SOMERSET MAN'S EYE SPOTS REDS; 12 TRUCKS GONE
Seoul, Dec 18-(AP)-White cloth covers failed to camouflage a dozen Communist trucks in North Korea from two sharp-eyed reconnaisance pilots of the Fifth air force.
The fliers followed tire trucks in the fresh snow until they spotted the vehicle hideout. The two pilots were Lt Selden B. Hickenlooper, Blockton, Iowa and Lt Joseph W. Wagner, Somerset, Pa.
"When the fighter bombers arrived," Hickenlooper said, "Wagner marked the position with tracers. I was flying top cover. When the bombs smashed the target, they left nothing but big black holes in the snow, topped by clouds of smoke."
LT. WAGNER'S PARENTS RESIDE IN CENTRAL CITY
First Lieutenant Wagner is married to the former Janie Walters of Somerset, now residing at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters, of 318 Park Avenue.
Lieutenant Wagner is a veteran of World War II, having served 3 years in the U. S. army airforce. He joined the air force soon after graduating from Shade township high school in 1943. After his discharge,, he remained in the air force reserve and entered the University of Pittsburgh to take up the study of business administration. He received his B.A. degree in 1949 and went to work in his father's grocery store in Central City. He was called back in the service, Nov. 4, 1950, one week after his marriage. His wife accompanied him to Georgia, where he was stationed at Lawson air force base until April of 1951.
From there, he was ordered to Lowry air force base, Denver, Colo., where he spent three months in army intelligence school. He then returned to Georgia, and remained there until he was ordered overseas. He left for Korea June 9, 1952. He has been engaged in intelligence work there, according to his wife and parents, who say they hear from him regularly. His mother and father are Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Wagner, of Central City. They were not aware their son was doing any flying in Korea.
Lieutenant Wagner has one child, 11-month-old Penny Wagner.
Published in: Somerset Daily American (Somerset, PA)
19 Dec 1952 Fri, pages 1 and 8
Seoul, Dec 18-(AP)-White cloth covers failed to camouflage a dozen Communist trucks in North Korea from two sharp-eyed reconnaisance pilots of the Fifth air force.
The fliers followed tire trucks in the fresh snow until they spotted the vehicle hideout. The two pilots were Lt Selden B. Hickenlooper, Blockton, Iowa and Lt Joseph W. Wagner, Somerset, Pa.
"When the fighter bombers arrived," Hickenlooper said, "Wagner marked the position with tracers. I was flying top cover. When the bombs smashed the target, they left nothing but big black holes in the snow, topped by clouds of smoke."
LT. WAGNER'S PARENTS RESIDE IN CENTRAL CITY
First Lieutenant Wagner is married to the former Janie Walters of Somerset, now residing at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters, of 318 Park Avenue.
Lieutenant Wagner is a veteran of World War II, having served 3 years in the U. S. army airforce. He joined the air force soon after graduating from Shade township high school in 1943. After his discharge,, he remained in the air force reserve and entered the University of Pittsburgh to take up the study of business administration. He received his B.A. degree in 1949 and went to work in his father's grocery store in Central City. He was called back in the service, Nov. 4, 1950, one week after his marriage. His wife accompanied him to Georgia, where he was stationed at Lawson air force base until April of 1951.
From there, he was ordered to Lowry air force base, Denver, Colo., where he spent three months in army intelligence school. He then returned to Georgia, and remained there until he was ordered overseas. He left for Korea June 9, 1952. He has been engaged in intelligence work there, according to his wife and parents, who say they hear from him regularly. His mother and father are Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Wagner, of Central City. They were not aware their son was doing any flying in Korea.
Lieutenant Wagner has one child, 11-month-old Penny Wagner.
Published in: Somerset Daily American (Somerset, PA)
19 Dec 1952 Fri, pages 1 and 8
SOMERSET MAN'S EYE SPOTS REDS; 12 TRUCKS GONE
Seoul, Dec 18-(AP)-White cloth covers failed to camouflage a dozen Communist trucks in North Korea from two sharp-eyed reconnaisance pilots of the Fifth air force.
The fliers followed tire trucks in the fresh snow until they spotted the vehicle hideout. The two pilots were Lt Selden B. Hickenlooper, Blockton, Iowa and Lt Joseph W. Wagner, Somerset, Pa.
"When the fighter bombers arrived," Hickenlooper said, "Wagner marked the position with tracers. I was flying top cover. When the bombs smashed the target, they left nothing but big black holes in the snow, topped by clouds of smoke."
LT. WAGNER'S PARENTS RESIDE IN CENTRAL CITY
First Lieutenant Wagner is married to the former Janie Walters of Somerset, now residing at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters, of 318 Park Avenue.
Lieutenant Wagner is a veteran of World War II, having served 3 years in the U. S. army airforce. He joined the air force soon after graduating from Shade township high school in 1943. After his discharge,, he remained in the air force reserve and entered the University of Pittsburgh to take up the study of business administration. He received his B.A. degree in 1949 and went to work in his father's grocery store in Central City. He was called back in the service, Nov. 4, 1950, one week after his marriage. His wife accompanied him to Georgia, where he was stationed at Lawson air force base until April of 1951.
From there, he was ordered to Lowry air force base, Denver, Colo., where he spent three months in army intelligence school. He then returned to Georgia, and remained there until he was ordered overseas. He left for Korea June 9, 1952. He has been engaged in intelligence work there, according to his wife and parents, who say they hear from him regularly. His mother and father are Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Wagner, of Central City. They were not aware their son was doing any flying in Korea.
Lieutenant Wagner has one child, 11-month-old Penny Wagner.
Published in: Somerset Daily American (Somerset, PA)
19 Dec 1952 Fri, pages 1 and 8
Seoul, Dec 18-(AP)-White cloth covers failed to camouflage a dozen Communist trucks in North Korea from two sharp-eyed reconnaisance pilots of the Fifth air force.
The fliers followed tire trucks in the fresh snow until they spotted the vehicle hideout. The two pilots were Lt Selden B. Hickenlooper, Blockton, Iowa and Lt Joseph W. Wagner, Somerset, Pa.
"When the fighter bombers arrived," Hickenlooper said, "Wagner marked the position with tracers. I was flying top cover. When the bombs smashed the target, they left nothing but big black holes in the snow, topped by clouds of smoke."
LT. WAGNER'S PARENTS RESIDE IN CENTRAL CITY
First Lieutenant Wagner is married to the former Janie Walters of Somerset, now residing at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters, of 318 Park Avenue.
Lieutenant Wagner is a veteran of World War II, having served 3 years in the U. S. army airforce. He joined the air force soon after graduating from Shade township high school in 1943. After his discharge,, he remained in the air force reserve and entered the University of Pittsburgh to take up the study of business administration. He received his B.A. degree in 1949 and went to work in his father's grocery store in Central City. He was called back in the service, Nov. 4, 1950, one week after his marriage. His wife accompanied him to Georgia, where he was stationed at Lawson air force base until April of 1951.
From there, he was ordered to Lowry air force base, Denver, Colo., where he spent three months in army intelligence school. He then returned to Georgia, and remained there until he was ordered overseas. He left for Korea June 9, 1952. He has been engaged in intelligence work there, according to his wife and parents, who say they hear from him regularly. His mother and father are Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Wagner, of Central City. They were not aware their son was doing any flying in Korea.
Lieutenant Wagner has one child, 11-month-old Penny Wagner.
Published in: Somerset Daily American (Somerset, PA)
19 Dec 1952 Fri, pages 1 and 8
