Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05

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tain, near Hon. 1t. Dunbar.
! ju. The 28-year-old officers
wife, Mrs. Lucylle Shankman, lives
at 10502 Hayes avenue. Silver
Spring. He is the son of Mrs. Lena
Okin of 400 Kennedy street NV.
A graduate of Calvin Coolidge
High School. 1t. Shankman served
during World War II for more
than three years and was called
back to service in November. 1850.
He has been in Korea since last
August and at the time he was
wounded was with the Sd Battal-
lion, 7th Regiment of the 1st Cav
airy Division. According to let
ter he wrote to his wife. he was
hit by mortar shell fragments. was
sent to a Swedish hospital at Pu-
san and was returned to duty on
October IS.
Wounded in Arm, Shoulder.
Wounded in the left arm and
shoulder on October 10, Pvt.
James Cochrane, whose brother,
Calvin Cochrane. lives at l6 Dol
phin Green SW., has been re-
turned to the United States and
is presently in an Army hospital
at Fort Benning, Ga. The o.
Iyear-old soldier was with the 23d
Infantry Regiment of the 1st Dr.
vision when he was wounded.
Pvt. Cochrane was drafted last
April and had been in Korea for
three months. His brother, CAL
vim, is an aviation machinist, first
class, stationed at Anacostia Ma
lval Air Station. Another brother.
Robert, 10, is serving in Korea
and has been wounded twice.
A former National Guardsman
lin Alexandria, 1st 1t. Henry S.
Dunbar. III, was wounded on Oc-
Itober 6 in the vicinity of Heart
break Ridge.
In a letter to his mother, Mrs.
Margaret R. Marshall of 2425
King street, Alexandria, he wrote
that his platoon was at the base
of hill firing up at the Chinks
in their bunkers." Then. he
wrote, something went off and
I was struck in the MOUTH don't
know if 1t was another mortar
barrage or mine"
Honor Student at VMI.
1t. Dunbar was an honor STU
dent at Virginia Military Insti-
tute where he was graduated, in
1913. He was in Alexandria with
the ITO AAA Battalion when it
was activated in August, 1850.
Last May. two months before 60
ing to Korea, he was married. His
wife, Doris. lives at 1911 East
EN- avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
Pvt. Alphonzo Weston, son Of
Mrs. Charlie Taylor, 121l-A Car
Irollburg place SW., was wounded
on October Is, his mother said.
Drafted last March, he was sent
Ito Korea in August and was with
the 999 Tank Battalion. Before
entering the Army, Pvt. Weston.
who is 20, attended Randall
Junior High School and Bell Vo-
Icational High School.
Another District soldier, Pfc.
Henry Salley. 10, was struck by an
enemy bullet on October 9 while
serving with Company F of the
9th Cavalry Regiment. He is the
; son OF John H. Salley of 148
Schatts court NE. His wife, Dor
Iothy, lives at so M street NV.
Hospitalized for Week.
Pfc. Salley wrote on October "a
from hospital in Japan to his sis
ter. Mrs. Era Wood of 5214 Jay
street NE. He reported that he
had been hospitalized for a week.
He said he had been shot in the
left hip and that "the bullet went
all the way through" He was at
5ached to the 9Th Cavalry Regi-
ment and had been in Korea since
last July. He was drafted last
March IA.
Also in the fighting were two
District soldiers who were listed
by the department as Corpl. Ho-
mer Minnick. jr., son of Mrs. Susie
Minnick, 1916 Reeves court NV.
and Pfc. Calvin Moore, son of
Mrs. Catherine B. Moore, 2570
Sherman avenue NV.
Injured while serving in Korea
were Pvt. Donald E. Clark, son of
Mrs. Mary A. Speer, 1886 F. street
NE. and Sergt. 1st Glass Cloyd
B. Jordon, son of Mr.. and Mrs
George w. Lee, 1908 Sherman ave-
nue. NV.
Sergt. Jordan, 19-year-old
squad leader in Company c. 7th
Infantry Regiment, Sd Division.
was slightly wounded" his moth
err said. on October 8. He pre-
viously had been wounded last
June and returned to action after
spending two months in the hos
pltal with a crushed leg. He en-
listed in the Army on August 8.
1850, and left for Korea last De-
cember. Before joining the Army,
he was student at Armstrong
High School.
The casualty report carried the
names of two servicemen from
Frederick, Md, wounded in Ko-
rea.
From Virginia. the department
listed three men wounded in ac-
ton.