TiTBSnAY. JULY 28, IKi
EACE FOURTEEN
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
War's Over, But Casualty
Reports Not Up to Date
By V YATES MCDANIKL
WASHINGTON W American
" families will be hearing for several
aays to come of men killed
wounded or missing In Korea, even
inougrt the lighting ceased yes
terday morning.
The public will be reading the
names 01 battle casualties in news
papers two or three weeks from
. now.
1 These delays are products of the
. McKay Names
Bell Successor
WASHINGTON IJB Secretary
1 of the Interior McKay has appoint
ed William Gano Guermsey, Ok-
' den, Utah, a? regional adminis
trator of the Bureau of Land Man-
. agement regional office at Fort
land, Ore,
. McKay said Monday Oucrmscy
will succeeds Roscoe E. Bell who
' I Is toeing assigned to another ad
ministrative position within the ag-
I ency. .
Guermsey will be in charge of
! public land activities in Idaho,
Oregon and Washington. A veteran
( of more than 25 years of govern
ment service, he is now assistant
regional forester of the inttinnoun
taln region of the U. S. Forest
: Service.
20 MIGs Downed
Without Loss
YOKOSUKA. Japan W V. S.
Navy headquarters announced to
day American navy ana Murine
Corps pilots shot down 20 MIG15
let fighters during the Korean War
without losing a plane.
The Navy said most of the MIQs
were bagged by U. S. Panther Jet
fighters operating from carriers.
Some ofth kill er dlts wcee dt ocr
Some of the kills were credited to
Navy and Marine pilots on ground
support and supply destruction
missions.
A sprinkle of finely chopped can
dled ginger makes a pear and cot
tage or cream cheese salad some
thing special.
military system which stresses
accuracy above all else in dealing
with human lives and of the ofllcial
insistence that the families con
cerned must be the first to hear
that anything has happened to
their sons, husbands or orothers.
The average lag between the
occurrence of a casualty on a field
of battle and the receipt of the
formal notification by his next of
kin ranges from three to five days
Such reports are first check and
rechecked in the unit to which the
man was attached and then are
relayed to the appropriate head
quarters in Washington. Here
and sent to the families, giving
brief details and, in case inr im.
i. u.nnnHrrl lelllnir hlS next Of kin
where they can write to him.
A tentative battle casualty total
for the Korean War will not be
aouilohln fnr nprhans 10 davs. The
casualty reporting and publication
system calls first for notlilcation
i thn fnmflloe Thereafter, usunllv
n wHnfiflvs. the FentuKon has
Issued a battle casualty summary
based upon the numDers 01 muciui
notifications to next of kin through
the nrevious Friday.
T Hi-. tllnrfnncHail I hi, flimlllatiVP
total of casualties reported in ine
summary was 139,272. During the
Inst 24 hours of the flghtlnt? In
Korea, the Pentagon received re
ports oi 350 additional kiiicu.
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these occurred several days before
tne truce was signca,
Thi Inn. Miner In the rnsualtv
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rt-pui nun la w,w uw..-., -
Individual names and addresses.
The casualty report appearing In
today's newspapers Includes battle
finnlhs and injuries that occurred
nearly three weeks ago
Such reports are complied in the
Donlgmin anA muill'fi tn neWS-
papers and organizations through
out me cuuiuiy.iui gjuu.iuntiuii vii
a future date.
It may oe years weiure uic mini
count is completed on the number
01 Americans wno were xuiea,
wounded and captured In the Ko-
n fnntliM Tf Wit nnli, Ihle Klim.
mer that the Army Issued Its final
report on oatue casualties ' oi
World War II.
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