Word: bertram
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lieut. Colonel William E. Bertram of Chicago was heating water on a gasoline burner-for a bath in the half-shell of a discarded belly tank. Bertram gave his story of last week's first big battle between the enemy's Russian-made MIG-15s and U.S. F-84 Thunderjets: "We were hitting a bridge halfway between Sinuiju and Sinanju. I saw a MIG on the tail of one of our guys and went to help and then four more MIGs went through me. I went up into the sun and skidded around and caught some more tracers...
...Alley." U.S. jet pilots have their own name for the northwestern corner of Korea, where the MIGs have been darting back & forth from their sanctuaries beyond the Yalu. The name: "MIG Alley." Two days after Bertram's victory, speeding up the alley to hit the Red airfield at Sinuiju, 33 U.S. F-84 Thunderjets fought a screaming series of dogfights with MIGs...
Combined teams of Bertram and Barnard Halls piled up a total of over 1600 lengths to claim first place in the Athletic Association-sponsored intramural swimming marathon at the Annex. Cabot and Briggs Halls finished second and third respectively...
Dignitaries at the game included Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, British Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks, Judge Harold R. Medina, and Bertram Russell...
High scorers for their teams were Mary Brandt, who shot both of Bertram's goals, and Ann Worthington, who flicked the ball past a firm back line for two of Cabot's four points...