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10 Capital Journal Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Sept. 9, 1950 grf Gs, Trapped on Hill For Six Days, Return to Lines Finns ABLE By DON HUTH With the U. S. Second Division. Sept.

9 At least eight U. S. OF XIELI soldiers tranoed by North Koreani on a hill with 52 othen for six by 1. M. Coaler, 1944 days during the second battle of the Naktong bulge nave returned.

Lt. Raymond J. McDoniel. wro reacnea saiery weanesaay, was the only surviving officer of the group. AUTO DIAGNOSIS REP'S Ph.

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tong. No enemy shots were fired You could hear the varying guns at varying distances boom The 60 in various groups man 1 regiment began its couterat- As we descended Into the valley before the hill, we began to see American soldiers for the first time In our two hour hike over mountains. We at them. They had been instruct aged to reach "Cloverleaf hill," tack. Doughboys burned huts on An enemy force estimated at one reinforced regiment poured ing a second or two apart.

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flush out snipers. Air and artil The attack was aimed at Chan Late in the evening the Reds lery pounded enemy lines. I don't think the Reds ever began screaming: "Come down, But it was the slogging dough gnyong and the main road leading through American positions, The shells, timed to land together, would drift over us and then there would be one big "whoomp" as they all exploded as one on a target on the opposite slope of the hill. We coming up." Then they knew we had left the hill," McDoniel said. "The man I was Ph.

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The Reds continued to mortar and machinegun the hill "They began pounding us Mingled with our bursts was Two medics were killed dur and whose wife is in Tuscaloosa, said: with heavy mortar fire," Mc the closer sound of incoming ing the fight trying to all day." 'The Reds came pouring over Doniel said. enemy mortar fire. battle casualties. Hiding in rice paddies by day, in waves. One wave would hit "They had mounted two ma- In a ditch beside the road Regiment is holding its LOANS, REAL ESTATE Ph.

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One of the machineguns week of fighting of Yongsan near a bridge cross came following right along. We gave them everything we had had a full view of our defense ing between American positions. Llcnua: a-91 Ml his knee in pain. He had twisted it jumping off an embank www and they still kept coming. Some of the men fired until they ran perimeter.

And the other could cover about half of it. They were about 150 yards away and had come to see their battalion, but it had taken most of our walk even to make contact with it. First there was a lineman on the side of a ridge. Then, we saw two more linemen with their big spool of communications wire in a deep, dry stream bed 100 feet below. Then GI's in twos and threes appeared, dug in on the hillside.

With their green fatigue uniforms and with their dugouts camouflaged with boughs, they were hard to see against the high grass, bushes and stunted trees. We wound down into the valley and moved through rice paddies toward a dirt road where we could see a Jeep and several Americans gathered. The rice is not yet ready for ment while running back to 1 We were about 500 to 1,000 LUBRICATION SPECIALIST Ph. 2-9291 out of ammunition before they call litter bearers for a wounded yards from the bridge when all hell broke loose," McDoniel said. withdrew lieutenant.

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Mc- The enemy followed this con centrated fire with the banzai Intyre, historian for the regi five wounded. Four walked out, but the lieutenant was hit bad!" ment, shouldered a gun when charge, but it was repulsed. They withdrew and opened up with "I had reached the point where I didn't care what happened. I decided to find out which were friendly troops and which were enemy. When we started moving through the rice paddies an American observer spotted us through his binoculars.

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