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...solid overcast blew in from the ocean and completely covered the mountains. The minute that happened, I took and went up the mountain." "There He Goes." Meanwhile, intelligence of Captain Wilkins' plight flashed back to naval headquarters at Wonsan Harbor, and Navy Lieut, (j.g.) John Kelvin Koelsch, a 27-year-old helicopter pilot from Hudson, N.Y., volunteered to try a rescue. It was the sort of mission Koelsch liked: he had voluntarily passed up rotation home after a long tour of combat duty because he felt that his rescue work was urgently needed. In the gathering dusk Lieut. Koelsch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Chopper Pilot | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

...chopper was finishing its first search of the area, flying at about 50 feet. He was way out near the main road, and I figured, there he goes, because the ground fire was thicker than the overcast." A burst of ground fire rocked the helicopter, but Lieut. Koelsch managed to keep it under control. "I figured he would surely back out," said Wilkins. "Then, by the Lord, he made another turn back into the valley a second time. It was the greatest display of guts I've ever seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Chopper Pilot | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

...second pass Koelsch spotted Wilkins. "He dropped the sling and I got into it. The North Koreans had every damn gun they had firing. Frankly, it was so bad I would rather have taken my chances at staying on the ground . . ." When Wilkins was dangling about three feet off the ground, another blast of Communist fire struck the hovering whirlybird and it crashed to the ground. "The chopper's door opened, and I saw Jack Koelsch and George Neal hanging upside down in their belts. 'Are you O.K.?' I yelled at them. 'Never mind that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Chopper Pilot | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

Coach Tom Dent of Dartmouth has named the following lineup: Mottola, Teahan, r.h.b.; Orr, c.h.b.; Koelsch, g.; Saunders, r.f.b.; Rendall, l.f.b.; l.h.b.; Smith, r.o.; Deane, r.i.; Eckardt, c.f.; Earle, l.i.; Price...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON BOOTERS TO MEET INDIANS | 10/17/1941 | See Source »

Awarded. To Dr. Charles Frederick Koelsch, 27, of the University of Minnesota: the American Chemical Society's Langmuir Prize ($1,000); for studies in the field of organic chemistry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 10, 1934 | 9/10/1934 | See Source »

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