Friday,. August 5, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
Mews of Wife's Remarriage Told Returning American
Tachikawa, Japan U.R' The
bottom dropped out of the joyous
homecoming today 6l Airman 2C
Daniel C. Schmidt, one of the 11
U. S. airmen freed two days ago
from captivity in Red China.
The Air Force, which had
carefully hidden the truth from
him since Thursday, broke the
news to Schmidt that his 20-year-
fpld wife has married another
man, in the mistaken belief he
was dead. He was told before
the airmen arrived here on the
second leg of their journey home.
Schmidt raced to place an
international telephone call to
his wife as soon as he debarked
with the other 10 from the plane
which flew them here from
Clark Field, the Philippines.
The distraught airman didn't
(even wait to open two packages
delivered to him by the Red
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they could not disclose whether
either package was from his
wife, who was living as Mrs.
Una Fine, near Soda Springs,
Calif., before she disappeared
two days ago.
Air Force officials, who re
fused to let the airmen talk to
newsmen, said it was decided to
break the unhappy news to
Schmidt on the flight here from
the Philippines.
All the freed airmen were sent
to the Air base hospital for a
thorough physical checkup
which the Air Force said "might
take three or four days."
On their arrival here, Col.
John Knox Arnold, senior offi
cer of the B29 on which all 11
were shot down, was first to
stride down the ramp. He was
followed by the other 10, all
looking tired but crisp in their
newly issued suntans.
Maj. William H. Baumer, who
had his foot amputated while a
prisoner, kept up with the oth
ers, despite his crutches, as they
filed out past white helmeted
Air Force police.
A luxurious four-engined DC4,
formerly Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur's private plane, landed at
the U. S. Air Base here with
the airmen at 10:55 p.m., 10
hours and 40 minutes after leav
ing the Philippines.
The airmen were taken at
once to the Tachikawa base hos
pital where they will be housed
during a stopover in Japan.
The fliers were still flashing
the broad grins with which they
have greeted everyone since they
returned to freedom in Hong
Kong yesterday.
The airmen's departure from
the U. S. base in the Philippines
was delayed today because the
men, overjoyed at their first
hours of freedom, stayed up late
last night. All 11 overslept, and
the flight which had been sched
uled after breakfast was post
poned until after noon.
Lt. Col. James Davin of St.
Louis, Mo., who is attached to
the Far East Air Force's sur
geon's office, said a physical
checkup given to the men "re
vealed they are in very fine con
dition and well able to continue
on the trip."
"They are the finest bunch I
ever traveled with," said Davin
who accompanied the fliers from
Hong Kong.
Newsmen were prevented
from talking with any of the re
leased fliers, but the airmen ap
peared to be in good health and
good spirits,
Lt. John W. Buck of Arma
thwaite, Tenn., one of the 11,
received his promotion to cap-
tain, effective Feb! 15, just be
fore they left Clark Field for
Tokyo. Col. John Knox Arnold,
leader of the released men, pin
ned the captain's bars on his
shoulder.
The fliers crossed the border
to freedom at 12:37 a.m. EDT
Thursday at Hong Kong when
Peiping made good on its prom
ise to free them alter holding
them since the end of Korean
War in defiance of terms of the
armistice.
Soda Springs, Calif. 0J.R)
An observer of the modern
Enoch Arden triangle involving
Mrs. Una Schmidt. 20, said to
day she believes the red-haired
mother will return to her first
husband, Airman Daniel C.
Schmidt, who was released from
a Red China prison.
Mrs. Eleanor Fowler lived
just a short distance from the
trailer occupied by Mrs.
Schmidt, her 21-year-old son by
Schmidt, and the lumberjack
she married in the belief
Schmidt was dead.
He is Alford S. Fine, a cat
skinner for a lumber contractor.
Mrs. Fowler said Mrs. Schmidt
was 'a very mixed up girl," and
had considered leaving both
men, to let both court her. But
she added she had a feeling
"Una may go back to her first
husband." .
"Well, he is the father of her
son," Mrs. Fowler said. "And
well, I just think that is what
may happen. That is, if her first
husband will want her now."
But Mrs. Fowler said Mrs.
Schmidt was not at all decided
when she and Fine hitched their
trailer to an automobile and dis
appeared from the High Sierra
camp early yesterday.
"She told me T may just leave
here, and take my son with me,
and go away from them both
then let both of them court me
and make up my mind."
. Mrs. Fowler was unable to
shed any light on the mystery as
to where and when Mrs.
Schmidt's marriage to Fine took
place. "She didn't say where,
or what day," Mrs. Fowler said.
"I didn't press her. You don't
do things like that"
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