Show t tr i SS t 4 1 r i r r x S pi f 1 r r r rr r r ri f. f st wf f Gf SI A AS Ar S r Y 4 x T p t t D Lh 4 r rt t E War Secretary Greets Veterans If secretary Frank Pace greets Korean an army r rs ins ns s at Seattle port as first shipload of I soldiers return from battlefield under rotation I plan Yank vets crowd rail to view festivities I I Seattle Hails I ReturnIng Korea Vets SEATTLE Wash Vash May flay 5 UP UPA UPA A A shipload of beribboned army battle veterans of the Korean war arrived here Saturday to the cheers of thousands and the din of boat whistles sirens gun salutes salutes salutes sa sa- lutes and low-flying low jet planes The troops some of whom arc are returning to the United States for the thc first time in three years leaned over the rails of the U. U S S. S. S navy transport Gen Leroy Eltinge Eltinge Eltinge El- El tinge shouting and whistling at pretty Hollywood wood starlets on the reception stand as dignitaries delivered welcoming speeches Some of the 1502 hard battle ened cued veterans wept openly as they trudged down the gang gang- plank The ship pulled up to the thc dock at exactly 8 a am aln m. m ending a week two-week voyage from Japan Among the returning veterans were eight four four of them Salt Lakers They are M I Ralph C. C Foster 67 W. W South M I Joseph E E. Wilson Vilson Blair st. st M J Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- 0 seph F. F Tucker Kelsey ave and Pie Delane E E. E Green S. S West Vest Temple all of Salt Lake City Also Lt Keith L. L Slater Corp Gene L L. Owens and George all of Ogden and Lt Earl K Wooley Vernal Seattle's welcome to the first army veterans from Korea was tremendous Fire boats squirted streams of or water feet into the air Jet fighters zoomed low over the ship as it made its way through hundreds of small craft in the harbor tugboats harbor tugboats fishing skiffs sailboats and yachts Fireworks a 1 gun 19 salute and the music of several bands preceded preceded preceded pre pre- ceded the formal ceremonies Baton twirlers in briefs pranced along the pier tossing their baSee ba lra See Page 2 Column 8 S Yank Arrive in hi U U. U S S. S Continued from Page One tons above deck level The soldiers soldiers sol sol sol- diers loved it More 1 than citizens lined the docks and perched on roo rooftops rooftops roof roof- tops while many thousands more gathered on Oil downtown streets to await a parade scheduled for 10 am a.m. I Army Secretary Frank Pace Jr told the soldiers that tithe tile Eighth army always will remain remaina a legend In American history Were We're all proud of you rou Despite the new enemy offensives of of- in Korea today the tile department de de- de- de 1 of defense is doing ever everything thing it can to keep keel rotating more army troops he said i Movie l comedian Joe E. E Brown wh whO lost a son in World War Yar II rattled off a number of gags that drew an enthusiastic response You YOL guys still k know n now o sv how to laugh too Brown Bron said SEATTLE Wash May i 5 UP How How docs does it feel to be back in instates inthe inthe the states after nine months on the Korean battlefront Great Oh Wonderful Wonderful Oh boy Ask any anyone one of the 1545 troops I who vho arrived here Saturday aboard the navy transport Gen Leroy Eltinge So great was their happiness they couldn't find words to express express ex ex- press themselves I The beribboned were a modest lot loL oL All but a few had to be coaxed to tell of their personal exploits One man the most decorated enlisted soldier on the tile vessel had nad to be coaxed before he lie would reveal how he won the distinguished distinguished distin distin- service cross He is Lawrance Ray 31 Elizabethtown Ky a year 10 army my veteran Ray a mom memo ber bel of the infantry regiment single-handedly single held off a swarm of North Koreans for 30 minutes while his outfit withdrew and then hen walked away from his foxhole fox- fox hole under his own power despite despite de de- de spite 14 shrapnel wounds Yanks Air Views What does Ray think the U. U N. N soldiers in K Korea a 0 r rea e a need most More l beer for the men in the I front rent lines I Another D S C wearer 1st Lt James Jamel R. R Wilson Vilson 24 Aguilar Colo of the division led his men to safety despite serious i wounds and even refused to go goto goto goto to the r rear ar area for treatment What do the veterans think of their heir former boss Gen Douglas MacArthur Most of them said he le was a good Joe an excellent excellent excel- excel lent commander He got a dirty deal out of it it contended C 1 John Mason Mason Ma Ma- son Readsville W. W Va What did they miss most of all C 1 Roy Napier Junction Junc June tion City Kan Kari summed up the general feeling in one word word word- America S Vels Make Plans Pre Herbert E. E Los Los' Angeles declared I am going to get me a pair of civvies as soon as I get home Then I am going to go down town and dance all night Others were not so ambitious James K Davis 28 San Antonio Te Tex a silver star vet with a wife named Darlee Dance and three children said Im going to rest for 30 glorious days Tony Aloisio 24 Jersey City N. N J a machine gunner plans to eat cat ravioli as soon as possible |