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W I T H 2D LOG COM Through the efforts of two farseeing, old time railroaders,with a total of more than 60years "on the tracks" betweenthem, today's troops travelingby rail in Korea will find them-selves aboard a train whose carsare, in the words of Brig. Gen.Paul F. Yount, 2d LogisticalCommand CG, "the next bestthing to a Stateside coach."Credit for the renovatedcoaches goes to Maj; Robert H.McCafferty, Pueblo, Colo., com-mander of the 765th Transporta-tion Railway Shop Battalion,and his executive officer, Maj.Melvjn C. Shingler, Altoona, Pa.THEY DECIDED that if pos-sible they would alleviate suchconditions as no heatingsystems, no water and no toiletfacitlies that existed on thenorth bound troop trains.Through an assembly linemethod they supervised thecomplete modernization of eachcoach that came into their shop.EACH CARthat came into theshop was completely decontam-inated, inspected and thengiven another treatment ofDDT. Then when the deconta-mination was completed, heating

units were either installed orrepaired.The ledge like seats that werean earmark of the Korean trooptrain became a thing of the pastwith the shop's installation ofmore modern back to back seatsof the American railcoachvariety. The interiors havebeen painted an attractive pastelcolor instead of the drab natural

tion to all of these latest im-provements, the cars will alsocarry more passengers. Theseating capacity before was 50,now it is estimated they willcarry up to 85.Mortar CompanyThanked by 27thFor Fire SupportWITH U.S. 25TH DIVThe27 h Wolfhound Regiment hassaluted the men of the HeavyMortar Company of the 35th

Regiment for their support ina recent drive.The Wolfhounds were holdingpositions on the central front,and the mortar company was toprovide additional fire power.THE 35TH FIRED a dailyaverage of 1500 rounds againstenemy troops and emplace-ments."Since digging in these posi-tions," said Capt. Eugene Par-sons of Birmingham, Ala, com-pany commander, "we havedestroyed a gasoline dump andtwo buildup points."OUR BIGGEST job now is tokeep the enemy off balance.Sometimes we're up all nightharassing his troops and supplypoints. By changing our time-ing he never knows when wemay throw in a few rounds."Around the present positionsare three hills formal ly held bythe enemy. They are an ex-ample of the tremendous firepower and accuracy of theseguns. The tops have been

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COPTER RESCUEESAir Force Capt. Fred Waid ( le ft) ,39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and Navy Lt. (jg) H. G.Goodell, a member of the Antietam's 15th Air Group, werethe third and fourth successful rescuees of the cruiser Toledo'sbusy helicopter rescue team. Downed off the coast of Koreathey discuss their last mission. (U.S. Navy Photo)* * * * * * *

Copter Fights EnemyFire To Rescue PilotABOARD US S TOLEDOAfter 24 hours of eluding Com-munist patrols and battling theNorth Korean snow and cold,Air Force Capt. Fred Waid,Mustang pilot of the 39th Fight-er Interceptor Squadron, wasrecently picked up by the Toledohelicopter.American LosingEyesight GettingCash From AF

TOKYO (AP)A Christmasgift cash donation from airmen"of the Far East Air Forces inJapan will be on its way soonto a young American fightingto keep his eyesight.

Arnie Bickford is the lad. Helives with his mother in Detroit,Mich. In 1947 he contractedserious eye trouble. Medicalefforts were unable to save thesight of one eye.PVT. ADOLPH MACZOROW-SKI, Detroit, serving with the1955th Airways and Air Com-munications Service Squadronnow in Japan, was hospitalizedat Detroit at the time and readof Arnie's plight.Although critically ill him-self, Maczorowski offered Arnieone of his own eyes. Medicalcomplications ruled out. Mac-zorowski's offer so he sent Arnieseveral Christmas gifts.MACZOROWSKI recovered

from his illness, returned to hisAir Force job and was shippedto the Far East theater. Re-cently he received word thatArnie was losing the sight of hisremaining eye.He told his buddies aboutArnie and suggested they"adopt" the lad who lost hisfather during the last war.THE AI RM E N donated $250which is being sent to JackPickering of the Detroit Times.

The copter, piloted by aviationpilot Chief Duane W. Thorin,made the rescus under heavyenemy fire. It was the heli-copter's fourth successful rescueoperation in as many months.WAID WAS forced to bail outof his Mustang 50 miles inlandbehind enemy lines. The Toledohelicopter was dispatched butwas unable to locate him beforedark. Waid took to the hills toescape enemy patrols that werecombing the area for him.Because the cruiser was sched-uled to steam northward tobombard Chongjin the next day,Toledo's skipper, Capt. HunterWood Jr., ordered the helicop-ter debarked on a nearby islandto attempt the rescue again nextday.NEXT DAY THE helicoptermade two more rescue attempts,but heavy antiaircraft fire anda dwindling fu e l supply pre-vented any success. On the thirdtry, however, the Air Force pilotwas located and hauled to safety.Earlier in November the To-ledo received its third distressmessage from Corsair pilotLieutenant (jg) Goodell of theaircraft carrier Antietam. Lessthan 20 minutes after the mes-sage was received, the Toledohelicopter, piloted by Ens.Donald Hollis, with r.escue as-sistant E L. Crawford, aboard,snatched Goodell from the icyNorth Korean waters, threemiles from the enemy coastlineof Wonsan.IN AUGUST the copter pickedup Lt. Robert T. Walker, TaskForce 77 pilot on the carrierUSS Boxer. On a bomb-runmission near Wonsan his enginewas hit and he glided his Sky-raider into the ocean. When theToledo's helicopter hovered overWalker for the rescue, he greet-ed his rescuers as if they wereol d friends.In fact they were. Walker hadbeen picked up a month earlierbehind enemy lines by the samerescue team.

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A N A IR BASE IN JAPANBecause Capt. Herbert I. Wurth,executive officer of the Gypsysquadron, flew a special com-mitment for a special UN unit?ar behind the enemy lines inNorth Korea ate their Thanks-iving dinner just like every-one else.The Marine fighter scheduleddrop urgently needed cargoincluding Thanksgiving dinnercould only do it by daylight and,it was already late Wednesdayafternoon and there" was notime to transfer the cargo andmake the rendezvous.REALIZING THIS the Gyp-sies who had flown turkeysup to the advanced Marine base,volunteered to make the run.With the aid of Maj. FrankMoore, an Army supply officerand airdrop specialist, a planefrom the Gypsy squadroncrossed the frontlines and thenfol lowing the valleys and hug-ging the ground, flew north tothe rendezvous point.WITH ITS LOW SPEED andability to fly the tree tops, the

plane made a perfect drop andits cargo door closed before theplane passed the next ridge.The only gunf i re encounteredwas from American cannonshelling enemy positions as theplane came up on the frontlinesfrom the north.

BEFORE AND AFTERThe remarkable job done by the765th Transportation Railway Shop Battalion in renovatingthe old uncomfortable cars of the troop trains in Korea canbe seen in the above pictures. (U.S. Army Photo)* * * * * * *Korea Rail CoachesGiven Overhaul Job

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WITH U.S. 7TH CAV REGTThe first segeant of CompanyG of the Garry Owen Regimentprobably has more women wait-ing for* him to rotate than anyother man in Korea."They all loved me backhome," explained Sgt. Robert N.Smith, Lansing, Mich. "You see,I was a cosmetician."AS THE HUSKY, ruggedtroopers of the line companyedge away from Smith heusually hastens to explain thathe was a beautician in Lansing,giving permanent waves, mani-cures, facials and such to prettygirls who wanted to look pret-tier.But the green-eyed troopersare sure that their lady's manfirst sergeant is a little "Asi-atic," when he tells them thathe isn't sure that he's goingback to his job of working withlovely women."I'D L I K E TO attend theradio school at Ft. Monmouth,N.J. af te r I rotate," said the 23year old sergeant. "I think I'llmake the Army a career."Although there aren'tvolunteers to take his placein Korea the line forms at theright to replace SergeantRobert N. Smith, cosmetiwhichi-what, in Lansing.W e i b l e P r a i s e s E t a J i m aS c h o o l W a r r a n t O f f i c e r

CAMP ETA J I M AWOJGErnest L. Kelley Jr., of the EtaJima school command, recent lyreceived a commendation fromMaj. Gen. Walter L. Weible ,commander, Japan LogisticalCommand.The commendatio'n was foroutstanding services renderedin the school's director of in-struction office from Februaryto September, 1951. Kelley,then a sergeant first class,served as operations noncom-missioned officer in that office.When the school reopenedaf te r several months of inacti-vity, Kelley "organized andtrained the office personnel,moulding it into an efficient,smoothly 'operating administra-tive team," the letter stated.Panamanian Ship Asks AidYOKOHAMA (AP)The Japanese maritime safety patroboat Muroto Sunday went to theaid of a Panamanian vessewhich radioed it had beendamaged by high waves 300miles .east of Tokyo bay.

W I T H 2D LOG C OM Through the efforts of two farseeing, old time railroaders,with a total of more than 60years "on the tracks" betweenthem, today's troops travelingby rail in Korea will find them-selves aboard a train whose carsare, in the words of Brig. Gen.Paul F. Yount, 2d LogisticalCommand CG, "the next bestthing to a Stateside coach."Credit for the renovatedcoaches goes to Maj; Robert H.McCafferty, Pueblo, Colo., com-mander of the 765th Transporta-tion Railway Shop Battalion,and his executive officer, Maj.Melvjn C. Shingler, Altoona, Pa.THEY DECIDED that if pos-sible they would alleviate suchconditions as no heatingsystems, no water and no toiletfacitlies that existed on thenorth bound troop trains.Through an assembly linemethod they supervised thecomplete modernization of eachcoach that came into their shop.EACH CAR that came into theshop was completely decontam-inated, inspected and thengiven another treatment ofDDT. Then when the deconta-

mination was completed, heatingunits were either installed orrepaired.The ledge like seats that werean earmark of the Korean trooptrain became a thing of the pastwith the shop's installation ofmore modern back to back seatsof the American railcoachvariety. The interiors havebeen painted an attractive pastelcolor instead of the drab naturalwood color of the past.LT . WI LLI A M E. M A R T I N ,Tampa, Fla., feels that in addi-

tion to all of these latest im-provements, the cars will alsocarry more passengers. Theseating capacity before was 50,now it is estimated they willcarry up to 85.Mortar CompanyThanked by 27thFor Fire SupportWITH U.S. 25TH D IVTh e27 h Wo l f ho un d Regiment hassaluted the men of the HeavyMortar Company of the 35thRegiment for their support ina recent drive.The Wolfhounds were holdingpositions on the central front,and the mortar company was toprovide additional fire power.THE 35TH FIRED a dailyaverage of 1500 rounds againstenemy troops and emplace-ments."Since digging in these posi-tions," said Capt. Eugene Par-sons of Birmingham, Ala, com-pany commander, "we havedestroyed a gasoline dump andtwo buildup points."OUR BIGGEST job now is tokeep the enemy off balance.Sometimes we're up all nightharassing his troops and supplypoints. By changing our time-ing he never knows when wemay throw in a few rounds."Around the present positionsare three hills formal ly held bythe enemy. They are an ex-ample of the tremendous firepower and accuracy of theseguns. The tops have beencompletely blown off and thesur face surrounding the peaksblasted down to chalk rock.

Author Michener ThinksJapan To Choose WayBy PFC Murray FromsonTO KYO (Pac. S &S ) A utho rJames Michener of "Tales ofthe South Pacific" fame Satur-day predicted Japan will go herown way as an Asiatic countryfol lowing the peace treaty.Michener expressed the hopethat "Japan's intimate experi-ence with the United States willconvince her we are her friendand when the time for decisionis at hand she will rememberus in that respect."HERE FO R SE V E RAL weekspreparing an interpretive essayon Japan for Hol iday magazine ,Michener ha s spent considerab let ime on "his trip to the Far Eastto study conditions in southeastAsia.Just arrived from Indonesia,

he opined that "America mustmaintain a hang-on policy wher-ever we are in Asia."SUCH A POLICY would existthrough th e maintenance ofembassies, the f low of freetrade, encouragement of Asiantravel in the U.S. and assistancein the various countries' selfgovernment attempts.THIS IS THE AUTHOR'Sthird trip to the Pacific area.He was in Korea last winter withhis wife and witnessed the eva-cuations of Hun g n a r n and Seoul.Shocked by the chaos anddestruction caused by the fight-ing, Michener sees "no hope"for early rehabilitation in thewar ravaged country.LIKE THOSE who havepreceded him on tours of Asia,

Michener also observed that Na-tionalist Chinese forces onFormosa are well trained andhigh in spirit."If the Kuomintang (rulingparty) had governed on themainland as they are on For-mosa, they might still bethere today," he said.I N I N DI A Nehru is in com-plete and unquestioned controlof the government, taut the fric-tion with Pakistan over posses-sion of Kashmir is alarming,Michener reported.His first trip to the Pacifictheater was in the uniform ofthe U.S. Navy. After a tour ofduty as a history professor atHarvard and later as manag-ing editor of McMil lan Publish-ing Co., he enlisited in the serv-iCG.BY TH E CONCLUSION of thewar he had attained the rankof lieutenant commander. "ButI was just a clerk to a bunchof aviation garages," he modestlyexplaimed.Michener gleaned much of thein format ion fo r "Tales of theSouth Pacific" from natives,sailors who had visited the is-lands and from his own per-sonal recollections."HOWEVER, I still believe,"he said, "that the finest book onthe Pacific area is still to come.An d I am of the conviction thatit could well come from the penof some soldier in Korea."Pacific Stars & Stripes ^