Pfc. DeWitte Serves With Heavy Mortar Co. in Korea

DEWITTE

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 1/16/2014 at 08:58:56

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register
March 6, 1952

PFC. DEWITTE SERVES
WITH HEAVY MORTAR
COMPANY IN KOREA

WITH THE 3D INFANTRY DIV. IN KOREA--PFC Donald D. DeWitte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar DeWitte, Brooklyn is fighting in Korea with the heavy mortar company of the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.

The company's twelve 4.2-inch mortars, the largest in use in the army, fire high explosive, burning white phosphorus, and illuminating shells in close support of the regiment's infantry units.

Each of the mortars, served by a battle-toughened crew of eight men, can be fired accurately at the rate of 18 25-pound shells per minute.

DeWitte arrived in Korea in August, 1951, and holds the combat infantry badge.