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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

UECEMBER -22, 1951

Vandoo With Knotnaigg Of Chinese Is Useful

WITH THE GANADIANS IN KOREA, Dec. 21-(CF)--War is so much more fun when you know the enemy's plans . . .

It's become almost sport-except that the stakes are "for keeps"-in that part. of the United Nations front manned by the 2nd Battal- ion Royal 22nd Regiment.

For the Vandoos, it turns out. were pretty well informed on what. the Chinese in their sector were out to do. how they were getting along-and on ways to frustrate them.

Source of the Vandoos' private information is Pie. Jacques Mor- in of Montreal and Malbale. Que. He understands Chinese.

Morin doesn't talk. He Just lis- tens.

Until Morin began listening in earnest at a Vant-loo forward posit- ion recently, the noises heard oc- casionally on the company's radio frequency were so much gibberish

As batman to Licut. Pierre Ar-l chambault of Montreal Morin nnel set when the

day was near the Chinese came close.

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"Let me hear that." he shouted. ”I can understand Chinese."

The words. he translated. were orders to attack the position ahead (presumably the Vandoos') at 11 o'clock that night. The informat- ion was passed back, spread throughout the 26th Canadian In- fantry Brigade, and developments were awaited with skepticism.

That night the enemy (ttacked the Vandoos in company strength, found them ready and was merc- cilessly cut up in artillery fire from -the 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.

Morin. listening on I radio set. heard the attack ordered off. That information had barely reached brigade headquarters before it was followed up by news that the Chin- ese had shot. up two green flares and one red one-the customary signal to fall back.

Got New Job

And that night a new factor exi- tcred into the Royal nods fight- lntm24-ycnr-old Morin got him- self a new job.

Although he had reported on en- listing that he spoke Chinese, and the fact was entered on his docu- ments. no one had done anything about it. .

He learned it in Montreal, where! he grew up with the children of Foon Lee. owner of the Nanking Grill. From the age of five. When he first began playing with the Lee children, he has spoken the lanizuaze.

He never used the language in civilian life. on graduation from the Marist F'athers' high school he became an investi,:ator with a Montreal private detective agency. He got the Wanderlust when the Korea force was raised in 1950 and intends io'return to detecting once his present hitch is finished-um less the army "offers me some- thing interesting."

He is fast becoming a legend in the battalion.

Typical of the work he is enab- ling the Vandoos in do is their' handling of a recent enemy thrust! which wound up with the loss of two Chinese mortars and ninetecnl known casualties.

Morin reported overbearing thel Chinese say their mortars ”now' were in position at (giving thej map referencei and ready to sup- port the patrol." Then he reported hearing the patt'ol's intentions.

Lt.-Col. Jacques (Jimmie) Dex- trazze -said. ”That gave us a good idea of where they were going and we made our own plans.” l

Make it Hot. For Chinese

When the enemy said they were; at a certain point and were send-l zng two men ahead to reconnoitret Dcxtraze ordered the Vandoosw rt1'.'l'Ml'S under Capt. Charles Forbes

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”Repeai," ordered Dextraze. Moro; mm-tar bombs. T

The Chinese: ':Don't send thci bearers, it's too hot here." i

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The Chinese: "The patrol leaderl lens just been bit. we would like; pa-mission to withdraw." 'I'.1ey gotl ii.

The same night Moran learned the patrol had been reformed anl was being sent out again. It was making for a known Vandoo out-l post. i

Dextrazc allowed it to get part uay toward the post then ordered mnrtnr fire. when the Chinese told their headquarters bombs had just gone overhead he again low- ered the range and landed his

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Phalanx - Phllt

Santa Claus has been kept very busy at the Y. M. C. A. Just lately. His appearance at the Phalanx-Phlnt Banquet was the highlight of the evening. Turkey and fixings by candle light is not a new idea but is a,very pleasant one. Harold Dobson ably took the chair for the evening and band- led the proceedings like a veter- an. When we managed to drag ourselves from the table the rest of the evening was spent dancing and singing. The whole affair was voted most enjoyable and it was felt that these joint session: should be held more otfen.

Junior Hi-Y

Junior Hi-Y members are now walking around secure in the knowledge that they are really Junior Hi-Y members and can wear the Junior Hi-Y pins and crests. On Monday evening a very impressive induction cere- mony wns conducted by the Delta Hi-Y girls under the chairmanship of Miss Barbara Rupert. The girls had invited their mothers to wit- ness their induction and the in- siallation of the new officers of the club. During the banquet which was served prior to the in- diiciion Mnrglc Jnrdine proposed a Imtst to the mothers and Mrs.

once again through the Banquet Room. loys' Junior Ill-Y

The BoyI' Junior Hi-Y held their last meeting before Christ- mu Tuesday, December 18. The meeting was in the form of I period in the gymnasium" where the boys were Instructed in has- ketball by John MacDougall. Nine Hi-Y boys were present and had a hectic hour session. The next Hi-Y meeting will be January 8, 1952 at 7:00 p.m. Mr. George Anderson has consented to act as Mentor of Char1ottetown's first Boya' Junior Hi-Y Club.

Pltlata

The Alpha Chapter of Phiata held A shower banqeut for two or their members who are being married in the near future. After an excellent meal Christmas carols were sung and Bub and Shirley were presented with Kenwood blankets. A short business meet- ing was held and plans for carol singing the following Thursday were made. After the carol sing- ing the club is invited to an in- formal Christmas get-together at the home of Mrs. Myron Bell.

The Beta Phiat girls spent their- meeting making table decorations for the Phalanx-Phlnt banquet the following night. Plans were discussed for the contents of their Christmas box for a needy family which will be packed at the next

particularly dsy. Changed plans and commit.- men domestic and sentimental activi- considcratlon. U The affairs of the home and espe- cially the obildren are an impell- ing force, while in spiritual or acn- timental efforts. there peculiar Plans. ideals, may b complicated. Keep alanoed, log- al.

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bombs among them, There were casualties, but no number given. I The patrol carried on. Dextraze ordered the two men in ,lhe out-i post to pull out. i when 16 Chinese assaulted that empty outpost minutes later Dex-, tmze brought Forbest mortars down in a hailstorm of bombs The ertenty reported six casualties and were ordered: ”Get ottt as quickl,v1 as you can." ; Said Dexlraze: "We fiddled with tire mortars on likely routes back to the original map reference given and then just as they were about due there we plastered it Right more were reported wounded' tl:t-re. as well as two mortars." l Having k.o.'d two mortars and iii, known Chinese, and had a zestful time doing it. the Vandoos then reoccupied the outpost. , Another attack was so broken uoj hr Forbcs' mortars. thanks to Morin, that the Chinese reporteni ':o many casualties lost. and two! machine guns. that we are too! weak to go on." Such was the Vandoos' advant- age that. apart from the patrol, that assaulted the outpost. thei Chinese whom Dextraze had been, sniping at so successfully with the; mortars had rarely been seen Onlvs their weapona' fire and their flares and the coincidence of their "in-, formation" with other forces regu-5 larly pieced together to form a: solid picture. I For Morin. however. it was a 24-? hour-day job. He was on call at the frqntiine dug-out all the time. Although other fellows manned the set when he was sleeping, Morin was called whenever the enemv spoke.

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