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...Frank Gibney, our Tokyo bureau chief, who was injured when a bridge blew up under him during the evacuation of Seoul, missed being ambushed by about five minutes last week. He had gone out with an intelligence and reconnaissance patrol on Friday, but had to turn back late in the afternoon to return to the regimental command post and prepare to fly to Tokyo to file his copy. A few minutes after he had left, the patrol was ambushed by North Korean infantry. Gibney's cable added that his new eyeglasses had arrived on schedule. His only pair...
TIME Corespondent Frank Gibney cabled: "A gloomy lieutenant told of leaving six men in his platoon who were unable to walk. 'Lieutenant, what is going to happen to us?' one asked weakly. The lieutenant said, handing them grenades, 'This is the best I can do for you.' One group of G.I.s, before running to safety through crossfire, propped up a wounded buddy in the middle of the road, where he could raise his hands to surrender. As they tore across a paddy field, they turned back to have a last look at their friend...
...Gibney cabled: "Lieut. Jim Little, driving in the lead jeep, suddenly found himself staring down the barrel of a 50-caliber, machine gun only 45 feet away. His panic-stricken Korean interpreter jumped out and the G.I. driver threw up his hands to surrender. Both were cut down by a merciless blast from the machine gun. A Red soldier then jumped into the road and drew a bead on Little with his rifle. Luckily, the weapon jammed. Little had time to duck into the shelter of a house by the roadside. Said he, later, 'I could see every inch...
Newsmen were also among the first U.S. casualties. Burton Crane of the New York Times and Frank Gibney of TIME* were riding in a jeep when a bridge they were about to cross was blown up. They were cut about the face and head...
...Gibney's report, see WAR IN ASIA...