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. .boots to fit members of the BOK Army. (USA Photos)Unit Boosts 'Dimes * ' Gifts

SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 17Ko-Zoneof all battalions andTrans.i li tary R ailway Service$7,594.67 to the 1954rd TMRS headquar te rs an-today.The outfit exceeded lastcontributions to the anti-campaign by nearly $1,-The 724th Trans. Bn., Rai l -pera ting, led all unitsof the 3rd with a donation of$2,933.In a message of appreciationcommanders

for a job well done, Col. E.B.Gray, commanding officer,said, "At the outset of thecampaign I felt certain thatall the battalions and Hq.Co. would contribute generous-ly to the March of Dim,es.However, I was a little skepti-cal that our organization wouldexceed last year's generouscontribution, of $6,700."Gray said this year's f igureclearly indicated the interestof th e members of his com-mand "toward a worthycause."

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ROKA Q M Turns Out Complete IssueTAEGU, Korea, Feb. 17TheR.OK Army's Q M clothing fac-: o r y here is turning out every-:hing from white cotton draw-u*s to'fatigue uni form s to keephe expanding R O K Army well-slothed. ' ..}.~. . , , ' : . , - ; In operation fo r almost fiverears, the plant can vary itslatterns and materials to manu-acture any required textiletern and,operates in assembly-ine fashion.Before production on an itemlegins, the research department

; gauges the size requirements,he kind of wear that will benvolved, the seasonal needsind other relevant factors. Sev-sral possible designs are thenlubmitted to Brig. Gen. Leeloo Ra k, R O K A rm y QM G e n-sral "here, wh o selects and es-ablishes the pattern.Production SimpleProduction steps are simpleis; cardboard .patterns are usedi i i Q i j cut the material,; which is.:.;-.|j:6iii!p.re"asedv'and chalk markedtojp* ^ inal :Sewing. O ther, ma-Jhi^es cut button hol^S iahd putjn - the finishing toucihes. XstClarence .Pv Keever,- Char-a KM AGto the operatio'n.of the factory work isrcivilian .girls, who live

M r i r iqjiarters -provided near th ep l & f c f r Before being assigned toft ^tjhit iiv- ;the production line,vihjj;;:girls Deceive three month'straihihg with pay in the opera-ticm;; of machinery.Materials for the plant areobtained through the ROK A r -my QM depots, which also, re-ceive the finished products andforward them to distributionpoints.The plant was founded InMar ch 1949 and has been forc-ed to move three times duringth e fluid stages of the war,dur ing which much of the ma-chinery was destroyed.Lt . Col. Kim Ki Taek com-mands the operation which isoutfi t t ing t h e R O K Army withmuch-ne3ded clothes.

7th D i v . P u s h e s'Dimes1 Drive

H Q . , U.S. 7THDIV., Korea,Feb. 17Capt. Morton E. HechtJ:-., division special projects o j f cficer Friday presented Mjaj.Gen. Lionel ' :C '. McCarr, divi-s ion commander , wjth a checkfo r $52,970.41,. representing the7th's contribution to the 1954Ma rc h of Dimes.The amount,; to be forwardedto the National Foundation forInfantile Paralysis, is morethan twice that contributed bythe Bayonet division in 1953when donations totaled $23,-638.65.Largest individual contribut-ors were 138 men of Co. C,7th Tank Bn., who donated anaverage of m o r e than $11apiece.Btry. C of the 48th FA Bn.led DivArty battery units as114 men contributed $1,140 foran average of $10 p/er man.Largest company-size contribu-tors in other major units wereSvc. Co., 17th Inf. Regt.., $656;Co. B 31st I nf. R egt, $1,637; andCo C, 32nd Inf . Regt, $1,048.

MODIFICATION MISSION-^Working in the ROK Army'sQ M clothing factory, Miss Choi Young Soo (above), 22 , stichesa short O D coat at one of the points of the assembly-lineplant. Many of the workers are the factory are Korean girls.C p l . Le e W on Myong (below) of the factory's reclamationcompany fastens the sole of a boot to a leather top as thisallied portion of the plant cuts .down large excess U.S. serviceboots to fit members of the BO K Army. (USA Photos)

' VISITS ALLIESShin Ik Hee, chairman of Korea's Na -tional Assembly, recently visited the 2nd Div. for conferenceswith officers and men of the Thai and Netherlands Bns. Heurged th e Communist-fighting units to "continue to fight forpreedom whenver the necessity arises." :* ^ * * * * *TOP TRAININGAn infantry battalion training test' ha sbeen developed for use every four months by IX Corps (Group)units, as the need arose for more realistic training on a largeunit scale. Each battalion will bextested on'defensive and of-fensive phases of operation. "* * *. * * * *FIRE P R E VE NT I ON-M ore than 1,000 Korean civilian em-ployees of Eighth Army headquarters ar e no w better able tocare fo r stoves an d prevent store fires as a result of classesheld recently at Yongsan. Classes included a. f i lm, a lecture onthe Pusan f i re , instructions on water and foam extinguishersand a review on proper stove operations. * *. * * ' * *OL D PALSWhen General Maxwell D. Taylor, Eighth Armycommander, visited the 38th Inf . . Kegt., 2nd Div. recently, hemet an old friend in SFC John E. Luse, Vaugbali, Miss. Th esergeant first met the general (then a captain) when the ser-geant was just a child. Later, during World War'II , Luse madethe famous Normandy jump with the 101st Airborne Div. com-manded by then Maj. Gen. Taylor.* * , * * * * *GOING AN D COMINGWhen SFC Max E. Purdy, Albia,

la. started to rotate f rom Hq. Hq. Co., 51st Sig. Bn., I Corpsrecently, he met his brother, PFC R o g e r R. Purdy, cominginto the unit.* * * * * * , *MISS CONSOLATIONMen of the hospital ship U SS Con-solation have elected a 20-year-old girl who is recovering frompolio in her California home as their "Miss Consolation of 1954."The contest wa s part of the ship's annual March of Dimes cam-paign, which netted $1,463.33. Miss Florence McNutt, Visalia,Cal., was the winner of the contest. . * * * . * * *KMAG QUARTERMASTERCol. C. C. Holcomb, Seattle,Wash., ha s been namfid quartermaster fo r KMAG an d senioradviser to the R O K A rm y QM General, Holcomb was deputyquartermaster fo r Eighth Army pr ior to his present assign-ment. ' ,* . * * * . . ' . . , * * BETTER FOODImproved mess halls aud better food Were,the topics of discussion at' a meeting of 18 mess officers andspecialists in the Pusan area recently as WOJG Francis Specht,O p e , Kan. , .PMP food adviser, led the conversation to plan im-proved ways of feeding the troops.* ^ * . * * * * *26 CRA FT SHOPSThe Pusan area now has 26 craf t shopswith another to fcre inaugurated soon, Lt. Col. R ober t P. Lang-ley, Santa Maria, Cal. , PMP Special services officer has an-nounced. "Since the truce, the demand for craft shops has al-most dou bled. W e have b een able to meet al l dema nds, andwe will continue to do o," Langley added* .* * ' * * * * * - .TALENT TOPPERSPiano, vocal and Arum trio from the23rd Inf. Regt. jazzed its way to the' 2nd Div.'s talent crownin the Indianhead's second talent competitions. Cpl. Willie Smith,Americus, ,Ga., drummer; Cpl. Carmen Dippolito, Nprristown,Pa., pianist; and Cpl. George L. Waters, Philadelphia, Pa.,vocalist, teamed up to cop the top honors.Arctic Vet Scoffs at Cold

Unit Boosts 'Dimes * ' GiftsSEOUL, Korea, Feb. 17Ko-rean Communications Zonerailroaders of all battalions andHq. Co. of the 3rd Trans.

M ilitary R ailway Servicedonated $7,594.67 to the 1954March of Dimes Drive, the3rd TMRS headquarters an-nounced today.The outfit exceeded lastyear's contributions to the anti-polio campaign by nearly $1,-0 0 0 .Th e 724th Trans. Bn., Rail-way O perating, led all unitsof the 3rd with a donation of$2,933.In a message of appreciationto all battalion commandersPusan Homeless Get Laundry: PUSAN, Korea, Feb. 17Ane w "Helpy-Selfy" laundry, de-signed to improve th e presentmethod of washing clothes,will soon open up in the heartof Pusan's refugee-fi l led "TentCity".First Lt. Will iam C. FraserJr. , Baltimore, Md., of thePusan Mili ta ry Post's relief,rehabilitation and reconstruc-tion sec t ion, announced todaythat U.S. Army engineers willpour concrete later this weekg Pacific Stars & Stripes

for the first of a newly devel-oped "Korean-style laundry."The new community laundry,large enough to accomodate10 or 12 w om e n at a time,will replace the present me-thod of washing in a streamor gutter by placing the clotheson a flat rock and poundingthem with a stick.If the new laundry, with its20-foot concrete trough an drunning tap-water, is a suc-cess, the engineers plan tobuild more of them through-out Tent City.'

for a job well done, Col. E.B.Gray, commanding officer,said, "At the outset of thecampaign I felt certain thatall the battalions and Hq.Co. would contribute generous-ly to the March of Dim,es.However, I was a little skepti-cal that our organization wouldexceed last year's generouscontribution, of $6,700."Gray said this year's f igureclearly indicated the interestof the m e m be rs of his com-mand "toward a worthycause."Mine TrainingReduces Danger

HQ., U.S. 2N D DIV., Korea',Feb. 17The 2nd Div. h a slaunched a 16-hour course inland mine warfare t ra ining de-signed to teach each memberof th e Indianhead Division theessential principles of minewarfare .

The t ra ining is expected tominimize accidental casualtiesan d offset th e inherent dangerof the hundre ds of thousands ofmines still buried in' Koreawhich , as one spokesman said,"Don't know that a cease-fireexists.'*

HQ., U.S. X CO RPS, Korea , Feb. 17Scoffing at SouthKorea's winter winds, Sgt. Ernest A . v Price, Cleveland, O . o fthe X Corps Ord nance section and PFC Jack P. Harnett, Chi-cago, in full cold weather gear, show quite a difference of opin-ion on the f r igidi ty of the climate in Korea .A vetaran>.of six years in the Navy and a mem ber of Ad-miral B yrd's 1946 polar expe dition, Price w as sent t rampingover the frozen wastes of Antarctica as a human guinea pig forcold weather clothes. He recalls wearing the "Mickey Mouse"boots worn today during his entire stay near the South Pole.After tw o tours of sea. duty, Price decided on a hitch inth e A rm y. He has served in 27 dif ferent countries with th earmed forces. "Being in South Korea is like a sum m e r vaca-tion," Sgt. Price said.