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Show Army Declines Comment on Dean 'Report' DENVER. Aug. 19 (INS) Army officials would not comment officially Saturday on the story told by a wounded corporal that he "heard guys say" MaJ. Gen. William F. Dean was shot down In a rice paddy last July 20 or 21. However, it was explained that Corp. Donald Biehl, 18, had told several versions before agreeing on the one which was Issued in an official army release Friday. The fate of the fighting commanding general of the 24th division has been unknown officially since the fall of Taejon. In the signed statement, Corp. Blehl, who lost an arm serving with the 24th. said "I did not see Dean shot but I hesrd guys say he was down in a nee paddy on the 20th or 21st of July. I csnnot name any of the guys who told me. I talked to them in Tokyo general hospital." An officer at Fitzsimmons general gen-eral hospital, where Biehl is a patient aaid the corporal waa "in bad shape" and not able to be Interviewed. |