SFC McLAUGHIN AND ENSEMBLE OF
ORPHANS
Stars and Stripes, 28 OCT. 54
SFC 'Taking' ROK Children's Choir
to U.S.
INCHON, Korea (IMP) - A soldier-student
minister here is taking the voices of a Korean children's choir
with him when he returns home for Christmas leave in Brooklyn, N.Y.
this month.
SFC Michael J. McLaughlin, First Sergeant of
the 866th Trans. Co. here at the 21st Trans.
Post., who has just re-enlisted for a three year tour of duty, is
going to preserve the voice of the children's choir at the Korean
Baptist Orphanage.
McLaughlin has purchased a recorder and taped
the choir's repertoire of songs, hymns and carols prior to a trip
to the States where they will perform by proxy.
The sergeant will make a tour of churches during
his leave and will use the children's recorded voices to raise funds
for the orphanage.
So before "Sergeant Mac" (as he is known to the
children at the orphanage) returns to his unit here next February,
many Brooklynites will have listened to the fervent clear voices
of a children's choir sing "Silent Night" and "Come All Ye Faithful."
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