Show Yank faces l Amp Amputation BATTLE CREEK I Mich lich Dec 29 UP UP-A UP A wounded year old I soldier who gave his gloves to bu buddies dies so they could continue to fight the Chinese Communists in Korea orea faced multiple amputation Frida Friday from deep frostbite of his hands and feet Officers at Percy Jones army general hospital said hat t P Hubert Reeves Rec of Joliet Ill is threatened with loss of portions of all four limbs but denied he is a potential quadruple amputee Earlier a public relations oin officer officer at the hospital said it was too early to tell how much amputation would be necessary although Reeves stood only a good chance to save portions of his arms and legs Shrapnel Wounds Reeves was aS wounded in the legs from shrapnel near the reservoir when the Communists attacked attacked attacked at at- tacked across the Yalu river in North Korea His truck carrying other wounded was as captured by bythe bythe bythe the enem enemy He escaped by crawling into the snow in temperatures from 20 to 30 degrees below belov zero The others others others oth oth- ers who didn't escape were shot as they lay wounded in the truck he said J 4 Maj C. C H H. H David Percy Jones executive officer said Reeves has shown a R great deal of oC improve improve- ment We Ve are positive e there will willbe willbe willbe be no radical amputation He Hc is neither a quadruple amputee nor a potential quadruple amputee He may lose one foot and a toe or two and a finger or two Arms Legs Ear Reeves was flown here the week before beCore Christmas Doctors said he suffered severe frostbite of both arms and legs and left leet ear 1 Frostbite already has cost the four limbs of Robert L. L Smith 20 of Middleburg Va He was returned to Walter alter Reed hospital at Washington Wednesday so far the only quadruple amputee of the Korean war See story on page 2 Two soldiers suffered red loss of all four limbs in World orId War Var II |