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...Korea because they wanted to fight. PRIVATE STANLEY POPKO, of Bayonne, N J., for instance, was in Korea because he had wanted an education. His father was a night watchman for Standard Oil of New Jersey; there was never any money to spare in the family. After Stan graduated from Bayonne Technical High School last year, he looked around for a job that would permit him to go on to night school, finally decided to let Uncle Sam take care of his further education. First he tried the Navy, but it had a waiting list. "So I thought," says Popko...
...Hill 303 had either been killed or pushed back. Popko and his buddies managed to get off the hill with the help of a South Korean who led them through enemy lines. At dawn, they were ordered to retake the hill. A couple of times that morning, Stan Popko ran up & down that hill, chasing the enemy or being chased by him. Then he went up for the last time. "It seemed like I was all alone. There were supposed to be guys on both sides of me, but I couldn't see them. I spent...
...Stan Popko, hurting bad, started crawling. He figured he crawled almost a mile before he looked up and saw a tank coming down the road...
...taste in jazz bands had changed a bit, if only slightly: up into first place, nosing out last year's favorite, Woody Herman, went Progressive Jazzman Stan Kenton. For the second time in Down Beat, blind British Pianist George Shearing and his Quintet won the "best instrumental combo" title. For the ninth time, Spike Jones was elected "King of Corn." Runner-up: Guy Lombardo...
Dudley: Ben Akillian, rg, Bill Corey, lf, Bob Hoffman, lg, George Humphroy, o, Joe Sobel, rf. Substitutes: Bob Conte, Joe Hennessey, Herby Lewis, Jack McKenna, Stan Miller...