Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-01-01 | Page 1 | Allied Artillery Booms New Year 'Greetings'

Allied Artillery Booms New Year Greetings I EIGHTH ARMY ARl HEADQUARTERS Korea Jan 1 Unit CUP UP Unit United ed Nations forces ushered in the New Year Tuesday with a tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre-I tre artillery barrage which discouraged the R H Reds e d s from launching more than a single probing attack The Reds staged a n minor nor celebration celebration celebration cele cele- bration of their own however They sent three or four ancient PO 2 single biplanes over the Allies' Allies Kimpo airfield near Seoul and neighboring harbor under cover of darkness s. s One PO 2 dropped a string of eight mortar shells on Kimpo but missed its target and caused no damage The fhe others flew over but jut apparently dropped no bombs Allied antiaircraft guns tried in vain to hit the raiders Communist antiaircraft guns were more successful later in the day They shot down two propel propel- ler-driven ler American planes over North Korea an F 51 Mustang 1 fighter and a F Corsair Thirty-one Thirty American exacted partial revenge in a half- half hour dogfight with 60 Communist Communist Communist MIG 15 jet het fighters feet over North Korea Two MIGs 1 were damaged All Sabre Sabre- safely to base Col Harrison R. R of Pittsfield N N. II III credited with the damaged plane said the Red pilots were excellent and really knew how to fly