The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 3, 1951, Page 7

», THURSDAY, MAN : 3, gee Red Shell Kills | Writer As He Ends Ist Story Pfe. Milton Lawhorn Only 20 When News Career Came To An End In Korean War By EDWARD H. SIMS, The Key Wet Citizen's Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON.—The Defense Department is releasing the story a young private in the U. S. } rine Corps YTTTIUTI TI who wanted to br combat correspondent, and wrote bfit one a a few dz 5 Marine squad and vs 75 milli f meter recoiliess anti-tank _ rifle, and how that squad knocked ou a Red ta’ ir Private Fire st C horn, Cores S Milt om La of IMlinois, was only twenty claim their new ‘war baby has an unbeatable record, and s« it has. The 75-millimeter recoil- Jess rifle shines in performance and adaptability It is used everything from destroying ta to smashing machine gun nests . . “This particular rifle, under the direction of Corporal Mills, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, made a record worthy of Marine Corps tradition . . . Corporal Mills’ rifle has two tanks, one am- munition truck, plus numerous blockades and enemy snipers . . to its credit. 1 discovered from first-hand witnesses that, while in Seoul, one of the “tanks was wb eeoeveeecevecesreeveeeee bagged at 40 yards! A minim of 100 yards had been set for the} safety of the gunners—from their own: shrapnel “Squad Leader Mills was noti COCCCOCROS SEE Sseveveveee fied that a T-34 tank was in the vicinity, heading toward his gun. The smoke was so thick that Visibility was limited to 40 yards and under. In lulls of the battle noise the tank could be heard rumbling toward the 75. “Gunner Walker loaded the rifle and sighted in where ‘he thought the tank would appear through the smoke. Now there was nothing to do but wait for an opening and pray that ing would come before the tank was}e too close. Miraculously, _ the amidke Wilted ‘for an instant, and}e that was all Walker needed. “As Ten dove for cover he put his cross hair just -under the] turret, and an instant later the T-34 was gutted by a direct hitle from the gun. For that incident, the gunner, Louis H. Walker, of Jeffersonville, Indiana wa. awarded the bronze star medal. “They didn’t stop at Inchon and Seoul, The squad accom- panied the first battalion to the tuwn of Kojo in North Korea . They were also in the trip ast from Hagaru-ri, blast- ing enemy ambushe and mc tar bunkers, and they’ alwa: be blasting the enemy until quits. Coeresereseoooes Let’s Face lt by eceeee PYTTTEOTIOI Irie GEORGR M RAY Not too long ago a guy oe crawl up into his favorite ber’s chair, get the full si Plus a good nap all for a nom- inal fee. It isn't like that any $ longer. Seems that the prices! §$ have doubled an the treatment|§ and sleep cut half-in-two. But our H good friends are not out of line|§ with other prices. 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