ROKA QM Turns Out Complete Issue
TAEGU, Korea, Feb. 17—The
R.OK Army's QM clothing fac-
:ory here is turning out every-
:hing from white cotton draw-
u*s to'fatigue uniforms to keep
he expanding ROK Army well-
slothed. '..}.~. .,,'•:. ,-;„
In operation for almost five
rears, the plant can vary its
latterns and materials to manu-
acture any required textile
tern and,operates in assembly-
ine fashion.
Before production on an item
legins, the research department
; gauges the size requirements,
•he kind of wear that will be
nvolved, the seasonal needs
ind other relevant factors. Sev-
sral possible designs are then
lubmitted to Brig. Gen. Lee
loo Rak, ROK Army QM Gen-
sral "here, who selects and es-
ablishes the pattern.
Production Simple
Production steps are simple
is; cardboard .patterns are used
iiiQij cut the material,; which is
.:.;-.|j:6iii!p.re"asedv'and chalk marked
tojp* ^ £inal :Sewing. Other, ma-
Jhi^es cut button hol^S iahd put
jn- the finishing toucihes. Xst
Clarence .Pv Keever,- Char-
a KMAG
to the operatio'n.
of the factory work is
rcivilian .girls, who live
Mrir iqjiarters -provided near the
pl&fcfr Before; being assigned to
ft ^tjhit iiv- the production line,
vihjj;;:girls Deceive three month's
traihihg with pay in the opera-
ticm;; of machinery.
Materials for the plant are
obtained through the ROK Ar-
my QM depots, which also, re-
ceive the finished products and
forward them to distribution
points.
The plant was founded In
March 1949 and has been forc-
ed to move three times during
the fluid stages of the war,
during which much of the ma-
chinery was destroyed.
Lt. Col. Kim Ki Taek com-
mands the operation which is
outfitting the ROK Army with
much-ne3ded clothes.
7th Div. Pushes
1 Pa., pianist; and Cpl. George L. Waters, Philadelphia, Pa.,
'Dimes Drive
HQ., U.S. 7THDIV., Korea,
Feb. 17—Capt. Morton E. Hecht
J:-., division special projects ojfc
ficer Friday : presented Mjaj.
Gen. Lionel ' C'. McCarr, divi-
sion commander, wjth a check
for $52,970.41,. representing the
7th's contribution to the 1954
March of Dimes.
The amount,; to be forwarded
to the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, is more
than twice that contributed by
the Bayonet division in 1953
when donations totaled $23,-
638.65.
Largest individual contribut-
ors were 138 men of Co. C,
7th Tank Bn., who donated an
average of m o r e than $11
apiece.
Btry. C of the 48th FA Bn.
led DivArty battery units as
114 men contributed $1,140 for
an average of $10 p/er man.
Largest company-size contribu-
tors in other major units were
Svc. Co., 17th Inf. Regt.., $656;
Co. B 31st Inf. Regt, $1,637; and
Co C, 32nd Inf. Regt, $1,048.
Pusan Homeless Get Laundry
: PUSAN, Korea, Feb. 17—A
new "Helpy-Selfy" laundry, de-
signed to improve the present
method of washing clothes,
will soon open up in the heart
of Pusan's refugee-filled "Tent
City".
First Lt. William C. Fraser
Jr., Baltimore, Md., of the
Pusan Military Post's relief,
rehabilitation and reconstruc-
tion section, announced today
that U.S. Army engineers will
pour concrete later this week
g Pacific Stars & Stripes
MODIFICATION MISSION-^Working in the ROK Army's vocalist, teamed up to cop the top honors.
QM clothing factory, Miss Choi Young Soo (above), 22, stiches
a short OD coat at one of the points of the assembly-line
plant. Many of the workers are the factory are Korean girls.
Cpl. Lee Won Myong (below) of the factory's reclamation
company fastens the sole of a boot to a leather top as this
allied portion of the plant cuts .down large excess U.S. service
boots to fit members of the BOK Army. (USA Photos)
Unit Boosts 'Dimes *' Gifts
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 17—Ko-
rean Communications Zone
railroaders of all battalions and
Hq. Co. of the 3rd Trans.
Military Railway Service
donated $7,594.67 to the 1954
March of Dimes Drive, the
3rd TMRS headquarters an-
nounced today.
The outfit exceeded last
year's contributions to the anti-
polio campaign by nearly $1,-
000.
The 724th Trans. Bn., Rail-
way Operating, led all units
of the 3rd with a donation of
$2,933.
In a message of appreciation
to all battalion commanders
for the first of a newly devel-
oped "Korean-style laundry."
The new community laundry,
large enough to accomodate
10 or 12 women at a time,
will replace the present me-
thod of washing in a stream
or gutter by placing the clothes
on a flat rock and pounding
them with a stick.
If the new laundry, with its
20-foot concrete trough and
running tap-water, is a suc-
cess, the engineers plan to
build more of them through-
out Tent City.'
' VISITS ALLIES—Shin Ik Hee, chairman of Korea's Na-
tional Assembly, recently visited the 2nd Div. for conferences
with officers and men of the Thai and Netherlands Bns. He
urged the Communist-fighting units to "continue to fight for
p :
reedom whenver the necessity arises."
* ^ * * * * *
TOP TRAINING—An infantry battalion training test' has
been developed for use every four months by IX Corps (Group)
units, as the need arose for more realistic training on a large
unit scale. Each battalion will bextested on'defensive and of-
fensive phases
1 of operation. "
* * *. • * * * *
FIRE PREVENTION-—More than 1,000 Korean civilian em-
ployees of Eighth Army headquarters are now better able to
care for stoves and prevent store fires as a result of classes
held recently at Yongsan. Classes included a. film, a lecture on
the Pusan fire, instructions on water and foam extinguishers
and a review on proper stove operations.
«• * *. * * ' * *
OLD PALS—When General Maxwell D. Taylor, Eighth Army
commander, visited the 38th Inf.. Kegt., 2nd Div. recently, he
met an old friend in SFC John E. Luse, Vaugbali, Miss. The
sergeant first met the general (then a captain) when the ser-
geant was just a child. Later, during World War'II, Luse made
the famous Normandy jump with the 101st Airborne Div. com-
manded by then Maj. Gen. Taylor.
* * ,*• * * * *
GOING AND COMING—When SFC Max E. Purdy, Albia,
la. started to rotate from Hq. Hq. Co., 51st Sig. Bn., I Corps
recently, he met his brother, PFC Roger R. Purdy, coming
into the unit.
* * *• * * * , *
MISS CONSOLATION—Men of the hospital ship USS Con-
solation have elected a 20-year-old girl who is recovering from
polio in her California home as their "Miss Consolation of 1954."
The contest was 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 QUARTERMASTER—Col. C. C. Holcomb, Seattle,
Wash., has been namfid quartermaster for KMAG and senior
adviser to the ROK Army QM General, Holcomb was deputy
quartermaster for Eighth Army prior to his present assign-
ment. ' ,
* . * * * . . ' » . . ,*• *•
BETTER FOOD—Improved mess halls aud better food Were,
the topics of discussion at' a meeting of 18 mess officers and
specialists in the Pusan area recently as WOJG Francis Specht,
Ope, Kan. ,.PMP food adviser, led the conversation to plan im-
proved ways of feeding the troops.
*^ •* . * * * * *
26 CRAFT SHOPS—The Pusan area now has 26 craft shops
with another to fcre inaugurated soon, Lt. Col. Robert P. Lang-
ley, Santa Maria, Cal., PMP Special services officer has an-
nounced. "Since the truce, the demand for craft shops has al-
most doubled. We have been able to meet all demands, and
we will continue to do «o," Langley added* .
* * ' * * * * *-.
TALENT TOPPERS—Piano, vocal and Arum trio from the
23rd Inf. Regt. jazzed its way to the' 2nd Div.'s talent crown
in the Indianhead's second talent competitions. Cpl. Willie Smith,
Americus, ,Ga., drummer; Cpl. Carmen Dippolito, Nprristown,
Arctic Vet Scoffs at Cold
for a job well done, Col. E.B.
Gray, commanding officer,
said, "At the outset of the
campaign I felt certain that
all 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 would
exceed last year's generous
contribution, of $6,700."
Gray said this year's figure
clearly indicated the interest
of the members of his com-
mand "toward a worthy
cause."
Mine Training
Reduces Danger
HQ., U.S. 2ND DIV., Korea',
Feb. 17—The 2nd Div. h a s
launched a 16-hour course in
land mine warfare training de- HQ., U.S. X CORPS, Korea, Feb. 17—Scoffing at South
signed to teach each member Korea's winter winds, Sgt. Ernest A. v Price, Cleveland, O. of
of the Indianhead Division the the X Corps Ordnance section and PFC Jack P. Harnett, Chi-
essential principles of mine
cago, in full cold weather gear, show quite a difference of opin-
warfare. ion on the frigidity of the climate in Korea.
A vetaran>.of six years in the Navy and a member of Ad-
The training is expected to miral Byrd's 1946 polar expedition, Price was sent tramping
minimize accidental casualties over the frozen wastes of Antarctica as a human guinea pig for
and offset the inherent danger cold weather clothes. He recalls wearing the "Mickey Mouse"
of the hundreds of thousands of boots worn today during his entire stay near the South Pole.
mines still buried in' Korea After two tours of sea. duty, Price decided on a hitch in
which, as one spokesman said, the Army. He has served in 27 different countries with the
"Don't know that a cease-fire armed forces. "Being in South Korea is like a summer vaca-
exists.'* tion," Sgt. Price said.
ROKA QM Turns Out Complete Issue
TAEGU, Korea, Feb. 17—The
R.OK Army's QM clothing fac-
:ory here is turning out every-
:hing from white cotton draw-
u*s to'fatigue uniforms to keep
he expanding ROK Army well-
slothed. '..}.~. .,,'•:. ,-;„
In operation for almost five
rears, the plant can vary its
latterns and materials to manu-
acture any required textile
tern and,operates in assembly-
ine fashion.
Before production on an item
legins, the research department
; gauges the size requirements,
•he kind of wear that will be
nvolved, the seasonal needs
ind other relevant factors. Sev-
sral possible designs are then
lubmitted to Brig. Gen. Lee
loo Rak, ROK Army QM Gen-
sral "here, who selects and es-
ablishes the pattern.
Production Simple
Production steps are simple
is; cardboard .patterns are used
iiiQij cut the material,; which is
.:.;-.|j:6iii!p.re"asedv'and chalk marked
tojp* ^ £inal :Sewing. Other, ma-
Jhi^es cut button hol^S iahd put
jn- the finishing toucihes. Xst
Clarence .Pv Keever,- Char-
a KMAG
to the operatio'n.
of the factory work is
rcivilian .girls, who live
Mrir iqjiarters -provided near the
pl&fcfr Before; being assigned to
ft ^tjhit iiv- the production line,
vihjj;;:girls Deceive three month's
traihihg with pay in the opera-
ticm;; of machinery.
Materials for the plant are
obtained through the ROK Ar-
my QM depots, which also, re-
ceive the finished products and
forward them to distribution
points.
The plant was founded In
March 1949 and has been forc-
ed to move three times during
the fluid stages of the war,
during which much of the ma-
chinery was destroyed.
Lt. Col. Kim Ki Taek com-
mands the operation which is
outfitting the ROK Army with
much-ne3ded clothes.
7th Div. Pushes
1 Pa., pianist; and Cpl. George L. Waters, Philadelphia, Pa.,
'Dimes Drive
HQ., U.S. 7THDIV., Korea,
Feb. 17—Capt. Morton E. Hecht
J:-., division special projects ojfc
ficer Friday : presented Mjaj.
Gen. Lionel ' C'. McCarr, divi-
sion commander, wjth a check
for $52,970.41,. representing the
7th's contribution to the 1954
March of Dimes.
The amount,; to be forwarded
to the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, is more
than twice that contributed by
the Bayonet division in 1953
when donations totaled $23,-
638.65.
Largest individual contribut-
ors were 138 men of Co. C,
7th Tank Bn., who donated an
average of m o r e than $11
apiece.
Btry. C of the 48th FA Bn.
led DivArty battery units as
114 men contributed $1,140 for
an average of $10 p/er man.
Largest company-size contribu-
tors in other major units were
Svc. Co., 17th Inf. Regt.., $656;
Co. B 31st Inf. Regt, $1,637; and
Co C, 32nd Inf. Regt, $1,048.
Pusan Homeless Get Laundry
: PUSAN, Korea, Feb. 17—A
new "Helpy-Selfy" laundry, de-
signed to improve the present
method of washing clothes,
will soon open up in the heart
of Pusan's refugee-filled "Tent
City".
First Lt. William C. Fraser
Jr., Baltimore, Md., of the
Pusan Military Post's relief,
rehabilitation and reconstruc-
tion section, announced today
that U.S. Army engineers will
pour concrete later this week
g Pacific Stars & Stripes
MODIFICATION MISSION-^Working in the ROK Army's vocalist, teamed up to cop the top honors.
QM clothing factory, Miss Choi Young Soo (above), 22, stiches
a short OD coat at one of the points of the assembly-line
plant. Many of the workers are the factory are Korean girls.
Cpl. Lee Won Myong (below) of the factory's reclamation
company fastens the sole of a boot to a leather top as this
allied portion of the plant cuts .down large excess U.S. service
boots to fit members of the BOK Army. (USA Photos)
Unit Boosts 'Dimes *' Gifts
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 17—Ko-
rean Communications Zone
railroaders of all battalions and
Hq. Co. of the 3rd Trans.
Military Railway Service
donated $7,594.67 to the 1954
March of Dimes Drive, the
3rd TMRS headquarters an-
nounced today.
The outfit exceeded last
year's contributions to the anti-
polio campaign by nearly $1,-
000.
The 724th Trans. Bn., Rail-
way Operating, led all units
of the 3rd with a donation of
$2,933.
In a message of appreciation
to all battalion commanders
for the first of a newly devel-
oped "Korean-style laundry."
The new community laundry,
large enough to accomodate
10 or 12 women at a time,
will replace the present me-
thod of washing in a stream
or gutter by placing the clothes
on a flat rock and pounding
them with a stick.
If the new laundry, with its
20-foot concrete trough and
running tap-water, is a suc-
cess, the engineers plan to
build more of them through-
out Tent City.'
' VISITS ALLIES—Shin Ik Hee, chairman of Korea's Na-
tional Assembly, recently visited the 2nd Div. for conferences
with officers and men of the Thai and Netherlands Bns. He
urged the Communist-fighting units to "continue to fight for
p :
reedom whenver the necessity arises."
* ^ * * * * *
TOP TRAINING—An infantry battalion training test' has
been developed for use every four months by IX Corps (Group)
units, as the need arose for more realistic training on a large
unit scale. Each battalion will bextested on'defensive and of-
fensive phases
1 of operation. "
* * *. • * * * *
FIRE PREVENTION-—More than 1,000 Korean civilian em-
ployees of Eighth Army headquarters are now better able to
care for stoves and prevent store fires as a result of classes
held recently at Yongsan. Classes included a. film, a lecture on
the Pusan fire, instructions on water and foam extinguishers
and a review on proper stove operations.
«• * *. * * ' * *
OLD PALS—When General Maxwell D. Taylor, Eighth Army
commander, visited the 38th Inf.. Kegt., 2nd Div. recently, he
met an old friend in SFC John E. Luse, Vaugbali, Miss. The
sergeant first met the general (then a captain) when the ser-
geant was just a child. Later, during World War'II, Luse made
the famous Normandy jump with the 101st Airborne Div. com-
manded by then Maj. Gen. Taylor.
* * ,*• * * * *
GOING AND COMING—When SFC Max E. Purdy, Albia,
la. started to rotate from Hq. Hq. Co., 51st Sig. Bn., I Corps
recently, he met his brother, PFC Roger R. Purdy, coming
into the unit.
* * *• * * * , *
MISS CONSOLATION—Men of the hospital ship USS Con-
solation have elected a 20-year-old girl who is recovering from
polio in her California home as their "Miss Consolation of 1954."
The contest was 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 QUARTERMASTER—Col. C. C. Holcomb, Seattle,
Wash., has been namfid quartermaster for KMAG and senior
adviser to the ROK Army QM General, Holcomb was deputy
quartermaster for Eighth Army prior to his present assign-
ment. ' ,
* . * * * . . ' » . . ,*• *•
BETTER FOOD—Improved mess halls aud better food Were,
the topics of discussion at' a meeting of 18 mess officers and
specialists in the Pusan area recently as WOJG Francis Specht,
Ope, Kan. ,.PMP food adviser, led the conversation to plan im-
proved ways of feeding the troops.
*^ •* . * * * * *
26 CRAFT SHOPS—The Pusan area now has 26 craft shops
with another to fcre inaugurated soon, Lt. Col. Robert P. Lang-
ley, Santa Maria, Cal., PMP Special services officer has an-
nounced. "Since the truce, the demand for craft shops has al-
most doubled. We have been able to meet all demands, and
we will continue to do «o," Langley added* .
* * ' * * * * *-.
TALENT TOPPERS—Piano, vocal and Arum trio from the
23rd Inf. Regt. jazzed its way to the' 2nd Div.'s talent crown
in the Indianhead's second talent competitions. Cpl. Willie Smith,
Americus, ,Ga., drummer; Cpl. Carmen Dippolito, Nprristown,
Arctic Vet Scoffs at Cold
for a job well done, Col. E.B.
Gray, commanding officer,
said, "At the outset of the
campaign I felt certain that
all 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 would
exceed last year's generous
contribution, of $6,700."
Gray said this year's figure
clearly indicated the interest
of the members of his com-
mand "toward a worthy
cause."
Mine Training
Reduces Danger
HQ., U.S. 2ND DIV., Korea',
Feb. 17—The 2nd Div. h a s
launched a 16-hour course in
land mine warfare training de- HQ., U.S. X CORPS, Korea, Feb. 17—Scoffing at South
signed to teach each member Korea's winter winds, Sgt. Ernest A. v Price, Cleveland, O. of
of the Indianhead Division the the X Corps Ordnance section and PFC Jack P. Harnett, Chi-
essential principles of mine
cago, in full cold weather gear, show quite a difference of opin-
warfare. ion on the frigidity of the climate in Korea.
A vetaran>.of six years in the Navy and a member of Ad-
The training is expected to miral Byrd's 1946 polar expedition, Price was sent tramping
minimize accidental casualties over the frozen wastes of Antarctica as a human guinea pig for
and offset the inherent danger cold weather clothes. He recalls wearing the "Mickey Mouse"
of the hundreds of thousands of boots worn today during his entire stay near the South Pole.
mines still buried in' Korea After two tours of sea. duty, Price decided on a hitch in
which, as one spokesman said, the Army. He has served in 27 different countries with the
"Don't know that a cease-fire armed forces. "Being in South Korea is like a summer vaca-
exists.'* tion," Sgt. Price said.