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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1950
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1950
Thousands Of GIs On 261 Ships Back Marine Landings On 2 Korean Coasts
Vincent's Hospital from Nurse and he will be released after a
‘Beaned’ ‘Basgall Better Air Umbrella
'Beaned' Basgall Better Photo by by Henry E. Glesing Jr, Times Staff Photographer Monty Basgall, Indianapolis second baseman who was "beaned"' by a pitched ball last night at Victory Field, gets an assist at St. Vincent's Hospital from Nurse Eleanor Markey, a baseball fan who attended last night's game. Basgall's condition is "good" and he will be released after a two-day rest.
M’Arthur Opens Daring Maneuver to Cut Foe From Key Supply Base
Seizes Wolmi Isle, Enters Port City Near Seoul; Landings Called Masterpiece of Co-ordination By RALPH TEATSORTH, United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Sept. 15—United States Marines, storming ashore from the biggest armada of the Korean “War; -caps tured the island of Wolmi today and drove on into the important west coast port of Inchon. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in a daring maneuver to cut off the Communist army from its supply bases, landed forces behind the enemy lines on both the east and west coasts of Korea. A short time after the landing on the west coast, Gen. MacArthur went ashore in a small boat to take personal command. The American flag flies today only 18 miles from Seoul, the South Korean capital from which the defenders were driven in the early days of the war, United Press Correspondent Robert C. Miller, with the assault forces at Inchon, reported the Marines made an easy landing on Wolmi, connected with Inchon by a 1000foot causeway, and then when the tide was right again 11 hours later, banged their way into Inchon. Within a half hour after their landing they had penetrated to the heart of the port city.
Air Umbrella 0f U.S. Planes Aids Landings
330 Sorties Flown By Jet Fighters,
Superforts, Mediums By CHARLES MOORE
United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Sept. 15—Planes of all types from the U. S. Far East Air Force swept through Korea today, bombing and burning North Korean troops and supplies ’ and covering Allied landings designed to end the Korean War. While Gen. Douglas MacArthur personally directed U. S. and South Korean Marine landings on both sides of Korea and far behind the enemy lines, B-29 Superforts, medium bombers and fighters took off for Korea on close support missions. The weather generally was good But returning pilots reported poor flying conditions in some sectors. Maj. Gen. Earle E. Partridge, commander of the 5th Air Force, reported that while the planes were still in the air that 330 sorties of all types had been flown
today, Damage Estimates Of these, the jet fighters flew 120. One hundred and fifty-nine were close support missions, 92 interdiction, 20 night intruder, and 42 spotter flights. Pilots reported that they had destroyed or damaged 24 trucks six other vehicles, 17 gun em-
were close support missions, ‘92 interdiction; ~20- night intruder. and 42 spotter flights. pilots reported that they had destroyed or damaged 24 trucks
six other vehicles, 17 gun em-
VALPARAISO, Sept.” — f o'clock class in labor problem
To Mr. Lee the invasion wa The 33-year-old Korean student
Mighty Mo's 109 Guns Blast Port
Bombardment Marks
Return to Action TOKYO, Sept. 15 (UP) — The battleship U. 8. 8. Missouri—‘the! Mighty Mo”—went back in action today. The proud ship turned her nine 16-inch guns, 20 5-inchers and 80) 40-millimeter guns on military in""stallations “at “Saménok on the woo pogst--of-- Korea in-a--deafening: bombardment. Samchok is miles south of the 38th Parallel.
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bombardment at 5 p. m. (Indian-| apolis time) Thursday. It was the first action the Mo has seen ifn the Korean war. One Scar On Record Rut she is no stranger to Far East waters. She took part in the lwo. Jima and. Okinawa. campaigns in World War IT and it was on her spacious decks that the - Japanese laid down their sword of surrender Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay. Her proud record was besmirch-
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when he heard the news he'd been praying for, The Yanks were fighting back to Seoul.
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mightiest battlewagon started her
The invasion fleet steamed into Inchon waters before dawn, In ithe first light the veteran Marines hit the tadepoleshaped island of {Wolmi. A mile long and half as wide, it is linked with Inchon by a causeway, An old ihe © i
(placements, 17 railroad cars and! a fuel dump. oxo An Army spokesman said the! latest Allied air tactics of hitting! rails, highways and bridges were! designed to keep the Communists from going north as well as to {halt any movement toward the southeast Allied beachhead. {| Some 25 B-29 Superforts took off together and then broke into small formations, dropping bombs on important storage warehouses at Taejon and Andong, Commu-nist-held towns below the 38th "Parallel. [Rail lines also were hit at Taejon and marshaling yards at) Andong. Other.B-29's- went north of the | 40th Parallel, where vital enemy | {rail centers were hit. B-29 crews did not encounter} any enemy fighters, but flack was reported in. the areas near the! vital rail centers. A Korea- bound Superfort
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an armed eam. The Marines hit Wolmi Islan after a savage preliminary bombardment. Mr. Miller, a veteran war correspondent, said it was, the most “perfectly co-ordinated” attack he had ever seen. { Turned Into Volcano { He said at its “fullest fury the attack turned Wolmi into a live
volcano of .smoke and flame as passed-one tons” and tons of explosives. —His il boat beach
Bv IRVING LETROWITZ pounded -. into. the .- laboriously at nehon before the troops had Indisna ‘Beil. Teleph (0. DUllt defenses of the Communists, an ere, phone “At one time, black smoke com- Friday was Navy and Marine will ask the State Public Service pletely hid the 300-foot high 9ay, but backing the spearhead Commission for a new rate in- /8land into which the first wave Ing Marines were thousands of crease in excess of $2.5 million. ©f landing boats disappeared.” Gls packed aboard an armada .A high eompany official, whe ps minutes, Aner: an and of 251 hips, by fas the largest o | British cruisers and destroyers naval force assembled since the requested that his name be with- hammered at the tiny fdtand with height of World War II.
This Is — 2 Sunday Punch’ Climax To Weeks of Drilling
Landing Craft Jammed With Marines, Every One a Combat Veteran |
By ROBERT C-MIELER; United Press Staff Correspondent | WITH U. 8S. MARINES, at Sea, Sept. 153—This is it.
This is the one we have been waiting for, Within a few hours the ships of this blacked-out task force. will begin the shore bombardment to pave the. way for what we hope tobe the final battle of the Korean War.
tate Service Abraham Lee was leaving his
s at Valparaiso University today
Gen. Douglas ‘MacArthur
Pacific war, Gen. MacArthur lost no time in getting ashore himself for a personal inspection.
s a personal fight for his family. has a wife, two small children {and mother in the Communistheld former capital. “I am so glad to hear it. T wish’ Sole tell you, but I don't know words,” Mr. Lee said in Sn English. He is studying English, along with other subjects, at the university here.
Would Like to Help “I would like to be there. I
\ held. said the utility would peti ; would like to help them, th (Continued on Page 3—Co’ 8) This -is our Sunday punch. We will know by tonight tion for the higher rates a every gun they had joined by As our forces stormed ashore - Marines, in the fight. nl th — 90 davs, rocket-firing Allied planes at Inchon, other Marines were Wi e
whether it Nofth Koreans. are no excuses for — one. Everything has been ( planned and worked out forweeks..The supplies.are adequate... The men are (rained. The plans
“18-7 Vote" Approves are drawn down to the .merest
“I hope the Yanks take Seoul soon, and I hope they keep going to the Yellow River, all She nay through North Korea Man-
|churia,’”” said Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee came to the United asses | fous | nit «States. Jan. 9. The. last letter. from. 8.
‘his wife was written June 22, — [shortly before North Koreans in-~
kayo : A : On Sept. 5. the PSC granted the So closely timed was the as- hitting the beaches across Korea
telephone company an iricrease of sault that the bombardment let on the east coast at Yongdok “je $2 508 000. up only 15 seconds before the first hind the Communists’ lines.
Guard Enlistments ) Although officials of Indiana 'aNdIng party hit the beach. South Korean commandos made
Bell once contemplated appealing 1% than 30 minutes later the & third amphibious landing, just ‘Frozen’ J rmy. {the PSC decision, Thomas C. Marines had hoisted the Ameri- to the south of Yongdok. “Seven son." “atiorney Tor "The Canney Hop” i Highest nr OH Adm: : i scecocshgtitityexphatred that the firm: the-ista nd. :
at. Gen. MacArthur's. llr “den ‘and bold maneuver was “to
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had decided against such a course Praised by MacArthur |vaded the South Korean Republic. detail. attempt t trees Ne. , of action. “The Navy pt to destroy the North Seen) was one of the first cities” Lifting Military Ban Everything that can be done Year After July, 5] © ! A Tor Data hae Na Tr — Marines Korean army in South Korea a . J v L. STEELE i Ci 3 r : Two months of worry abot his By JOHN L. STEELE to Insure the success of this By GALVY GORDON Currently, the telephone com- than this morning.” Gen Mac- Redy Face Stranglehold { 1S Ty a $ United Press Staff Correspondent operation has been done. Pray- More than 4000 Indiana Na- any is awaiting . information Arthur said. in a message to Vi Once in Seoul, which the South 'wife and their children, a 5-year- WASHINGTON, Septa15- The'ers have been sald for divin? tional Guardsmen learned today! pany Washin - on. the. new. Admiral Arthur D. as oo ©® Koreans abandoned June 28 in old Joy and 3-year Sgughter, House Armed Service: Commit- "guidance. = they were “frozen” in the service corporation a before submitting Rear Admiral Jan HI Tyre (he face of the first Communist (Was eased somewhat Sept. 7. He (oo today approved, 18 to 7, a bill This ship is like- a highly at least another 12 months. po i g A ames doyle. agsailt, the Allies will have a ireceived a letter from a friend x a o C. Marshall p | Brig Gen. Robinson Hitchcock. the petition for the new increase 8 was his practice during the gp lehol P to allow Gen. George C. Marshall { ;h04 boxer during those last rig. Gen. Robinso OC% 4 If the tax is retrogctive - to anglehold on the best north. who had made her way to the {, pecome Secretary of Defense. tense hours béfore the bell. The State adjutant, said orders from * cals —= south route in the country. 'U. 8. forces at Taegu. Her report gome committee ‘Republicans ’ the Pentagon were that all January, phone company officials They adso will have regained to Mr. Lee said: immediately served ‘notice they long weeks of the training camp 4 men eligible for discharge indicated they would ask for In ianapolis Man possession of Kimpo air wa "10 “I have heard from a friend wij fight the bill on grounds the are. finished. There is nothing to before July, 1951, would have to more than $2.5 million in. addi- K ill nities north of Tachon, Pel hemt that your wife and children are emergency created by the Korean A a CEathiad. Witbegnang Le another year, tional es hah I ed in Action airfield in the country, : [ative and” safe fn Seoul and that War does not justify overturning Sap To pee xemptions-—and=defermentsr=lnditniiiel atts mot. “Meanwhile other forces will they Tove you” -stacked--in-every..corner. Inthe. prom -this--serviee — will ~he —prac--560.000 subscribers -ig-46 Hoosler- In oreqa War w he 3 y {the principle of Sivilian control holds are the deadliest weapons (ically impossible to obtain, -De- counties. se to deny the Communists use ill Study 3 Years of the nation’s military affairs. . sess. Thev are to atm the se ‘DD N t ‘officials have “Ihic we remi——— re Of €2 8 -CcOa8t communication That was in July. Mr. Lee feels The bill-would waive the ban— wo Porc THEY Are to lense [Department ‘officials hav i ks INF Selephoné oom:! THE DEPARTMENT of De. foutes by {aking key points and his family {is still safe, “I hope in Marshall's case alone-—against Every. Marine aboard is a More than ‘a month ago A i, its customers . fense today announced the fol- blocking the highway with heavy to hear from my wife and chil- appointing as Defense Secretary A letter al ned by Harry 8. lowing recent casualties in the naval bombardment. dren soon,” he said. anyone who has served as a com- (Continued an Page $—Col. 3) (Continued on Page 3 —Lol. 7) Hanna residant of the firm. was Korean area: The east coast highway ls parIt may be a long time. how- missioned officer anytime in the . ph: KILLED IN ACTION ticularly susceptible to naval
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‘ 14 " > C ’ Cpl, be i. Wi , 130: ily. His studies will keep him here Chairman Carl Vinson D. Ga.) . , ' detailing the reeent PSC order's ’ a Ro rt E Wilton 1303 E der steep cliffs which can be ’ " effect on Indiana Bell, abor 8t., Indianapolis. : another three years, and he planned to bring up the bill in Al or i 1st Lt. Dale C brought down on it by the exdoesn’t have the funds to bring the House tomorrow if possible. ways 0 g 1 of Dale C. he Corgan dr. on plosions of heavy shells. his family to the’ United States, He said he will seek a four-hour 9 oo Cloudy Warmer Pvt. Raymond E. Lutes, ay! . With enemy escape routes Mr. Lee studied last semester debate in order to give critics a Gl S Letter Tells Daughters / Mrs. Mildred totes: Monet Ul severed, United Nations forces at Jamestown College, N. D., and chance to be heard. : will be in a position to grind the
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The critical moment in today's - monition of death shortly v g : Di et Thee Hing 18 grade Wiad Bo Dv entry into battle, ~The It might take a long while, and morrow. The weatherman pre- St. 1ndianipolis initial operation came just as Produetion facilities be brought! tle money talk for you. Biter 5 . RY few days after maybe Daddy will have to go and dicted occasional rain for Sun- Sgt. 1/e Leonard James Basey, two waves of green-clad Marines nto full operation at once, top You can tell thousands of letter arrive : y ! % government officials said today. folks your story through the family received word of Pfc. help God up in Heaven. day. = os oe the (Continued on y Page 8—Col. 1) of he dat Division followed the W. Stuart Symington, chairman an ad in The Times John" McCormick's death. “And if I do, 1 always want “Tropical disturbances a attack force ashore. ‘of the National Security Re- Want Ad columns at a “If 1 have to go help God. you both to be good for Mummie, meteorologist's way of saying Tir w it Amphibious | | commander Rear sources Board, and top govern- very small cost vou'll know that the last thought because she is the best Mummfe hurricanes in the Guilt of Mexico imes rirer (Continued one a 3a) » 'ment rubber officials said Mr. : I had on this earth was for the in the whole wide world. area have been causing the age 3-Col.
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Before He Loses Life in. Korean War COLLINGDALE, Pa. Sept. 15 (UP)-—Two little giris--one 3 and the other 6--will never see their daddy again. He was killed in Korea. But Joan and Rose Marie McCormick’ know the ideals Tor which he gave his-life. They were contained in a letter from their father, written with
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already . battered North Korean army between two millstones. 3 The attack on Wolmi was a masterpiece of coordination Thirty-foot tides beat at Wolmi’s beaches, but when they re{cede only mud flats are left. They easily could strand an invading orce,
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