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...bridgehead was established by the 329th Infantry on April 13 at Barby. The bridgehead made at Magdeburg by the 2nd Armored Division on April 12 was knocked back by German armor. The 329th bridgehead was severely counterattacked for three days but held firm, partly because we had rafted all our antitank guns across the Elbe...
...every month after that for the rest of the year. At present the Army has no plans to add any new divisions to its total of 14, instead will use many of its new troops to flesh out the three stateside divisions of the Strategic Army Force: the 2nd Armored, the 1st Infantry and the 2nd Infantry, all now used largely as training cadres. In addition, new troops will serve to beef up the Seventh Army's five divisions now in Europe. The Army will also put more muscle in the Seventh Army's punch-already explosive with...
Viet Nam (land of the south) has long been a magnet for conquerors. First came the Chinese, who drove south in the 2nd century B.C. to grab control for a thousand years, labeling the area Annam (pacified south), exacting tributes of pearls, precious stones, elephant tusks and valuable woods for the Emperor. Cleverly, the Annamese took the best China had to offer?the Chinese classics, the ethics of Confucius, and Mahayana Buddhism. But they fought fiercely and persistently to regain their independence...
Bomber Deterrent. Despite the surge in missiles, manned bombers will continue to play a major role in strategic deterrence. The bill will create the 14th wing of long-range, 650-m.p.h. B-525 and the 2nd wing of mediumrange, 1,300-m.p.h. B58 Hustlers. Kennedy wanted to drop production of both the B-52s and the B-58s in 1962. but the House added $448,840,000 to continue purchase of the bombers and to step up study of the highly controversial 2,000-m.p.h. B-70, which is now in mock-up form. In addition, the bill speeds...
...this film, to endure it, may well seem to men of conscience a social duty and a moral obligation. Surveying his work, Editor Leiser was reminded of Rabbi Akiba, who in the 2nd century was burned alive by the Roman tyranny. According to legend, the holy man was bound to his funeral pyre and then said quietly: "Even this is good. Even this has meaning...