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...drew away from the field. He won by a breezing four lengths, thanks, in part, to a break in the weights which made Citation carry only 120 Ibs. while third-place Be Fleet toted 122. It was like the old days. But this victory, Big Cy's 32nd in 45 starts, was something special. It brought Citation's total earnings for Calumet Farm to $1,085,760,* made him the first million-dollar horse...
Andong is a town (normal pop. 40,000) on the upper Naktong River in southeastern Korea. Last March, when Colonel Fremont S. ("Tom") Tandy, 50, and his 32nd Engineer Construction Group arrived in Andong, they found the place more than half destroyed. The townspeople were most concerned with the bombed- out ruin of the Bridge of the Rising Buddha. It was Andong's major link with the coast of the Sea of Japan, some 60 road miles away. With the bridge out, Andong and several million inhabitants of North Kyongsang Province were having great trouble getting their food...
Brigadier General Joseph S. Bradley, 50, commander of 25th Division: West Point, 1918; stationed in Philippines and China in 1920's and 1930's; chief of staff, 32nd Division, commander 126th Infantry Regiment in New Guinea, World War II; postwar service in the Pacific and at Fort Benning, Ga.; went to Korea as assistant commander of 25th Division...
...Basketball" Holman, in his 32nd year an court coach of City College of New York, has never tired of the nomadic life force on him by his profession. The sharply-dressed, tight-lipped businessman coach still like the long travelling of the on-season, likes the riotous welcomes given him by City college alumni in all parts of the country--and likes to talk about it. "Even out on the west coast on our last trip." he says with a slow chuckle, "the C.C.N.Y. grads really came out of hiding...
Writes Eichelberger in Our Jungle Road to Tokyo: "When I went to the front on December 2 I couldn't find a front." It didn't take him long to establish one, or to fire the 32nd's commanding general. Eichelberger bucked up morale by getting into the front lines where his riflemen could see him. Officers were shot down at his side (three of his brigadiers were wounded), but he was never hit, even escaped malaria. He lost 30 pounds in 30 days, but on Jan. 3, 1943 the troops had Buna. It was the first...