| Show japs stop him shot in beer garden dool doe DALLAS TEX peter I 1 I 1 gomez former bartender live evi through enough wartime close cal in the pacific area to become a ti dional legend only to stop a buu bud in a beer garden As a private first classon class in the X infantry regiment gomez gome wai as B derly to the com commanding mandli 9 office 1 col john M finn of los angele angel 1 their hairbreadth hair breadth exploits were r in an article in a national f circulated magazine As gomez was leaving a 11 ll mexico tavern with his tolef form wife a man called him into the 9 gay den the shooting followed i elmo estrada surrendered to W Ps lice and a charge of murder wag wig field against him he declined M 11 discuss the shooting v gomez served 28 months over seas most of it with the ath dieg 11 sion A machine gun bullet in mf I 1 left eft arm earned him the purple H heart e art on attu aatu in thee the aleutians Aleut ians he received the bronze star for or wig aly ing out a japanese machine guy nest and two snipers on in one of the most famous figh in the pacific gomez had many I 1 close shave once when M capi japi P nese were threatening 20 america ame cal soldiers he and his opal pal cd C mickey finn covered the arne can retreat and then leaped 40 0 f ft a t off a cuff cliff to escape the jalane 4 y bushes broke the their r fall and V at their flight |
