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Sergeant From Stanley Makes a Daring RescueWith First Cavalry Division. Korea, Mar. 14. 13*—An army sergeant, dodging,red mrfchine-gun fire, drove a 17-ton bulldozer into an ice-crusted river and rescued a wounded comrade from the water.Then he turned the bulldozer toward the enemy and chugged to the red-held opposite shore where he rescued two other stranded buddies.First cavalry division headquar- ]ters said Sgt, Donald D. Cousins,, 21, of Stanley, Kan., was helping] build a bridge when a Chinese ma- j chinegun crew opened up on the; engineers. jOne G.L was shot. He floated] helplessly in the icy river. ICousins trundled his bulldozer j into the ahallow water and — inreverse — chugged toward the wounded G.L. Bullet* from' two Chinese ma-chinegun* punchtured the bull-doxer’a Iron aides. Conains dived frofti atop his grader into the freezing water*He toweji his buddy back to the machine. Then he took on board two other stranded entinpprs And i
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Lawrence Journal World
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Thu, Mar 15, 1951
Page 9
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