Word: cleeland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week a Marine Corsair pilot, Major David Cleeland, crash-landed on a frozen reservoir, 70 miles north of the front line. Two of the rescue group's chopper pilots grabbed Pop and flew off. They found Cleeland surrounded by Reds who were pouring fire at a dummy which the major had made of his rolled-up parachute and helmet. One mounted Chinese made a one-man cavalry charge at Cleeland, was dropped by a Corsair that swooped...
Aboard the helicopter, there was a moment's hesitation: rescue pilots are not required to go in under heavy fire. Pop and the pilots decided to chance it. The chopper sat down 15 yards from the crashed plane and Major Cleeland made a run for it. Just as Pop was stretching out a beefy right hand to help him aboard, a Chinese hit the hand with a rifle bullet. Cleeland was hit in the leg, but Pop pulled him aboard with his good hand, and the rescue craft whirled safely away...