On Fri, 28 Mar 1997 Updated 1 Feb 2002 Armond F. Stoneman Email address wrote: Last Name: Stoneman First Name: Armond F. Street: 15401 Watumba Road City: Austin State/Province: Tx Zip/Postal Code: 78737 Country: USA Telephone: 512-266-0159 Comments ... I was there the day it started.Flying a Mats C-54, we landed at Seoul. The Commies strafed the base and our aircraft was the first US airplane lost in the Korean War, Aircraft # 5521. We were only in support but we had at least three flights per day into Korea , at or near, the combat zone.We evacuated personnel and equipment out of Seoul in the early days . Pulled the Marines and Army out of Pyongyang, Hamhung, Hungnam and Teague at critical times. There is an outside chance that the 1273rd was on TDY to Tokyo from Hickham before the Seoul Invasion . It was my understanding at the time that our mission was to Ferry Personnel and supplies to Korea . June 25th we had ten passengers, mail and a "LOAD" of practice hand grenades .