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Orphan Is Yetjf%n Korea FrontS3ir3cr=s;i2D DIV—Jimmie is a ^1PB^ea0r^51ci Japanese who •wanted to go to Korea. He was an orphan and when the 1st Division marched into Tokyo/A’ sergeant picked him off the streets.When war broke out in Korea, the sergeant stuffed Jimmie into a duffle bag and brought iirp along. One day, in the iSihityr-’Of Sunchon, an enemy ^JgrKr^shell landed nearby, wounded7 the sergeant seriously and nicked Jimmie in the side.j^rWrie went to the hospital ^nt ftisan with the sergeant who ^^|Wa/few hours later. The youth^ received medical treatment and left the hospital a few dffrs Jat^r, only to roam the 3S2®lt;k»~for almost two months untSf~BPC Robert G, Escott, Olympia, Wash., picked him up and brought him back to the front.We love Jimmie like any he said. We’ll db f to make him happy.”*35H|JgSg supply sergeant for A Company, 23d Infantry Hegi-mept, he keeps Jimrpie warm -Jwftfc^yersize clothing, ti “Jgmn$e’s a brave kid,” said iS8f£eai$- Escott. I was carrying ammo up a hill near Chip-yong and had to leave him and then. He was as ?al# as U veteran when mortars gfl£;ar.tillery hit nearby.” Although Jimmie seems to be Jfcappy with his friends in the | frontlines, there is a chance he Wa^-have to live with a line company much longer. Chaplains in the regiment are trying Hom^ for little Jimmie grow up in peace.W VPkl 1* f I
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Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Fri, May 04, 1951
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