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Burns, Combat Engineer Battalion Veteran/On Terminal Leave After Serving In KoreaW f ;J U1H«vf ■i:fi, i/s, I •III I it l«:411 V4 ' ■ ii ^j mt I w * ^w § - ’ft% € V* 1ti V1 1Bmk’.-JI )(W* *4 *lt; f i! r- \ V(iI*flilt I ncinrres1lt;1. At:.II ll J|I1 \ .J#!9 •* »tifcp 4Mff iiy i(#■1 v # *||t *11 m rlit vf•'1 tjA 1 .9 J* 4 : Kgj ' if | i\ j 11 -2 % w # #began going alter the navy and tiling* really wererough.**sniper fire always was§ on both islandsand Hi ini' tec.lt;Il**lt;l tine occ.lt; ionmen were killed during g raid jOn the nioining lt;*t Sept 2. when the Jap?- went to Buckner 1122nd Eng. Bn., to w hich Burns I was transferred Mav 15. went to j. The 1122nd was a head- ,quarters unit.a group adjutant, hr again , was in charge lt;»! personnel, cor- {respondencc and placement oj men »to the various jobs within the com-pantes.Went Into Pusan— I llhutif t’hoto1 THOMAS BURNSCalif., he wentto San Luis moie amphibia *c nv “thetTnew lt;*quipment.*’oversea*- Job 31. 1944n maneuver'- wiuifHNafteiinva-«walk'dThe 1122nd landed at Inchon oi Ji risen. as tlx* J.tps called the port ir» '-outhern Korea. Burns wa j there four Pusan with an advance reeocmais-ance element of two «»tl»ci ofiiccrs and three enlisted men.I Coming in on their own train, they were treated •'royally’* andbe lore M p Co. G. ot the 184th infantry moved in. had contacted the Jap garrison, '•tudied the living facilities available for troop:and v». itcd all lt;*t the town’s in-and f a clones.Capt Burns remained in Korea until Match 24. when he returned to the States. He landed in Seattle April 6.A graduate of Hie June. 194** of the University of VViscoi -it» school ot commete, he waauditing divisionDecatur. 111., before induction.lather, who fought in both World wars and was discharged in November as a captain, in the ETO as a member of railwayCapt Bui. Oct 20. 1944.waves.t onstru* t«*d Railev Bridgewea-Pacific and Philippine liberation ribbons with the Victory medal. He arrow heads for participation in the Leyte and Okinawa invasionsMet I n C rov*e MenBaileyin theEi be ran an Hill, where170th engineers vveit ped in build.ng bridge'While overseas, he met se\c».«l Crusse fellows, in Hawaii, heeneounteied John Lamb, navyFrancis (Mtckc ) Riley, a lieutenant lt;sg) in the submarineand John Ptialon. a first lieutenant in the tank corps. Lambis discharged and Riley since hasbeen presumed dead after being reported missing for a year.On la\\io. Bums held a reunion witH Warren Roscoe, Roald Foret h and Blt;»b Murphv He n et Phalon again on Okinawa.%. M I N*Sh Club
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La Crosse Tribune
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Apr 28, 1946
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