Stars and Stripes, 15
March 1951
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH AIR FORCE, KOREA-A small Korean
war orphan gets help from Lt. Col. Dean Hess of Marietta, Ohio, as he
climbs down from a plane after being presented with a package full of
toys from the United States. A plane load of toys, food and clothing
was recently flown to the more than 800 war orphans housed on the island
of Cheju-Do, 75 miles off Korea's south coast. The orphanage formerly
sponsored by the Fifth Air Force is now under control of the Republic
of Korea Air Force, but bundles from well wishers in the United States
continue to pour in for the orphans.
Col. Hess, senior USAF advisor with
the ROK Air Force, and Capt. George N. Metcalf of Sweeton, Illinois
(in plane) assisted in the bundle delivery to the war tots.
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