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...chanting in strange and mournful chorus. Outposted on Pork Chop Hill, the handful of Americans and South Koreans listened, then finished their chow of steak and ice cream, and listened again. "What does it mean?" asked Pork Chop's commander, Lieut. Thomas V. Harrold (Easy Company, 31st Infantry). "They're prayer-singing," the interpreter said. "They're getting ready to die." Harrold felt uneasy. "Maybe we ought to be singing...
...came from behind to beat Syracuse 14-7. Southern Methodist, upset victor over Notre Dame, threw a scare into favored Georgia Tech, but lost 9-7. Two favorites won according to form: Michigan, 42-13, over penalty-plagued U.C.L.A., and Oklahoma, which smothered North Carolina 36-0 for its 31st straight victory...
...Ledo Railway, invasion highways. There the 4th Battalion of the Royal West Kents, Colonel John Laverty commanding, took position on April Fool's Day, 1944. They had four days to dig in. There were 500 of them, and for the next 16 days they held off the 31st Japanese Division, totaling some...
...Kentucky Derby next week at Churchill Downs, where highly favored Needles and Career Boy are already working out. ¶ While World Champion Shotputter Parry O'Brien outtossed Newcomer Bill Nieder (60 ft. 2⅛ in. v. 59 ft. 7⅛ in.) in the feature event at the 31st annual Kansas Relays, a University of Texas team whirled to a new world record in the 440-yard relay. George Schneider, Jerry Prewit, Bobby Whilden and Frank Daugherty ran the quarter-mile in 40.1, a tenth of a second under the world mark set last May. ¶ Understroking Pennsylvania...
Over New Year's weekend the Crimson skiers placed sixth out of eight teams in the pre-season Intercollegiate Meet at Lyndonville, Vt. Pete Churchill took eighth in the jumping with a 105.8-foot average. Hanson Robbins placed 15th, Joe Poindexter and Curt Beebe placed 31st and 32nd respectively...