines Over the Paktong River left me today with an indelible impression of the everyday bravery that sustains american soldiers in this brutal it left me with three Small but they were insignificant compared with the More enduring knowledge the gis Randolph Churchill and i accompanied a six7man Over the sluggish water Churchill suffered a wound in the right editors note Churchill was flown to where he said his injury was not serious and that he would return to front within two or three Emery was Given a sedative and sent to bed at 8th army Why we went with the patrol was one of those strange impulsive things that v no easy assignment we went along because while we were visiting the 1st Gav div in the afternoon one of the gis selected for the Mission suggested that the men might like the company of a couple of he was a Nice looking somewhere in his Middle and both Randolph and myself  fail to be impressed by his its not an easy the Soldier but we sure would like to have you with the Guys would get a kick out of having win Ston Church ills son along on a Tough eight hours later this same Soldier gasping for life on the far Riviore of the his belly sliced by a chunk of steel from a mortar which caught us As we returned from the patrol Churchill Lay on the his right Shinbane punctured by an ugly Gash the British statesman son is one of men under fire i have Ever he fought his Way Back tothe Safe Shore of the Paktong despite his painful Well knowing that capture might mean As for spraying on the expecting the next mortar blast to write finish for us i Only discovered after some minutes that Shell spinners had bitten into me in three in that lurid i heard the piteous moans of a wounded Man and saw my companions stumbling and heading for the River Randolph told me later that this was the worst experience of his life that has not been without worst moment the worst moment of my life came when id reached the comparative safety of the american Side of the Taklong and realized that one of those line Guys who started out with me probably never would three times sgt Roy of Al and Cpl Francis Forster of Black attempted to reach the place on the Distant River Beach where he had last been three times they ran into murderous fire and had to turn with sgt Earl of san in the we slipped Down the River Bank into its Sandy bed shortly after darkness at this time of the Stream is Only 600 Yards across and no More than three Leet deep at any our patrol bad a definite determine in which direction the enemy was moving along the Road a half mile irom the there was no sign of communists As we climbed out of the River bet onto hostile there we were in the heart of enemy country seven americans and one the next 90 minutes would seem like a certainly they were uneventful for All but the last few moments but words fail to describe the tension and sense of urgency which filled a Twig tackling the shrill piping of shadows flickering across the Rice the breathing of ones companions each one was pregnant with meaning with cruel and barbarous reds All several times we thought we were on the Brink of off to our left we could hear uie North koreans moving in their and it seemed possible they might be preparing to attack but this threat didst we were left to wander at will and Only enemy blasting into Hill 303 North of Wae Gwan reminded us that the bloody action was still terrifying episode i could not stifle a feeling of jubilation As we headed homeward it was of that the patrol had not produced but in one is so Happy to stay alive that one forgets such considerations in the sheer emotion of having escaped we reached the River Bank and started across a stretch of Sand which ends at the Rivers then it happened so quickly that i can hardly describe Randolph said later that he happened to turn around and saw a spurt of flame Light up the mortar three of landed right in the Middle of us they were dead on the they must have Hadus zeroed in t one Man went 1 saw him clutch his stomach and could sense he was gravely i stumbled and crawled and ran to the Edge and Felt right into the then came for me the most Terri lying episode of the whole saw a dark object on the Bank and immediately concluded it was an waiting to let me have it turned out to be Only an old Auto Lirt after those three Sharp mortar i expected a whole fire works factory to explode around that had been the invariable com Raunisi practice Rifle fire and mortars should have been singing around but nothing happened i say on the american Side of the River and i prayed fervently that we would be Able to reach the fallen Man and return Hino of safety we waited tensely the result of each attempt to Rescue the Happy ending was not to in just Lucky to be alive Raf officer flies b29 on Korea raid by William american air base in 28 Blu eyed Man with a Square jaw wears a Lone Royal air Force uniform on this teeming with he is Wing commander Alan Veteran of a Raf bomber cd in a new became the first Raf Pilot to Fly a super fort on a bombing Mission Over he piloted the b29 in a mass raid on the Konan the heart of Korea chemical Industry and a much mauled Well built and is one of about 100 Raf pilots As signed to the american air Force in a postwar Exchange program that also sent american fliers to Raf enthusiastic he is the Only Exchange Pilot whose 92d bomber was assigned to Japan after the outbreak of the korean fighting Boxer did not say much about his bombing he was at the controls most of the taking turn with plane commander capt Jack of they loosed a stick of bombs on the target and As they neared base on the heavy rain began to the american Pilot turned to Boxer and said you better take Over you Are used to this kind of weather Back Boxer it was a bit Sticky up we were just about to give up trying to find the Field and go on to when Packwood spotted and we brought it when we landed there was some i dont mind telling i lost a Case of Beer on Boxer is enthusiastic about his experience with the they have been wonderful to he his Home is at new and he Raf since has been in the Simons released on bail aug 28 charged with the theft of plutonium from the los Alamos atomic was released from the county jail a prominent Wilbur put up the Cash saying he was touched deeply by Simons Stone 5o years As by Padgitt 28 Lewis yesterdays passion King and one of the original stars to sign with observes 50 years in show business this the 71yearold actor has been a figure at Mem since recently he completed his umpteenth grounds for with Kathryn Grayson and Van it was directed by Robert Leonard who also is celebrating 50 years in the business this the distinguished whose name adds prestige to any entered show business in 1900 in a play called thai was two years after he was Dis charged with the rank of sergeant from the he saw action in the Earl Day stage successes of the actor included Bird of Paradise opposite Laurette Taylor and girl of the Golden he succumbed to the movies in 1915 in a propaganda inside the after duty As a cavalry major in world War i he turned to Holly Wood in Earnest and became the studios biggest actors As Leadmo Man to Greta Garbo and in later years As the Wise judge Hardy of Lewis Stone ifs show the Andy Hardy Stone has not been off Mem he never j will the studio reckons Stone even in a part calling line or two is still a magic at the Box off reporter visits where fighting soldiers by Don Whitehead with the 27th inf regt in Korea 28 Road from Taegu crosses the Paktong River and then winds across a deep Valley until it reaches blogger that the name Given by Cor respondents to the area along the front that where the fighting soldiers in the slogging infantry battling to save the City of Taegu from the death rides with the whisper of a Bullet in or the Grump of a or the vicious whack of artillery but he infantry men accept the dangers with a Cool Reserve of courage that never ceases to be and in the drum fire of the guns there is a never ending Battle of wits with the at one Point in the Road a path runs across a Rice Paddy and into a familiar scenery to marines marines file past a grass thatched of their campaigns in the South the front along the Paktong they look Purt in the United nations offensive in this Rocky Ravine where it col Check has a temporary comma Dij Post for his first this one of the nerve centers for mayors City Hall and the Telephone capt Don of Salt roused himself from a Nap on a Blanket spread on the he rubbed his eyes Sand squatted by a Telephone just As three mortar shells burst Bank above the narrow Ravine up under fire at that a Telephone and a private reported to that Charlie com pity was getting enemy fire into up group of reds who had slipped in the american lines Hickman picked up the called regiment the North reans have broken in behind lines of Charlie he also their mortars have starter to Zero in on our the in con ing Calls came then there was vicious Whitz Uig of bullets just Over the j ports from the companies said the enemy not Only had Charlie Cornel Pany pinned Down but that the t North koreans had pushed the Ridge above Thop messages relayed Charlie company capt Alfred of unable to t the he was in a i had to shout messages to his phone operator in another relayed them to the battalion Mand Hickman alerted Rij Pany to get some counter fire on the enemy up on the gradually the first battalion worked out of a bad spot with Power that drove the reds were Hack Ridgetop fro which poured fire on 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