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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1951.

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Triumph had been.

went with it were bulging with parcels. Two "mercy" boala were landed with food and cloth- ing, a medical officer, Surgeon- Lieutenant H. E. G. Dyer, R.N., and the Chaplain.

A working party landed with

KOREANS

carrying out CONTINUING THE bombardments and

OFFICIAL AD nerial strikes. It WOA indeed a great day when on

MIRALTY AC-axes and saws, and felled enough September 27 Rear-Admiral COUNT OF THE Arewood to last the orphanage Andrewes was invited by

the rest of the winter. Others 乐 and stoked а a fare until the Admiral Struble, U.S.N., to WORK OF THE Inchon. He had at that BRITISH COM- Chaplain protested that with the Korean due system, which goes time just returned to a

MONWEALTH NAL. out under the floor, the hut was base in Japan, but set off im-

in danger of going up in flames,. VIES IN THE Meanwhile, stores of food were unloaded and clothing was un- mediately by destroyer,

KOREAN WAR On arrival Admiral

el for the Struble

wrapped

goggle-oyed children. Sailors stripped the came on board and on behalf of

folded hands in the Korean General

the children and re- MacArthur awarded

raga from style. Then the islanders -cent him the "Silver Star". This award was most gratifying, as off the rest of the cargo,

us out their fishing boats to take dressed them in thick clothing.

Said the Chaplain: "They were it showed the American appre the women prepared

and themselves like children dress- fres for ing dolls. It was at ciation of the part played by the first real meal

once for many ing

and pathetic, Commonwealth British

humorous and

and Navies. Admiral

Andrews weeks. They bolled shrub to eat when they had finished, in spite p. P. Drysdale, M.B.E., Royal there was an ambush ahead and during the 14 days covering the We Inchon landings and the nub- then

accompanied Admiral

of the care taken to Afterwards Warramunga visit all naval insignia was removed, American

ensure that

Marines, fought its way with we were put into camp. Struble to the handing over

troops through the dug in until daybreak, expecting sequent operations up to Sep- During this period ed other islands in the civilian ceremony at Seoul of

Broup one Korean urchin strutted about mountainous passes, and at one an attack. Then we were told tomber 80. distributing more rice and food.

ships of tho guerillas.

Commonwealth duties

Котепл to the South

Her Captain signalled back to the blouse of a three-badged time had Chinese Communists to clear the hills of President,

Able Seaman. To anyone who base: "We haven't enough

ditches six

the sucks which we kept inside our and the carrier-based aireaft yards away at the result of the retreat of to go round, please send more," asked him his name he stuttered Bring into the vehicles from the We changed our socks for spare Navics steamed 50,486 miles side of the road. It was here clothing, and we shook out the of HMS Triumph made 113 sor- area of 251,000 that the Commando was split, ice from our boots before puiting ties over an as she shelled Communist-held In the

when a phosphorus bomb set fire Iceland, Norway and Russla, but constlines.

wardroom

known cold ke This I hart never and on

on the mess-decks bowls of THE sailors then produced to an ammunition truck.

their parcels and handed made it impossible for the fol- that night. flowers trembled to the vibration

not onjo sweets, but lowing vehicles to continue up of the gunfire. "It was all the out Islanders had to give us," anld clockwork toys which they had the road. the Executive Officer of War- bought in Japan for their own

the

V with the rice.

As a the North Korean forces it be- came evident that many of the islands on the west and south- would of Korea west coasts

The de- need early liberating. stroyers and frigates carried out the majority of these mis- siona.

islands,

of

Food Landed

In

'S-S-Stripey".

Next day Warramunga was on

HMS JAMAICA, the first British warship to enter Korean waters after hostilities

broke out. She has had an interesting period of combat duty.

patrol again. Her guns barked Knelt On Floor their rear party being, cut off them on again. I've been in square miles.

der G. H. Gladstone, RAN. "It was just the other side of war."

A part of this story is told by

Hill Taken

Orphans In Cold to the laughter of British sailors North American covered wagon through us to the second hill. to

one

conster

The guns of the force poured

six-fuch 2,600

shells, 1,274 smaller calibro shells and 218,000 rounds of Oerlikon and Bofors into enemy gun cuplacements, ammunition dumpe, troops con- The Australinin destroyer ramunga, Lieutenant-Comman- familles at home. They knelt of the wounded, Marine "THEN we took the first hill, centrations, tanks, Ísland strong- Warramung

Josing two men wounded by points and shipping. The bag (Commander

on the floor and wound up walk- one A. Stanley, ΟΣ West O.H. Becher, D.S.C., R.A.N.)

early sniping. The US. Marines went included the first enemy aircraft ing begging dogs and shambling James

bo shot down by gunfire of In September carried out one

bears, and the place resounded Bromwich, Staffs: "The

tnaks of the from any United Nations war- the most successful. Not a gun

stories had nothing on this con- Soon afterwards

ammunition and Korean children.'

dump was fired, though the ship was at action stations all the time.

A special Royal Marine Indo- voy" Stanley said. "Nothing na American 7th U.S. Marines came ship,

up and it was decided to push blown up and two

two Instead, Warramunga sent

similar explolt was that car pendent Commando was sent out bad as this ever happened to me

50-ton Consters odo 100-ton ashore rice in place of sheils ried out by IMS Ceylon to Japan carly in the war. The before," and he added that Lieut. the convoy through up the road junks sunk, two damaged

convey was hundreds to feed

South (Captain C. F. J. Lloyd Davies. Royal Marine Commandos are enant-Colonel Drysdale had told behind them. The

500-ton freighter dam- Korean islanders and several DS.C., R.CN.). The ship sent picked men from the Corps, and him the convey was the worst composed of reinforcements for coaster and one 70-ton

had in his the 7th US. Marloes, some U.S. sunk, a lighthouse-keepers who were a landing party to reconnoltre a carry out

A perlod of special experience he had

Army and ourselves. We were aged, and twelve mines destruy-

A number of marooned by the war on their small island called Chaya-ku-Ko training. When not attached to career.

230 strong, being driven in ed.

enemy troops which lies off the Korean coast the Commandos, they serve in

American trucks, having left our were killed and wounded.

HMS Jamaica had the honour near Inchon. On the far side of

drivers behind to pick up our

of shooting down the enemy transport when it arrived. this bare island the party found ships of the Royal Navy. These From Hambung

served "We started off about noon, Stormovik aircraft which attack- ahut, in which were twenty troops are specially trained for

enemy communications OLONEL Drysdalo on orphaned children under the behind the front line. Suitable Co

The tem targets

with the Commandos during and it was pretty quiet for the ed the USS Rochester.

HMS Triumph was withdrawn were few, but they TUIE plight of the islanders care of one woman.

the World War. Marine Stanicy first two miles. Then the Com- Tw or

cerature below freezing.

carried out a

number of raids, was then serving with small munists gave us all they had got, the next day from the area, and

ships of the Cayuga (Captain J. V. Brock, There was no ore, the children operating from

in C.A.P. for the blockading forco When the In- operations groups and was en- They were using burp guns and Admiral Andrewes asked for and very United Nations. D.S.C.. R.C.N.), and imme- were almost naked

gaged in operations from sub-machine-guns. They were chon invasion took place they ares at Arakan, Burma, the ditches alongside the road, from the American carrier. diately s

small quantities of food sick.

Islands, Sumatra, were landed to feed the sick,

sometimes only six yards away. A message was sent back to carried out a diversionary_land Nicobar the young and the old. Cayuga the cruiser, and the Chaplain, ing at Kunsan from the British Malaya and Singapore.

The jeep in front of us bar. They signaled back to base, and at the Rev. H. S. Fry, M.A., R.N., frigate Whitesand Bay alongside

Stanley went on to say: "A drivers killed in one hour. They

balt the ammunition truck with Andrews Rear-Admiral once

broadcast an appeal to the ship's American special troops. ordered

Warramunga to company for gifts of surplus, Perhaps one of their toughest few hours after we started from phosphorus bomb and set it on take on board two tons of rice clothing. Within an hour his fights took place when they Hamhung for Hagaru, Lieut- are. This cut off the rest of the turn to their left and cover your to rush to the starving persons. cabin was piled with offerings fought their way from Hamhung enant-Colonel Drysdale's jeep Commando trucks which were force from

The islanders grow no rice; of shirts, coats and woollens. up the tortuous mountain road was fired on by Communists but behind it.

mainland There were eager volunteers to to Jofthe American Marine no one was Injured. The jeep they depend on the for their supplies, When the man the next boat ashore, and division' at Hagaru. The Com- was well ahead of the main body noticed that men who mondo, under Lieutenant-Colonel at the time. We were told that Communists moved south their it was food supplies were cut off and to fish bc- they were unable cause of the activity of British and American Naval and alr patrols. Cayuga promptly es- tablished a fishing area for the Islanders and simmallod its posi- tion is the attacking anti-Com- munist forces.

the

When the Warramunga - lined the rived the islanders beaches with a reception com- whole mittee comprising the population, headed by the Mayor. The first bags of rice boat landed in Warramunga's were greeted with cries of de-

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The CHAPMAN PINCHER Column

R. FRANK ROBERTS,

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and sort out the total number of cells in the human braÍZN.

Dr Roberti's chief-Professor J. Z. Young, the famous brain expert who gave the 1950 Reith lectures-needs this information for his research.

Then Dr Roberts doused the laboratory lights and pressed a switch. finemediately a highly it was the professor's sugges- scientist, demonstrated magnided picture of my blood, tion that some kind of electronic to me the world's first "tale showing the red and white blood machine might solve this problem vision microscope," his own calls in ane detail, flashed on to which set Dr Roberts thinking invention.

This dovics--half microscopo, half TV set-can magnity living Issues up to 25,000 times.

the screen.

during his bus ride. There are so many cells in the human brain When fitted with an extra Professor Young estimates the gadget, the TV microscope will number at 10,000 million that

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the 7th U.S. Mariacs at Harogu

his reply agreeing to this Rear- Admiral Ewen said, “After con sidering Jamaica's splendid de- monstration of A.A. markeman-" ship am warning my pilots to

tance."

a doubly safe dis-

Ship's Record

HMS Jamaica had an in- teresting period of combat darty, which included the following points

at 11 pm We were mustered and there were 83 of us present. That night 65 more commandes Bought their way through and Jamaica was the Brst British reached us. The Communists warship to enter Korean waters. were in the hills all around our The first British worship to be action when enemy E-boata

while-and-prepared-to-attack-in-were- British warship to camp at Hagaru: Wo reated a in меновс

the morning.

Dozens of Dead

"ONLY sniping took place the

next day, but at about 11 pm. the US. Marines on the left

The

bombard, and this was in the

rat bombardment of the war.

The first warship to penetrate the Iron Curtain, when she pro-

North Korea.

The

ceeded to bombard Yangyang in

flank, on a hill near the camp arst British ship to com➡

combined fores of U.S.

entrance, were pushed back. and British ships.

The 32 of us in "B" Company The first ship to suffer easual- were sent up to retake the left ties in the war. Bank of the hill, and we did it The first

ship, with HMS. Just before dawn I saw dozens Cockade in company, to sight

whore and sink mines.

of dead Communists DONE

we were they must have been thousands round, the defence perimeter."!

Two

wo mornings later Stander was wounded in the arm by a sniper.

Let us now sum up the part of the British Commonwealth Navies in the Korean operations

She took part in the first large-scale amphibious landing at Inchon.

She was the Arst United Na- tions ship to shoot" down on enemy aircraft. ;

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