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Oneonta Brothers Prove They Can Joke While Facility Communist Drive in KoreaOne of the reasons Chinese and North Korean Communist troops are finding it difficult to kick the United Nations forces out of Korea U ihe Allies’ courage.Other reasons are their laugh off disaster and cnlmly spunk mess, pluck, ability lo joke In the face of sure annihilation—In short, jult;t plain guts.Two Oneor.ta brothers, now in the Army in Korea, arc following such a pattern. In a Icltcr written December 13 to their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Utter 01 Oneonta RD 2, they wrote not of the seriousness of their situation, nor of llie grimy life of a doughboy, nor of the expectations of battle. They kidded.Cpl. Allen '\Sonrno” UUer kidded Pfe. Dz.vid Uller, and vice versa. They kidded Army life, the Korean war, the Korean terrain and climate. They didn't write of military victories or defeats. They wrote of things nearest their hearts: their family and themselves.Wc*rc raising hcck over here in these hills, Allen wrote. “We have seen snmo hills in New York but you haven't seen anything yet; over hero you can go around a hill and shake hands with yourself. It’s pretty goml when you're standing 011 lop of a hill and a pilot asks if you're notexceeding the height limit.*'Allen is with Ike Third Division, while David, the yourg-Cpl. Allen (.literPfe. David Utteror brother, who enlisted when Ik* was 17 years old In 1348, is attached to the Seventh Division. Both di vis lour, won* inthe town or Hamhung 12 days before Christmas. David wcnl looking for Allen and foundhim.I must say It wasn't ha id (to find Allen), David wrote. 1 only hope the Chinks don’t find him as easy. Right now he’s over by his bunk talking to his buddy. As usual he's not saying much. Gonnie (Allen's nickname) as usual is writing just a few lines, leaving the writing up to me.David said his brother hadnot changed a bit since he saw him two years ago, except a newly-growA mustache. And Allen, also, wus overjoyed atseeing his brother.It sure made us so happy to sec each other that \vc could hardly in Ik,” he wxolc. '*1 sure wish that he [DavJd) could stay here with me. He is standing here now warming himself by the stove. He likes the heat because he said they didn't have any lr. fox holes.”Allen and David arc cousins of the late P/e. Clifford Utter, who was killed in action in Kocch August 26 while serving with the 24th Division.II.!lt;*
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Oneonta Star
Oneonta, New York, US
Tue, Jan 02, 1951
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