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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1950)
v Vff !! 2fii eTSl?.??.bZ A1"" Force' Alr Materiel Command at Day- "n--werson Air Force Base, can support more SSL'?0 '""I!!1 iihoat ,inklnr' ra" ls taflS lanopy ,Si!fldrdded vWion. Bottom, canopy is clou Halt designed especially for use in ditching operations. Salem Marine Provides Account of Withdrawal An eye-witness account of marine corps fighting in the Hagaru area of north Korea was received this week from a Salem marine who participated in the battle and came out alive .Th fto CpLiDarreU Burt, 635 N. High st, told of the fight ing in a letter to his wife in Salem. Burt wasajnember of Salem's viKduueu marine reserve unit mat was activated last summer. The tuijwiai is now nospuaiizeci m now Japan with frozen- feet and wounds incurred during the Hag aru withdrawal. A portion of his letter home states: "You will never know how good it felt to stand underneath a shower. The hair on the back of my neck was an inch long. Yes terday was the first day I had combed my hair in two months. Overwhelming Odds "I guess you have been read ing the newspaper and know that we were surrounded by over whelming odds and had to retreat. It took us two and a half hours to go into the area of Hagaru and tookis three days and four nights to come back: out. "We ran into blockades on the way. The first one was at 6:50 o'clock the third night and they really had us sigh ted-in. They killed quite a few and wounded a lot of us. . "I got a machine gun, but the mortar was too well hidden and we couldn't see him. My two bud dies were on the third truck and they hopped Off with a machine gun, but they: were cut down be fore they ould get it set up.' So I got off and took over. I didn't know, anything about a machine gun up until then, but it didn't take long to learn. ; Burned Out Barrel "It seems that whenever I was firing the Chinese wouldn't fire and I was firing constantly. I burned the barrel out of the ma chine gun. but it was worth it and I saved a lot of casualties. "After the j convoy had passed they opened up and there were six of us there with P-shooters and carbines and oneano-good ma chine gun. I; ran out of ammuni tion and just as I stood up to get the other box a mortar shell lit right beside me, and ;I was lucky and didn't get any fragments in me. That, along with frozen feet, bought me my ticket to Japan. 3,000 in Hospital ' "It's nice here in the hospital, or should I say recreation audi torium. The hospital ; is equipped for 500 and there are 3,000 here, so you can imagine how crowded it, is. But. even so, theygive us towels, shaving gear, cigarettes, etc., every day. They have a big ship-store and everything . but, best of all, it is warm and that counts most. "I am glad .1 am not up on that jtock now, over in Korea Burt's brother. Strt. Donald Burt, who was a member of the inspector instructor's- staff at the marine unit in Salem, leaves today for Salt Lake City and a recruiting assignment Burt, has ueen nome on leave this week The two marines are sons of Mr. and Mrs.: Keith G. Burt, 635 Burglars Take New Mercury Burglars stole a new 1951 Mer cury sedan in an overnight break in at the Warner Motor Co., 430 N. Commercial st., city police re ported Wednesday. The prowlers entered the ga rage by breaking, a rear window. A set of mechanic's tools also was taken. The burglary was detected bout 7:15 a. m. Wednesday. Wisconsin Asks Extradition of Donald Steele . J . .. - - - . t Request for extradition from Wisconsin "of Donald E. Steele wanted on forgery, charges, is be ing made, Marion County Sheriff Denver Young said Wednesday. Young said Steele has just com pleted a prison term for forgery in Wisconsin and this county has requested he be held for extradi tion. He allegedly passed forged checks worth several hundred dol lars in the county in 1947, be fore returning to Wisconsin, where a parole was revoked Mrs. Entress Succumbs at Local Hospital Mrs. Mary Caroline fenrtess, 68 wife of William J. Entress, chair man of the Salem civil service commission, died Wednesday at a local hospital. Born Marv Carn1in Mm,. .Mvtuauiai, June 30, 1882, in Hiawatha, Kan, sne was educated in i Nebraska schools and taught at the deaf School at Omaha Ittah J - , urn a blind school in Iowa, as well as m oi.Augusune, Fla., and Charles ton, S.C.. before enmirnr n r.o gon in 1907. Mrs. Entress also taught ,, deaf school in Salem for a short ume. one was married June 10. 1909, to William J. Entress, who atuvives at iood 5. Commercial St. j i The deceaesed was a "past presi dent of the Oregon department. Daughters of Civil War Veterans a member of Knight! Memorial Congregational church and of sev erLother Salem organizations. Surviving, besides the widower are two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Evans and Mrs. Mary Frances Langford, both of Salem; three skiers, Mrs. Georgia ; Woodard, Sheridan, Wyo.; Mrs. Bertha Card well, Malvern, Iowa; I and Mrs. Lena Jones, Shenandoah, Iowa and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 pjn. Saturday from the Vir gil T. Golden chapel. UCC Employes Plan Christmas Party Tonight Employes of the state unemploy ment compensation commission in Salem will eather for n.,.. party with their wives and guests pi me iegion club. At tendance of 200 is expected. Sponsor of the it of the state employees associa tion. Jack Spong is general chair- u,ou w"i A may Emerson in publicity, cnarge of tickets and race anerman nf taMo ttons and Vera Beecroft, program. The party will start with dinner at 7 pjn. Entertainment will in- L dTe music Piao-bass numbers by Dewey Robinson and Dave Brody, dance-comedy rou tines by Tom Grimm and partner and songs by Joyce Rowland. 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