Hide Article Text (OCR)
40th Battles Reds in. IcyTOKYO, Feb. 4 (Monday) — (EE).' Infantrymen of th* U, S. 40th Division fought the Eighth Army’s heaviest action Sunday in Koreaa$ temperatures dropped to 15 degrees below lero on the Korean front, it was announced today.The Eighth Army said action along the 155-mile battlelirve waa limited to ptrpl contact*, with one from the 40th Division fighting, an hour-long engagement against two Communist squads east of Kumiong on the central front.The Allied and Red troops met at 5:15 a. m,, and slugged it out until the troops of the former California National Guard division withdrew under heavy fire and called in.artillery and mortar fire to blast the enemy.The 40th then moved back to the attack, again ran into heavy fire and at 6:20 a. m. was ordered to break off the engagement.Eight Long BeaeV men are known to be membefB ol the division. They are 'Btc. Dick Kimball, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Kimball, 227Q W. 20th St.; Cpl. Jerry L. Groom, 21, son of Mr, and Mrs. U B. Groom, 4105 E, Fourth St.; Sgt, Jim Douglas^ 20, son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Boy C. Douglass, 760 Tormina Ave»; Pfc. Alvin ViinderMost, 20, son of Mr, and Mrs, WllUam VanderMost, 627 E. SIfcth St; M*Sgt. Ballsy McCuno Jr., 20, non of Gapt, and Mrs. Bailey McCune, 2266 .Cota Ave.; Cpl. William Poley, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lwter W, Pol-sey, 3873 Webster Ave.; 1st tt. Carl A, Glbboney, 6903 Freckle* Rd., husband of Mary Iau Gib-boney and father of four children, and Cpl. Joseph K, Vogel, 24, an Ohioaa who had been living with Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. DuBolw, 1425 Appleton St.A front dispatch said three Allied patrols fought Chinese west of Chorwon Sunday night and thatit took on* of them almost anhour to returp.A patrol led by Maj. Jssper heard Chinese talking. They tossed rocks and grenades without draw* ing fire and then opened up with small arms .before the voices’*began shooting back.American airpower was active and damaged two Russian-made MIG jets'in air battles and destroyed or damaged two Red tanks in strafing attacks.About 100 MIGs were sighted Over Northwest Korea during the day, and 35 U. S. Sabrejets tangled with 65 of the Red planes in two swirling dogfights, wingingone Soviet jet In each encounter. No American Josses were reportedMaj. James F. Martin, El Paso, Tex., and Capt. William A. Todd, San Gabriel, Calif., were the fliett who scored in the airbattles.Marine Corsair fighters tackled the Rtd tanks on the central front near Pyonggang, leaving three in flames and damaging two others. Allied tanks also were active on the central front. A strong armored detachment firing 90-mm. !hells poured 750 of them into Red defense^ positions in a hill-then withdrew under heavy lira from Communist mortar batteries, •Hie presence of the 40th W. vision m Korea was announced only yesterday, but the California .National Guardsmen have belt;m In. .. Hctton long enough to suffer’the far f£stcatties and win their fast ~decorations. _Army and Air Force oificers were investigating Satwrdsya •‘mystery bombing of Alliedi pal* tions near Kumsong which caused some damage to Um positions but no casualty - to Allied troop®—hut so far had been unaWe to^dentify the bU planesresponsible. ^ ^L.B, MajorWelcomesColleagueSpeaking of Stanley finding Livingston, imagine the surprise that ensued when Maj, Laurence A. Scott, Long Beach resident and Naples school principal, ran into Brig. Gen. Homer Eaton, a Los Angeles school vice principal, in Korea the other day.Each thought the other was still back in the Los Angeles area teaching school. Neither dreamed they would meet in Korea.It seems Gen. Eaton, dragged away from his school post to a command job with California*! 40th Regiment, was moved frota Japan to a fighting spot in Korea. And says the general in a letterback home:“When I arrived at my command post I was met by Mai Scott,, of Long Beach, and we had a very happy reunion.11 Maj. Scott is-with the 24tfc
Newspaper Details
Independent Long Beach
Long Beach, California, US
Mon, Feb 04, 1952
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Jerry G.
USA 01 Dec 2019
Other Publications Near Long Beach, California
Independent Long Beach
Independent Press Telegram
Press Telegram
Independent
Long Beach Press Telegram
