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September 9, 1950
Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
Boston soldier Pfc. Dennis J. "Skippy" Sweeney, Jr., writes to his mother about a Negro GI truck driver who saved his life in Korea by carrying him through sniper fire and driving him to safety after a shrapnel ambush.
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White Soldier Tells How Negro Saves His Life
Bostonian Writes Mother About GI Who Saved Him
BOSTON, Sept. 4.—(ANP) "He was a very brave fellow."
Thus Pfc. Dennis J. "Skippy" Sweeney, Jr., of Boston, simply described in a letter to his mother of the Negro soldier who saved his life in Korea.
The tan hero was a truck driver who carried the wounded Sweeney 600 yards through vicious sniper fire and then drove him through enemy lines to a field hospital.
The following description of the rescue appeared in Sweeney's letter to his mother:
"Me and Stan (his buddy) were hit together by shrapnel just outside Taejon. I got two pieces in my back, two more in my arm, one piece in my rear and one in my leg. Stan got one in the arm and leg.
"I am pretty lucky. I never thought I would get out of that ambush alive. A colored fellow carried me 600 yards to a truck the night it happened. And I honestly think that if it wasn't for him I probably would be still lying there.
"Boy, that truck driver drove us right through their lines to freedom. He was a very brave fellow!"
Bostonian Writes Mother About GI Who Saved Him
BOSTON, Sept. 4.—(ANP) "He was a very brave fellow."
Thus Pfc. Dennis J. "Skippy" Sweeney, Jr., of Boston, simply described in a letter to his mother of the Negro soldier who saved his life in Korea.
The tan hero was a truck driver who carried the wounded Sweeney 600 yards through vicious sniper fire and then drove him through enemy lines to a field hospital.
The following description of the rescue appeared in Sweeney's letter to his mother:
"Me and Stan (his buddy) were hit together by shrapnel just outside Taejon. I got two pieces in my back, two more in my arm, one piece in my rear and one in my leg. Stan got one in the arm and leg.
"I am pretty lucky. I never thought I would get out of that ambush alive. A colored fellow carried me 600 yards to a truck the night it happened. And I honestly think that if it wasn't for him I probably would be still lying there.
"Boy, that truck driver drove us right through their lines to freedom. He was a very brave fellow!"
What sub-type of article is it?
Heroic Act
Military Action
Survival
What themes does it cover?
Bravery Heroism
Survival
What keywords are associated?
Korean War
Heroic Rescue
Wounded Soldier
Sniper Fire
Brave Truck Driver
What entities or persons were involved?
Dennis J. "Skippy" Sweeney, Jr.
Stan
Negro Soldier
Where did it happen?
Korea, Outside Taejon
Story Details
Key Persons
Dennis J. "Skippy" Sweeney, Jr.
Stan
Negro Soldier
Location
Korea, Outside Taejon
Story Details
Pfc. Dennis J. Sweeney, Jr., wounded by shrapnel in an ambush outside Taejon, was carried 600 yards through sniper fire by a Negro truck driver and then driven through enemy lines to a field hospital, saving his life.