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...perimeter, where he moved into position as a reserve unit. The next day the Communists overran the front lines. Johnson's battalion fought like veterans-and held. Later, near Tabu-dong, Johnson himself led a counterattack to regain a key sector, earning the nation's second highest award, the Distinguished Service Cross, for "extraordinary heroism in action." As Lieut. Colonel George Allen of Fairfax, Va., then one of his platoon leaders, recalls the battle: "The world was coming apart. Our company commander had been killed. There was heavy firing 100 yards away. Colonel Johnson said we could handle...
...Vikings two months ago), averaged 4.4 yds. every time he has carried the ball, caught 26 passes for an average gain of 15.6 yds., broken a National Football League rec ord for touchdowns by a rookie (14), and virtually sewed up the N.F.L.'s Rookie of the Year award. But he hasn't felt much excitement yet. "May be," he says hopefully,"the excitement will come later...
...Blakeslee award bears the name a former science editor of the Associated Press...
...American Heart Association's 1965 Howard W. Blakeslee Award was presented Wednesday to Dr. Francis D. Moore, Moseley Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. The award, which carries $500 honorarium, is given for distinguished reporting in the cardio-vascular field...
Dean Monro nominated PBH for the award last year...