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hltt. -h .jj in ).ilj....,,.,..iHt IBl.4fckiUfc.il.-Ji.-A 'l4i,-llWl4 ;i'SiStif.alUtaiteJ. 71IErDAII.Y TAR HEEL. TUESDAY, E1AY.13. 1952 PAGE 1 cgsi it-. $111 """TS ra u Dally ( Le'sii W o lad 1 The Korean war is nearly two years old. It is not an old war as wars go nor even a very big one. But in terms of human and material waste, it ranks as one of the most savage in history. Statistics showed yesterday that more than 5,000,000 men, women and children have died or have been injured since the Communists lunged into South Korea June 25, 1950. Korea itself has been maimed. Homes, crops, personal possessions, government buildings and schools have been , a J Ti i Z C 1, T . a i -i - desiroycu. xv is Auipusiujuj w puw x pnte on irageay dux oi ficials estimate the damage at least $2,000,000,000. To wage this "little war," as it has been called, the United States alone has spent about $15,000,000,000 or about 10 per cent of the total national budget for the past two years. . More than 4,000,000 Korean civilians have fled their homes to live in incredible misery in crowded hovels or open country. Reports indicate thousands of troops and civilians in North Korea are suffering or dying of cholera and the plague. This is only part of the story. No statistics can measure the pain, the suffering, the heartbreak, the loss of time the war has meant for hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides. - Total Korean casualties are greater than Americans suf fered in all the wars in which they engaged. Even in World War II, only Russia, Germany, Japan and Poland suffered greater losses. . . 1 American casualties so far total 107,965, including 18,980 DEAD, 761,675 wounded and 1,134 captured. South Korean forces have riffered 192,960 casualties, including 27,690 dead. Other Allied losses total 9,411 dead, wounded and missing. The Defense Department estimates Communist military casualties at 1,721,200. Civilian losses in North Korea are set at 1,500,000. . - ' In South Korea, civilian war victims are estimated at more than 2,000,000. The Korean embassy here said this included 120,000 massacred by the Communists and another 240,000 who were killed by enemy fire or died of the hardships in duced by war. j I The Korean war goes on. f ' rn ; C 'A s " ' - r y f i r - ' - ' v f V ' ' f k - :-x-x-:-:-k-s- " i - XIEWLY-APPOINTED UN COMMANDER in ihe Far East. Gen Mark W. Clark (rignl) holds an in formal conference at Munsan, Korea, shortly aflehief UN iruce delegate; Gen. Matthew B. Ridgwa,' (left to right) are Vice Admiral C. Joy Turner, cr he had flown from Tokyo. Pictured with him whom Clark is replacing and Gen. James A.' Van Fleet, field commander in Korea. General Ridg way left by plane yesterday with his wife and three-year-old son for Europe, j 1 ' ! 1 1 5 LJt ft-- ' ' ' ... - ,y' J , , . .-- v .: . : A t i" ,r:: .j 'V I- PV; Drama t - '. r. ' '4 f NEVER AGAIN to see ihe beauties cf his native land. But so overjoyed at returning to his homeland is Pvt. A. Kalsioiis. a Greek, soldier, that he falls to his knees and kisses the soil of Athens. Pvt. Katsiolis ; was blinded while fighting in Korea. CAPT. WILLIAM H. Gulches (photo on left) of Wallington, U. J chalks up as he lands a a Korean airfield with SCO mis sions completed. At the end of World War II his total was 425. Ii . l i j i hj.i.1 jil iill I I i i I " " I .1 I ' I TIT :::':::: I fT .,:vA::v;-:v:v;v;-:v:v,';y.: , IT $ - J BRIG. GEN. Charles F. Colson who took over the command at Koje Island prisoner - of - war camp after the Reds captured and held Gen. Francis T. Dodd. l.i-l: .. ' "I THE TEMPEST a symphony of color,: i r IKlMIMailKNW3S rl.ff-ii...v, 1 I' 'O MOVING 'O, CRATING rO SHIPPING rO STORAGE Phone 21 59 Nigni: 8-8587. 3-3362 Free Estimates Gladly Given! ADMITTEDLY SHOCKED AND SCARED. Betty Dodd, 21 (left), scans a news report in Seattle, Wash., for overseas dispatches -concerning her father. Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, UN camp u (pictured right) commandant held hostage by Communist prisoners.-;., for four days. The General was released by the Reds Saturday., General Dodd said from Seoul yesterday that the Communists v' threatened to kill him and stage a mass break for freedom if i ; 8th Army troops entered the camp where he was held. The UK v had massed some 20 tanks in preparation for freeing the General when the Reds gave" him up. In the first time he was permitted to iell his story of 78 hours spent as a hostage Dodd said. They ; discussed with me. the effects of ihe use of force. They informed;; ; me that if iroops entered the compound, they would resist; .that , my life would be forfeited and that there would be a simultaneous! " ' break from all compounds on the island." Gen. Mark Clark in ai, f statement issued from Tokyo,, accused the Communists of "unril adulterated blackmail" in seizing Dodd. He said the whole incident was plotted for its propaganda effects; Clark disclosed ihaf Gen.1;' Charles F. Colson, who took Dodd's post, had" io' promise the1 3 : prisoners "humane treatment" in ihe future and thai he, was forced to admit instances of "bloodshed where many pxisonf rs? ' r of war have been killed or. wounded by UN forces." P1! mm - m 1 Save time! Save steps! Save trouble! Now you cn do your "banking by mail right in your , own home "or office; Special1 i deposit envelopes are furnish ed without charge. 'Drop by and get a supply today and , start r enjoying this new, con- ? ; venint banking service : ! Jbank5ng-Dy-mail! ,. I i I ; i i i laoei Miiiii CHAPEL HILL "Z CARRCPRO . t ; Memfeer ftderaf Diposlt Ibjumbc Ciry. - ; fDyrfiQm Transfer & Sto:rege Ihe; - 810 Rhmseur St. ( -V-; i ;V v v - Durham, K. C. SIS8 o''sis spend An
