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Married. Army Corporal Edward S. Dickenson. 23, hillbilly captive of the Communists in Korea, first among 23 American P.W.s who, having refused repatriation, changed his mind and came home (TIME, Nov. 2); and Kate Laney, 21, neighbor's daughter; in Big Stone...
...Communist." He was afraid that Ed would face Army punishment or social contempt in Cracker's Neck. Neither fear seemed justified. Pentagon policy will be to treat Dickenson just as any other repatriated P.W., and Cracker's Neck (three stores, a church and a few houses) was resolved to welcome Ed as a hero. Learning of this, Jim Dickenson calmed down and Dave Dickenson began to talk. As Dave roamed around the kitchen, swatting flies, he said: "This is about all I ever do now. Bessie does everything else. She does all the talking...
...Only Ed Dickenson, 7,000 miles away in Korea, knew why he had wanted to try Communism-and he wasn't giving the real reasons. When he crossed the line at Panmunjom, he was smiling sheepishly and seemed eager to talk, but he was whisked away by helicopter to the 121st Evacuation Hospital at Seoul and later by plane to the Tokyo Army hospital. At press conferences, he was sullen and evasive, and told a story that was skeptically received. Why had he originally refused repatriation? "I wanted revenge against the Communists for what they did to my buddies...
...Gonna Marry." One of Ed's girls had got married since he went into the Army. Another was blonde Kate Laney, 20, who lives in a cleared bottom section in Cracker's Neck. Last December Ed Dickenson wrote her a letter. It said: "Kate, I don't know how to say this, maybe you will call me crazy but I don't care. I would like very much to have you for my wife. I know that I never tried to go with you before, but I'm sure that we could be happy together...
...Dickenson's parents hope to make up for his romantic difficulties. Out on her back porch, Bessie noted that water is now piped to the house from a mountain spring. "If Ed could only see how close the water is to the house," she said. "When Ed was home, the water was up on the hill and we had to carry it down." She moved back into the kitchen and tossed a fat slab of sausage into the frying pan. "We're gonna put on the big pot and the little one too. Keith Marrs is gonna bake...