Pacific Stars and Stripes,
TOKYO (FEAF Base)-A Korean orphanage may soon
be able to support itself without U.S.aid, thanks to a drive launched
Friday by Tokyo airmen.
FEAF Base personnel are raising
$5,000 to build a public bath house near the 117-child Myong Jim
Orphanage in Seoul. The proceeds from the facility will be used
as a continual source of income for the orphanage.
According to Lt. Col. R. F. Perkins, FEAF Base
commander, the drive will have two phases. Clothes, food, shoes
and toys are being collected to be distributed to the youngsters
at Christmas Eve party. The second phase is the drive for money
for the year-round Christmas gift of a steady income.
A fund-raising drive among Hq.,, FEAF Base
and Tokyo personnel will use a special poster using a photo of
Kwon Kang Nam, an orphan whose parents were killed during the
war.
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