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•VONE IN BATTLE., OTHER IN VEHICLE ACCIDENTLocalGIsBy AL BOWMAN Courier-Times Staff WriterOn Memorial Day, the parents of Pvt. First Class Thomas Bo-sack, 21, of 2529 Ogden Ave., Cornwells Heights, were informed their son had been wounded in action in Viet Nam.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bosack were notified by the army that Thomas had sustained injuries over several parts of his body and was coming back to the states for hospitalization.Today, Thomas is in the Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pa. He has been treated for gunshot wounds of the leg, shoulder and stomach and will remain in the hospital at least a few more months. His right leg is in traction.Paying Tribute It may have been ironic that Thomas* parents were notified of his injuries on the day millions of Americans were paying tribute to the nation’s war dead, but as the war in Southeast Asia drags on, it sometimes seems that the ironic situation is t the rule rather than the excep tion. I“I was on an outpost near thci Cambodian border with four oth-j er men at about 12:10 on Sunday, May 29. TTiomas said. “We were about 200 meters! ahead of the front line. We had; just radioed in that everything! was okay.Irony No. 1.Funnv thing.” Bosack said.lIni ured In SoutheastAsia£ Sv,#ZV. .-t; .'Ai.mwM'mi ■ iwm. -*'-'V'PFC. THOMAS A. BOSACKSPEC. 4 JONATHAN S. LINFORTH2i!|i1I had recently volunteered for j the position on the outpost. 1 said. ‘weil. somebodv has to do! it.Irony No. 2. jA member of the 25th division.Thomas had been in Viet Namabout two months when he was wounded. He was a part of I“Operation Paul Revere” when he and his four companions heard a disturbance.Started Firing “We started firing when we realized the enemy was near. We started running back to the line to get into position. My radio was hung over by back,(Thomas continued.“One of my buddies was killed land another wounded. I was hit j several times. My radio saved me. The radio was hit squarely and although I was hit in the shoulder, it could have belot worse.Irony No. 3.j Bosack attended Bensaiem High School before entering the army. He has been in the service about nine months.| There probably isn’t anything much worse that can happen to n a a soldier than being shot by enemy gunfire. Well,'there is.j “When I returned near to the | front line, I saw one of my own | men was firing at me by mistake,” Thomas said, looking at his leg. “Those M-lfts really do a job.”Irony No 4.| It wasnt until daybreak that a helicopter could get in and i take Thomas out of the area for treatment.j Tired of ironies — hene’ssome good news put straight.Pfc. Bosack is doing fine and seems in good spirits. He’s going to be okay.Also From Lower BucksAcross the room from Pfc.[ Bosack in the Valley Forge General Hospital, is another Lower Bucks man who was injured re* I cently in Southeast Asia.I Spec. 4 Jonathan S. Linforth. tson of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Linforth of 107 Green St., Hulme-ville, is in a cast from his chest to his feet and will remain in the hospital about 6 to 8 months, j Jonathan said he was involved tin a vehicle accident recently | while stationed in Bangkok, ■Thailand. He said he could not | elaborate on the type of vehicle for security “I had just left I had been about he said. “I was riding along and the next thing I knew I woke up two hours later. I just don't know what hit me.”Jonathan, who had been in Thailand 17 months, suffered a maybe | broken leg and other injuries inthe accident.reasons, a club where 10 minuteA
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Bristol Bucks County Courier
Bristol, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jun 30, 1966
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