GEN. DEAN BELIEVED KILLED BY REDS AFTER BEING WOUNDED
(N.Z.P.A. —Reuter—Copyright.) (10.45 a.m.) TOKYO, August 22. Reliable reports indicated today that Major-General William Dean was killed by North Koreans after he was wounded and captured at Taejon.
General Dean, former commander of the United States 24th Division, had been listed as missing in action since July 21.
He was last seen directing a rearguard action before Taejon was abandoned and personally firing a bazooka. A former interpreter in the United States Army, who was captured by the North Koreans and recaptured by the Americans, said he was summoned to identify General Dean’s body. The North Koreans were mystified by General Dean’s two-star insignia as they doubted that an officer of that rank would be in action at such a perilous location.
The former interpreter said the the North Koreans took photographs of the body as he viewed it. He said he was positive of the identification. He insisted that General Dean’s killer had been captured by the Americans and now was a prisoner.
Reports by the survivors of the Taejon fighting and questioning of North Korean prisoners had been pieced together in what army intelligence officers believe to be a true account of General Dean’s fate.
The latest information was that he was shot through the side by a North Korean who then fatally stabbed the helpless general.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23339, 23 August 1950, Page 7
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228GEN. DEAN BELIEVED KILLED BY REDS AFTER BEING WOUNDED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23339, 23 August 1950, Page 7
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