The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-04

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Dean IN hls jaep raced down .
road lined wiah Nogfh Korean
tFoops dug in on both sides. Dean
and bis eoiamn we're separated In
TIE intenas running fight.
Later Dean net 81 armored web
iele With IS American soldiers.
TIE little group ran Into another
heavy skirmish. Dean made con-
tact with his aide during TIE fight
lac and found be bad been wound-
sd.~
The small group Of II "moved
est a. dark 10 again tFy . break.
thruugh ever the mountain"
They Moved into TIE hills. Deans
aide reported q wUunded AMER
car in their rear.
"a went back and found he could
not walk. Ny aide. myself and
Two other men TOOK turns In carry.
ing him in."
Later. while he group was rest.
ing. Dear heard . triekle II water
and started out % find Il.
The next impression ! had vas
that Of running down =" Dean
said. ''then I drew q blank. when
1 awakened my watch showed II
was q little after midnight. was
way down a the bottom Of q bin.
Il started % crawl up again. 4
either passed out or fell asleep.
when ! awakened again . Korean
patrul was passing not 10 yards
away. l don't know how they
missed me-"
The general said he then crawled
down 30 q stream and hid out in
The brush. From there on. he said,
IT was an endeavor 10 get back
out. Whenever | seemed 10 be head.
ing 70 success Koreans would see
me.
''The South Koreans that day
had certainly been indoctrinased 70
search cut Americans.
The general described the Ko.
reans - youths Of about IA or
10 who seemed 10 be happy and
excited because they had been civ.
en- guns BY the North Koreans.
lie said TIE Reds discovered he
was q general al Chongiu q few
days after his capture. They took
him 10 Chongia In q truck with
about 20 Korean soldiers. lie ar.
rived there late AZ night ''as our
planes were bombing the town.
They put me In . ~ man cell
al 70 myself"
lie was shultled around b a
number Of Korean cities and W.
lagos during his captivity.
Last June 10. Dean was returned
10 the Pyongyang area. he reached
kaeaong Aus. S.
There lived q pluaoerat, !"
Dean said. Il had the same guar.
ters the TIN Division had ~ an
outpost when I commanded the 7lh
touring The occupation). Il was .
beautiful place.
s'There was q waterfall and they
had q Chinese cook for me-" he
said.
Dean said The Reds fed him lsa,
meat. bread and bulter--'sall Il
wanted" The Reds also insisted
that he drink vodka before dinner
each day.
Dean said h was not untIl has
Korean press conference" at Kae-
song that he knew the news Of his
capture had been suppressed for
more than q year.
Dean said ne waa not questioned
BY the Reds after Oct. 2, 1850.
II was not until Jan. IS, 1882.
that Dean got anything 10 read
and then ''most Of Il was Commu.
mist literature.
I'm pretty wei read on com
munism." Dean said wryly.
Dean said be was In the custody
Of Koreans the entire time. His
guards were three 20 nine Koreans,
each equivalent b an American
master sergeant.
''The only English they could
speak was what they learned from
me-" he said.
Il was addressed for three years
a. You"
Dean inflated the way The Ko-
reans yelled ''you" a. him-aI
short sharp bark. They dldntl
mean anything By Il. They were
very friendly. They we're really q
nice bunch Of boys"
Dean said he had been every
fortunate about getting letters
q from hts daughter. IS from his
mother. 2s from his wife and .
frnFn HE asn