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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, September 28, 1950

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                6 the stars and stripes september 5 yank taskforce Chew up foe Sline by Irving la Evite St army 27 separate Amer ican Lask forces Are operating on the far Flung korean Battlefront today to exploit a new technique of warfare which has enjoyed spectacular Success during the past a task Force can be almost any but All have these characteristics in common striking Power and take for instance task Force which captured about 35 Miles Northwest of wage wan on the communist Side of the Paktong task Force named for its it col James of exhibited its Speed in covering 35 Miles of rough korean territory and crossing the 150 yrs wide Naf Cong in less than s6 its striking Power was demonstrated when an enemy Force Esti mated at men tried to Retreat across the River in front of Lynch which numbered less than half the kill 4m reds Lynch group sent the North koreans fleeing after killing More than taking 40 two tanks 50 Lynch Force demonstrated its in dependence and self sufficiency by wrecking the enemy River crossing with its own arms and without Call ing for additional support from heavy weapons sections of the 1st Cav div task Force Lynch went on to Cross the Paktong at a Point 200 Yards wide without any special Engineer this technique of taskforce War fare was developed in its present Seoul citizens disliked reds by Bernard Kaplan with the marines at 27 North korean communists failed to make themselves popular with the South koreans during the three month bed occupation of this is the conclusion reached by Horace korean born 1 missionary son now on duty Here with the Underwood Speaks fluent korean and has talked to Many of the civil ians who had fled redhead he reported being told that half of the sprawling capitals population had deserted the the civilians said that All Church leaders were arrested the communists moved Underwood thinks the communists failed to gain Many converts of the 38th parallel because the who Are strongly in never sympathized with the he added the Farmers hoped that when the communists came they tackle the two most important distribution and they not Only failed to do anything about those but demanded voluntary contributions of clothing and even those Urban poor whore piously sympathized with communist ideas have been disillusioned for the same pays for Arab refugee Aid 27 the made a payment of 000 for the Relief of refugee pal Estine the has promised to finance half of the United nations Relief and work program adopted in 1949 and so far has paid f of that form in Korea to meet the demands of our North koreans in the past month and a half had built Strong com manding positions along our main offensive rather than exhaust resources by battering away at enemy Strong it Gen Walton 8th army gave orders to go around in by Means of this order the enemy was hit where he was weakest exploit every walkers order let the enemy die on the Vine in his Strong defensive positions by cutting him this technique in action was no place better demonstrated than in the capture of which the 25th div entered in Force monday stiff resistance infantrymen of the 25th tropical lightning div were encountering stiff resistance from North korean elements blocking the approach to this key Southern sector town along the main Road from the East another task Force was organized under capt Karl of and specially equipped with armoured firepower and vehicles for an Endrun mis Sion task Force Torman started at sped Down the coast to the port of then pivoted Inland captured the town of Sachon and dashed into Schinju through the Back another dramatic exploit was that of the 1st cars task Force commanded by it col William of races 26 Miles task Force Harris on saturday raced West 26 Miles from Sangjun Over secondary roads to the town of within 55 air Miles of a Junction with forces fighting their Way out from when task Force Harris took reinforcing elements of the 1st Cav immediately were brought then patrols were sent to find out where the enemy was one patrol went North to Ham but Drew heavy enemy fire and another reconnaissance group went it travelled almost 10 Miles without finding the this looked like the most Likely place to hit the enemy where he senator campaigns in copter 27 up William Benton is campaigning around the state in a Benton took off from the Lawn of his Southport Home sunday and made three speaking engage ments at widely separated reds say Triesc Are yank pcs in Korea new Agency gets photos of pcs from red China new 27 Tures distributed by photo and described As showing american soldiers in a North korean prisoners War were obtained from a Small new York picture Agency established last Eastfoot advised it obtained these pictures from the China photo service in piping by writing to that Agency and asking to make arrangements to distribute its Pic these Pecamp pictures were mailed to it from the piping Agency the second week in sep tember by Way of Charles sales manager of said the Agency purpose was to obtain pictures from Czecho and other countries of Eastern Europe and Asia outside the soviet Ritoh said East Fotos opera Lions were wholly Independent of the operations of the new York Agency which distributes offi Cial soviet Rikon also is sales manager for the so Foto Selznick says Ingrid hints at return to Hollywood David returning from said Here yesterday that Ingrid Bergman will go Back to Hollywood if offered a Good Pic Selznick said i talked with Ingrid recently in she appeared to be very Happy and very much in love with her South Dakota town mourns Fate of 4 cousins in Korea 27 this town of was Over whelmed with sadness six weeks four cousins were sent to combat duty in to two were one was miss ing in and the fourth feared to be a the cousins comprised two sets of Eugene and sons of and Hiram Crow and David and sons of and Harold they enlisted trained and went to Korea to last the defense department notified the Crow family that Richard had been missing in action since on the family received an official Telegram notifying them that the other was killed in action on sept on the Hiram crows were informed that Dale had been there has been no word from Eugene since 15 and the family feared that he too May have become a As word of the cousins fates circulated through the citizens expressed intense sorrow for the boys and their publisher of the Lemmon said the town is overwhelmed with body is doing All they can to assuage the grief in the two the publisher Jed a group of townspeople seeking through the red Cross about eur he said the parents of the soldiers were these photos show american prisoners of War in North korean according to information from communist China men in upper photo were identified As left to right Edward of san William William Kansas Richard West and Ralph lower according to the same shows two unidentified prisoners doing up at their own mess at a pm Camp near from Acme Pilot knocks out tank with face with 25th 27 Young new Jersey Pilot has the reputation of Knock ing out a red tank with nothing but a dirty it Salvatore of flies a Small unarmed aircraft used to spot enemy targets for american he saw an enemy tank going Over a Bridge and decided to throw a scare into the communist he zoomed As if in and he made As angry a face As he the startled tank Driver looked saw the pilots face and lost his tank ran off the Bridge and was to Alva Tores ground Crew painted a tank on the fus Elage of his tiny Atlanta fetes editors 27 mayor William Hartfield was Host to a group of 15 overseas editors and publishers who Are touring the under the sponsorship of the american of newspaper Reserve medal approved sept 27 president Truman yesterday ordered the establishment of a new military the armed forces Reserve it will be Given to reservists and former reservists who have had 10 years of honorable service in a Reserve schoolkids save books from Blaze 27 a the on room mount Joy township schoolhouse burned Down Lieve it or kids went Back into the burning building to save their school David who lives near the saw flames Curling about the roof and hurried into the school to whisper in the ear of teacher Ruth miss Heisey told the 29 ranging in age from six to to walk from the building As if they were going outside they saw the which were consuming the building the older children hurried saved their lunches  
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