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William SluisNewsman-GIrvice cerpt rare-1 pre-bbathPinned DownBy Cong FireA former STAR reporter, Specialist Fifth Class William Sluis, Jr., of Mokena, spent an uncomfortable five hours last week pinned down by enemy machine gun fire on a rubber plantation in Dau Tieng, South Viet Nam.After Viet Cong raiders invaded the plantation, Sluis and several other soldiers were trapped inside the mam house without ammunition. They spent more than five hours listening to bullets hit around them, before being rescued when comrades killed the machine gunners and cleared the area of Viet Cong.Sluis was stationed with the 20th public information detachment at the plantation.mdeadhospiAcDoneeast!crossa c road lightPolFBIThtiontheiiat n inT M,agerofficInvespea♦ *SLUIS, who went to Viet Nam in March, is scheduled to be discharged next month, and will return to THE STAR staff. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W'lliam Sluis of 192nd street, Mokena, and has a brother, Bernard, with the Marines in Viet Nam and another brother, Joost, who has been in the Navy for eight years.A graduate of Lincoln-Way high school, Slouis h o i d s bachelor and master’s degrees from Northwestern university, which he attended on Robert R. McCormick journalism scholarships.
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Park Forest Star
Park Forest, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 27, 1969
Page 8
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