Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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along the way, the second squad began to screen the area. It had been five hours since the Reds had overrun Lyons, ambush squad. In a hole on the crest of Jack, they found Pvt. J. T. fDocj Burns, the aid man. With him was the bullet-riddled body of another member of the squad. Although Burns had been wounded several times he was still alive. His companion was dead. A Chinese soldier had stood over them and poured shots from his burp gun into the hole. According to Burns, who was calm and talkative, the Chinese had remained on the knob for about an hour after their sweep, then left. The screen patrol found another rifleman's body on the slope and at about 0230, the solitary screening squad pulled off Jack, carrying its grim cargo of two dead and the wounded Burns. Fifteen men were left on the listening post at Ace and the rest of the men wearily returned to the line. Actually, Lyons' squad that night had intercepted a Chinese raid on UN positions, as evidenced by the size of the force and the heavy artillery and mortar support of the Reds. Later, in a routine patrol report, Delaney noted: I feel had the Chinese not encountered a force on Jack, they would have come on into friendly ele- mentsf' This then was the daily diet. The nerve-wracking, tense game of kill and run, hide and seek, played by both sides. In reports it was noted frequently as Rou- tine patrol action.', But the routine along Line JAMES- TOWN, as along all front lines, often could be as deadly as a major assault. All was not routine, however, for the Special Services and USO bolstered our spirits regularly and for this the men were most grateful. Special Services sent two shows up the MLR during February and in the latter part of the month, Dick Contino brought his USO show up to the line, playing eight shows for various units of the Division, all of them virtually at the front door of the enemy. During the first three weeks in March our patrol and recon missions continued with accent on ambush patrols The war was temporarily forgotten.