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Show Guardsmen Combat Pay Question Cleared by Leader Frank Dalley, who served as commanding officer of the 213th Field Artillery Battalion, southern south-ern Utah National Guard unit, during the service in Korea during dur-ing 1951, advises men of the unit to again file application for the so-called "Fox Hole" pay, which they were previously denied on the grounds that they had not seen combat action in Korea. Mr. Dalley and other officers of the unit have compiled complete com-plete records of the activities of the battalion while serving in Korea, which in his opinion definitely def-initely qualifies them for the combat pay during five months of 1951. Under the law the units must have been under attack from enemy fire for at least six days of any month to be eligible eligi-ble for the pay during that month. "The records reveal", Mr. Dalley says, "that all members of the unit excent Servicn Bat- tery and the members of the personnel per-sonnel detachment are eligible for pay for the months of April, May, September, October and November." No-vember." The Service Battery members and the personnel detachment de-tachment were too far back from enemy lines to come under at tack, he pointed out. Some individuals may be eli-Igible eli-Igible for additional pay, Mr. Dalley Dal-ley says, but it will be necessary neces-sary for them to furnish the proof of this additional combat. This applies to men who may have done specialized service such as forward observer or liaison liai-son duty with the Infantry. The situation with regards to the local unit developed when the men first applied for pay they thought due them. In each case the applicant was advised that the government had no record rec-ord of his having been in combat in Korea, and that consequently he was not eligible to receive the special pay. When these replies were received the former officers began immediately to compile the necessary proof of combat in service. |