Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1951 — Page 8

"WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1981

Typical GI Humor— Jokes on Red Sox Ease

Tension in Korea Attack

By JIM G. LUCAS

. Seripps-Howard Staff Writer NEAR SEOUL, May 23-1 wasn't quite.sure whether ‘t was our gunfire or the enemy's that I heard. Sometimes ¢ all sounds alike. : But suddenly’I knew. 1 hit the ground and rolled out f sight. A steady stream of Communist machine-gun fire ame over a ridge. It seemed like a terribly - : ; nL Someone called out to him. And mall world—populated prin- oo no answer ipally by me and the guy But Dick was OK. I could see “ith that gun. -T couldn't see the him motioning from behind the

jends who had: been with me ‘a other ridge. He shouted that there

ew minutes age. 1-.could hear WAS a ravine. over ‘there if. we | therm + breathing could make it. One hy one we all

I could hear the made the same erouching run for

21 iafety v rattle of dirt and Safety. AEG “Do you want to go back?" Dick

sand as they v pressed their Asked me hodies against I wanted to return all right, the hilliside. But desperately. But I knew these

Kids were measuring me Dick, who was driver, would -take me back all right, But it. would earn me the undying contempt of these 19-vear-olds

I could see no one, I hugged the ground and wondéred what to do next. I stared in Likened to Cage Team horrible fascina- Actually, everyone wanted to tion at a centi- go back except Dick And even wade on the back of my hand— he admitted that we couldn't go ‘nd because of the centipede—I much farther. The Chinese Reds 11so became aware of the big held this whole ridge area

Mr. Lucas

hlack ants. The prospect of stay- “This is OK,” said Dick without ing there became unbearable much conviction We can watch Kick Off at Dawn it without being in it It's like

We had kicked off at dawn. being on a basketball team and The plan was as simple as ft having to sit on the bench You vas auddcious. With the Reds can see the boners the other guys rttacking everywhere else we pull. Of course vou would pull vould hit them where things were them too but vou think that vou niet We would force them to wouldn't.” tring up reserves where they Mortar bursts moved slowly up hadn't counted on using them. the hill Soon they hit where “We're going out to stay,” said Dick said they should. He shouted nl. Gerald Kelleher of Albany, his approval, and then pointed. TT. Y. “This is a genuine counter-. The mortar and artillery fire offensive.” came with staccato precision. We had been up at 4 a. m. and When the ‘barrage lifted our lines Faw the assault troops as they moved forward. Our men reached moved out. We crossed into no| the opposite slope and began to man’s land with Fox Company. move up. But halfway they were Fasy Company was up ahead. We met with withering fire. moved slowly down the road look-| 275 Chinese Slain ing for trouble. : Dick groaned. “We'll. have to It was cold but the joking made fa]] back,” he said. I watched it more endurable. A kid from our men move back in good order. Boston kept everybody laughing When all of us had reached safewith a running commentary onity the mortars and artillery, fol-

the Red Sox baseball team. lowed by planes, opened up anew. Capture Prisoner I “We'll"have that hil! in 45 minWe picked up a prisoner when utes,” Dick predicted. “We'll

we were only a few hundred yards soften them up a little and then nut. He had deserted. He couldn't we can walk up.” | take our artillery any longer. It! We did. Just like Dick said. had pounded the Reds all night.We counted 275 "dead Chinese This one had walked in the di- when we got there. Our casualrection of the firing, hoping that!ties were amazingly light and] he would be picked up. already were being carried to first At 6:30 Easy Company had aid stations. found the Reds. Now, at noon,| Late that afternoon we trudged the battle was at its peak. I had back down the hill to the batstarted up with Col. Kelleher but|talion command post. During the’ he had outdistanced me. Several/day field kitchens had been of us were trying to find him brought up and we had hot ood.” when the machine gun pinned us| The kid from Boston had the down. last word. Dick (Pfc. Richard Watts, Dan-| “Just like mother’s cooking.’ ville, Ill.) was the first to act. he said, staring with distaste at 1 got a glimpse of him as he|the conglomerate of stew”in his jumped to his feet and disap-/ mess tin. peared over a parallel ridge.! “Just like mother's cooking There was shooting—then silence. When she's drunk.”

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