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Show HILL TOP TIMES October 19, 1 J . Hill Top Times ii an unofficial newspaper published by Inland Printing Company, Kaysyille, Utah, in the interest of personnel at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill Top Times receives the Armed Forces Press Service, Air Force News Service, and the Air Materiel Command Press Service. Material contained in these services, with the exception of those marked "copyrighted" or "syndicated," may be reprinted provided proper creditatlon is riven to the AFPS, AFNS or AMC-POpinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Air S. Force. Address all advertisements to the Inland Printing Company, Kaysville, Utah. . Publisher L. E. ANDERSON Why DID We Fight in Korea? Library Boasts New Books For Borrowing Many fascinating books, both fiction and are available for use of military and civilian personnel at the OOAMA Library located in Building according to Mrs. Edith H. Librarian. One of the new books just received is an intriguing novel entitled MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS, Mrs. Gudmundsen .aMM.MM.mw..mmm non-fictio- n, k RECONNAISSANCE I I LAST YEAR SPENT -- MORE THAN SIX YEARS ... said. IN 6 THE AIR m m J 195' c "MII INTO THE EVE OF THE STORM... MILES ON 39.000 WEATHER DAYS OP V FLEW ALMOST 12 MILLION DURING THIRST .. f all. nuUHlLANB CONNIE, tjr USAFS AIR WEATHER 10 TIMES SERVICER SQUADRONS n, This story of the Far West is an On July 27, 1953, Eric Sevareid, CBS radi6 and TV commentator, especially rich prize. Only Irving made broadcast that has come to be regarded as a classic. It has Stone, with his incomparable gift been printed and reprinted many times. It is of special interest to for writing history in terms of the people who made it, could do jusall members of the Armed Forces. . tice tn this rVirnniflfi of trnlrl. "Those of us comfortably distant from the sweat and the muck silver, railroads, religion and politics. e and the fear of the battle zone are trying to cast up the Mr. Stone writes about the men war. The achievements of this who made accounts of this bitter police-actio- n the West those who war may be very great indeed, but they lie in the realm of what might enriched it and those who stripped have been had not we fought. That is comfort for governments, con- it Men like John Sutter on whose scious of where the stream of history was flowing; but it is, no doubt, land rang the cry of "gold;" Brig-hacold comfort for the families who now confront an empty chair at Young who said, "This is the the dinner table. They, too, are conscious of what might have been. place"; the men of the Donner travelers on a journey Party "There were many mysteries in this Korean war. To this report- which is a classic tale of misery er the greatest mystery is the human puzzle of what made American and horror, but a svmhnl nf youngsters fight so hard, so long and so well in this kind of war. the indomitable spirit; the There have been armies that fought well only for loot; there was none tne isig .tour pioneer of railroading of that in Korea; armies that fought well only for glory and victory; Stanford, Crocker there was little of that in Korea; armies that fought well only when Huntington, and Honkins r who tlipir Korean of not the true was this was war; homeland their invaded; mark forever on the land; Adolph armies that fought well when the national passion was aroused, when Sutro whose courage .was more everyone was involved; this was not the case this time; and armies than a match for all the brains of that fought as crusaders out of burning moral or religious zeal; but the Bank of California could musthousands who fought so well in Korea had only the dimmest concep- ter against him. tion of what United Nations and collective security are all about, and . This book and many others are had therefore no compelling belief. just waiting to be read, the librarian said. to the bitter end; "But they fought, they endured, they stayed to believe armistice not did the a war in, particularly they they fought they have little faith in; and they will fight again, automatically and RIB DO YOU LIKE FT A NICE TUNE, instantly, if the armistice should fail. They have done all this with"DIAMONDS ARE ll AWS S-3- Gud-mundse- , OBSERVATIONS ON RECON. FLIGHT AI8 long-rang- FOfZ&B sfS. jf f MBTB0R0L06l$fS MELP SAVE m lft out requiring the moral exhortations and whippings of any political commissars; they have bled and died in the mud and the stones of that bleak and incomprehensible land, in full knowledge that half of at home were too bored with it all to give the daily their country-me- n casualty lists a second glance; in full knowledge that while they were living the worst life they had ever known, millions of their countrymen, and from the same cause, were living the best, most prosperous life they had ever known. "They saw emaciated Korean children around them and knowing their countrymen showed little interest in contributing, they gave millions from their own paltry paychecks; they knew it was too much effort for many of their countrymen to walk to the neai'est blood donation center, so they gave their own blood to their" wounded comrades. And they fought on in no particular bitterness that all this was so . . . "Why have these youths behaved so magnificently? It was true, as many said, that rotation was a substitute for victory in this war. But that was not all the answer. The rest of it lies very deep in the heart and tissues of this American life, and none among us can unravel all the threads of it. It has to do with their parents and their teachers and their ministers; it has to do with their clubs, their scout troops, their neighborhood centers; it has to do with the sense of belonging to a team, with the honor of upholding it. the same of letting it down . . . but it also has to do with their implicit, unreasoned belief m their country, and their natural belief in themselves as in dividual men upon the earth. "Whatever is responsible, their behavior in this undefinable. un rewarded war outmatches, it seems to me, the behavior of those Americans who fought the definable wars of certainty and victory. For tnis is a new thine in the American story: and for those of us who write the story, as they live it, this is a thing to be put down with respect ana some humility." 4-- H JM HONE V.. . BUT U.S. SAVINGS BONDS ARE AFNS ml THE WORKER'S PRAYER Dear Lord, give me a supervisor who understands, One who looks at me as an honest man. One who knows I've got feelings and And joys, and troubles that go side bypride side. For a man like that, I'll work all day; By deed and act I'll earn my pay. The clock's no problem; the wage no sin; Show me the work (Let me begin. But, Lord, give me a supervisor who understands, A good sound thinker, a maker of plans, ' Not a genius Nay not so. " But a man who can smile and say hello. For him I'll work I'll sweat and strain, I'll conquer the task regardless the pain. If he shows he cares If he trusts me too, I'll not let him down I'll see it through. But Lord, I'm just a worker a common man: riease .Lord, give me a supervisor who understands. . U FRIEND... AND THAT GOES FOR THE BOYS TOO! FROM HERROD FURNITURE CO. OGDEN'S FURNITURE FASHION CENTER That's for Sure small child was explaining to ner younger brother that it was wrong to work on SnnHav "But what about policemen," said the boy. "They have to work on Sunday. Don't they go to heaven?" ui course not," replied his sis ter, iney re not needed there." . A ....... . a --- -.. iTTi J J .First Security Bank;! Banking Service for AH nere on tne Base at h;ii n: Facility S 5 Building (South end of Cafeteria) S-2- 30 A New Pattern corn Splatter." Open: 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. How important is a vote ? Monday thru Fridav One fairly good yardstick is the often-state- d S phrase: "Each vote J and on cuuuba iwu ;uic uiie yuu cast aim me one you cancel. Pay Day: 9:00 a.m. to? More realistically, though, let's look at Uncle Sam's point of view ".Military 4:30 p.m. vuucciiuiig me ii&nt ui iuc niuiviuuai voter, .Civilian Pay Day: 10:00 a.m. to A recent news item forecfully points up his thinking. 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