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...foxholes dotting the perimeter guarding the Army's 25th Division near Masan, Korea last August, a thin, hollow-eyed G.I. sat intently watching the dark no man's land ahead. He was Pfc. William Thompson of M Company. His buddies in the 25th's all-Negro 24th Regiment knew him as a professional type-always quiet, never talkative about his past. There wasn't much Private Thompson wanted to tell. Born out of wedlock, he had been brought up by his grandmother in New York City tenements, had finally run away and been taken into...
...Korea, the Communists stood last week and fought ably, stubbornly. Well-executed Chinese counterattacks frequently stopped allied spearheads and turned them back. At some points, U.N. and Red infantrymen lobbed grenades at each other from strongpoints several yards apart. A Negro squad leader of the 25th Division's 24th Regiment, asked by telephone if he was in close contact with the enemy, answered: "Close contact, sir? We're eyeball to eyeball...
...been a part-time soldier in the National Guard since 1917. He has also, like many National Guard generals, been active in his home state's politics; he served four terms in the state legislature. A veteran of World War I and a brigadier general with the 24th Infantry Division in World War II, he had an excellent combat record, won four Silver Stars for gallantry in action. In 1946, after demobilization, he was made commander of the 43rd when it was returned to National Guard status. A few months later, regarded as a top National Guard officer...
...precaution was not necessary; the Reds in the hills were taking too cruel a beating from artillery and planes to make any serious trouble. Disheartened Chinese began surrendering in the largest numbers since the war started. On the western front, Negro doughboys of the 25th Division's 24th Regiment overtook a score of Chinese who threw down their weapons and ran. The Americans disdained shooting the unarmed, fleeing men, brought them down with football tackles...
...when he lost the 24th hole with his second consecutive 6 (leaving Coe only 1 down), steady Dick Chapman blew up, seemed on the point of blowing the match. He hurled his cigarette to the ground, petulantly kicked the turf and bawled out his caddy. After the fit of temper his wife took him aside and gave him a stern lecture. "What are you," she demanded, "a man or a mouse...