PITTSBURGH, July 24
(UP)-A 2 ½ year old Korean War orphan arrived here yesterday in the
arms of a tough sergeant who volunteered for an 8,000 mile babysitting
chore from Tokyo. Air Force Sgt. Saul Valphern, who said he never
had handled a baby before, handed Florence, to her foster mother,
Mrs. Guy Boyd, of Huntington, W. Va., at greater Pittsburgh airport.
Valphern's only complaint was that he "had to put
on another uniform" every time the little girl needed a diaper change.
Mrs. Boyd, 29, said her husband, a sergeant now
stationed in Tokyo, had been waiting for more than two years to adopt
the little girl. Mrs. Boyd, mother of an 11year old son, said her
husband adopted the little girl from her mother during the Korean
War.
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