Cruise info needed VMA-322

On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 
Douglas County Museum Email address wrote:

Hello from Lynnita in Illinois.  Gerald Dickey is sitting in my
office this morning.  He served on the Point Cruz from August
1953-November 1953 and then was landbased at K-6 near Inchon
until July 1954.  He is trying to find anyone who served with
him at this time.

He is also trying to find detailed information about the Point
Cruz CVE-119.  The Point Cruz was a World War II vessel which
was stationed in the Yellow Sea during the time Indian troops
served as security for the exchange of prisoners at the end of
the war.  Sigmund Rhee refused to allow Indian troops to land on
South Korean soil, so the Point Cruz served as a base for
helicopters carrying the Indians to the DMZ.   

If anyone served with Gerald, he would like to hear from them. 
His address is 1404 Mayfair, Champaign, IL 61821.  By the way,
his brother, Guy Edward Dickey, served in the Air Force in Korea
at K-8.  He was a pilot of an F-84.

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Crew member

On Sat, 4 Apr 1998 
"J. W. Montgomery"Email address wrote:

663 Club Oak Dr
Fort Worth, TX 76114

phone: 817-732-3567

USS Point Cruz CVE 119

datein: Dec 1950 dateout: July 1954

It was from her flight deck that the Gurka troops were flown in to the 
DMZ to handle the exchange of prioners.  I believe it was because India 
had not supplied any troops to take part in the war itself, South 
Koreas' president would not permit them to set foot on S-K soil.

They were brought into Inchon harbor aboard British troop ships, ferried
over to the Point Cruz and flown via helicopters into the DMZ.