European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 26, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 5marine hero gets posthumous Honor Mchenry 111. Apr a Marine who died nearly 24 years ago while charging a machine gun nest to save his unit in the Vietnam War was honoured for his heroism Friday. One of the men saved by pfc. William Allen Hayes campaigned for the posthumous commendation after years of feeling guilty because he talk about the attack. Quot he saved my life and he saved a lot of other lives a Jim Kaylor said. A my conscience is Clear in this matter Kaylor now a sergeant with the los Angeles county sheriffs department in California said he and Hayes charged the machine gun nest after their squad was pinned Down near the North vietnamese Border on june 6, 1968. As they ran toward the enemy they stopped for a second and looked at each other Kaylor Saia. A we decided we could either get shot in the Chest or get shot in the Back so we went right at them a Kaylor said after the ceremony in Hayes Hometown of Mchenry 45 Miles Northwest of Chicago. Hayes reached the lip of the enemy Trench and prepared to throw two grenades. The machine gun opened up and he fell As he threw them. Kaylor armed with a .45-caliber pistol continued to attack until there was no More return fire. He won a Silver Star. When other marines arrived they found Hayes dead. They also found 14 dead enemy soldiers. Kaylor said he did his Best to forget that Day. In a letter he eventually wrote to the Marine corps As part of his Effort to have Hayes honoured he said he and the other members of the unit a were numbed by the but a couple of years ago Kaylor was swapping War stories with some other veterans in the sheriffs station. They told him Hayes should have received the medal of Honor. The marines refused to Issue a posthumous medal because More than three years had passed since the event. But rep. Philip m. Crane r-iu., intervened and the marines agreed to Issue the certificate of commendation. A a in a very proud Quot said Hayes sister Jeanne pal Lach of round Lake Beach. �?o1 thought he was a great person. But now everybody else can know he was a great person Michael Hayes William Hayes older brother said he and his sister were not surprised to learn of their brother a heroism. A the was not one to give up Quot said Michael Hayes who served 16 months in Vietnam before his brother. A whether we were playing checkers at Home or baseball or whatever this is totally in line with the kind of person he childhood Star of 1930s Dies of emphysema Hollywood apr Freddie Bartholomew whose popularity As a 1930s child Star of such films As Little lord Fauntleroy failed to propel him into Success an an adult actor has died of emphysema in Florida. He was 67. Bartholomew who had retired in Bradenton died thursday said his wife Elizabeth. Mickey Rooney one of Bartholomew a childhood co stars said Hollywood can be unforgiving when childhood Charm does no to Flower into classic film Good looks. A the was one of the finest if not the finest child actor that we had on the scene at that time a said Rooney who appeared with Bartholomew and Jackie Cooper in the Devil is a Sissy in 1936. But a this handsome Ness As a child just did no to translate into adulthood said Rooney 71. Cooper who like Rooney went on to enjoy a Long acting career said Bartholomew also lacked Good Ca Bartholomew reer advice. A in some cases kids were taught to be doing the same cute thing just being cute a said Cooper 69. A some of us were made to develop As Bartholomew was born Frederick Llewellyn on March 28, 1924, in London. He first performed at age 4, when he recited a poem at a Church social. He later told interviewers that Millicent Bartholomew an aunt who brought him up and from whom he took his name took him on the rounds of British film studios. His first movie work was in two British productions fascination in 1930 and Lily Christine in 1932. His aunt later took him to the United states where Mem hired him at age 10. He played the title role in David Copperfield a production that also included . Fields and became an overnight Star after the film opened in 1935. Other films included Little lord Fauntleroy in 1936, in which he played an american boy who discovers he is heir to an English Dukedom and captains courageous in 1937. He also played Greta Garbo a son in Anna Karenina 1935. He was among the most popular child actors of the 1930s and Early �?T40s. His salary soared to $2,500 a week making him the highest paid child Star after Shirley Temple. Bartholomew made headlines in the late 1930s when he Cut his signature curls. But he did not act in films past boyhood. In 1937, he was involved in two court Battles. In one his parents tried to regain custody of him from his aunt. In the other his aunt tried but failed to get him released from his Mem contract. Bartholomew remained in his aunts custody and his parents were Given an allowance from his salary. During world War ii he was a maintenance worker for b-17 bombers. He tried to revive his career after he was discharged appearing at nightclubs and in summer theater. In the Early 1950s, Bartholomew was Host of a daytime to show and an associate director of a new York television station. He said in a 1951 interview that the millions he earned As a child had been spent primarily on lawsuits. A i was drained dry a Bartholomew said. In 1954, he went to work for the Benton amp Bowles advertising Agency in new York rising to vice president. Besides his wife survivors include a daughter Katie of Santa be . A son Frederick of Coral Springs Fla. A stepdaughter Celia Paul of new York and three grandchildren. In the stars and stripes 10years ago Jan. 26,1982 a quarterback Joe Montana led the san Francisco 49ers to their first super bowl championship with a 26-21 Victory Over the Cincinnati bengals. 20years ago Jan. 26,1972 a rep. Shirley Chisholm the nations first Black congresswoman announced her candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination. 30 years ago Jan. 26,1962 a responding to a Senate armed services committee inquiry into censorship of speeches made by military officers president Kennedy and Gen. Lyman l. Lem Nitzer endorsed the Pentagon a policy of censoring Public utterances by top military men. 40 years ago Jan. 26,1952 a in the bloodiest Battle Between britons and egyptians in the Suez canal zone 42 egyptians and three britons were killed and scores wounded. Britain ordered All British warships in Malta except frigates to head for the canal finding pets that survived Oakland fire san Francisco a three months after the Oakland Hills fire most animal Rescue groups have Given up. But volunteers from in defense of animals still scour the Hills daily a and still find pets that survived the firestorm. The oct. 20 Blaze devastated the area left tinder dry by five years of drought. It destroyed about 3,000 residences killed 25 people and caused $1.5 billion in damage. A in the aftermath there was nothing there for the animals to recognize a said doll Stanley who has spearheaded in defense of animals work in Oakland. A fall the scents were gone the Trees were gone the Homes were gone everything was world War ii gone a including the people who had been there to feed them a she said. Cats Are among the most wild of domesticated animals. Their natural instincts such As Hunting Are largely intact. A i think that a Why a lot of these animals survived a said or. Michael Evans owner of the animal care clinic in san Pablo. He offered Stanley a group a reduced rate for treating and holding the pets. A a they re just really shaken up. The cats Are really upset and some of them require re socialization a Evans said. One captured cat had been sleeping in the fireplace of its bumped out Home a the Only Structure left on the site. The cat has been reunited with its owners but sleeps in the fireplace at its new Home. Finding the pets was easy at first. About 400 dogs and cats running around in the streets were captured almost immediately Stanley said. As the number of homeless animals dwindled other groups such As Oakland society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and local humane societies stopped searching. Stanley said in defense of animals has caught about 70 pets in the last two months and continues to capture up to 10 a week. 50 years ago today 26 Jan. 1 .94 -2 american and filipino troops Complete their Retreat to the final defensive line across Southern Bataan but the japanese have beachhead at Quina uan and Longos Cawayan behind the line in Washington a . Board of inquiry finds the army and Navy commanders of Pearl Harbor guilty of dereliction of duty for allowing the Surprise attack the first . Troops arrive in the British Isles. Source 2194 Days of War w h Smith a publishers in world almanac Book of world War ii Bison books clip i amp to i a year ago Day 10 Jan. 26 a a smart Quot bombs Are fired by . F-111s at Oil facilities in Kuwait to Stop Iraq from pumping crude Oil into the persian Gulf. The Slick is Drifting toward saudi facilities that convert Saltwater to fresh. The allies say the iraqis thus far have fired 51 scud missiles 26 at saudi Arabia and 25 at Israel along the Northern front iraqis and the .-led coalition Exchange harassment fire. A
