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itwn juoiius in a single day, Uktync’s I’-51 was fovccd down by gl'oun13 fite after a strafing run on Communist troops in tlm Vohangarea, si here allied trrxips are fight*ing to stem n Heel breakthrough. Wayne previously Imd shot down I wo enemy nii eraU over Kimpo air* £iclrl, near .Seoul, on ihu LPconri day Of the war.An. observation piano spoiled Wayne behind the lines and Van *'| Uoien descended in his liclicoplcr ,r \ in pick him nj». Au'dlicr plane. a.J piloted by Lieut. Ray S. White of (Austin, Tc.s,. covered Ihn descent ,c 1 by strafing an approaching Com* * miniist officer.the hcheopter was hit by ground fire but reached its base safely. Maj. C»eri. KrnnV J.nuo, special presidential assistant observing the war from the nlr, witnessed the rescue and radioed Van lioven: That’s I Fie finest example of a (Turn 1n P.age 2, Column 2)San Malean in Korea WoundedPfe. John Torres, 23. son of Mrr. Tzckicl Oili* of 3D North Grant slrccl. San .Mateo, Mas li.sb eel Lnriny on the late.it tally of Korean war casualties rcleasrd by the war department.Mrs. Ortiz said she had not yet heard from her son, hut received a telegram from the war department last Wcdnc-sdny informing her fhis youth was slightly wound* eel1 in action in Korea on August 10. She last hoard from him from Tacoma, Wash., two mnnlhs ago, and said she had no idea how serious it is. hut had written an army A VO number supplied by the Aar dcparlmcnt, to contact him. She did not know he was in Korea until she received the war detriment telegram.Torres Is an jnfanlryman and re-enlisted about a year ago, according (o his molher. lie served previously in the army in 1945 and 194i3. He was brought up in Ssn Carlos, attending elementary schools Ibere and Scrpioia High (Turn to Page 2, Column Z)
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San Mateo Times
San Mateo, California, US
Wed, Sep 06, 1950
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