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A Korean general named Kang Moon Bang had an unexpected guest last week during a briefing session at ROK army HQ in Taegu: the top U.S. soldier in Korea, General Maxwell Taylor. As Kang Moon Bang talked on, a window at one side of the room slid open, and another...
The newcomer waved a .45 service automatic and aimed it ominously at General Taylor, commander of all U.S. ground forces in the Far East. For a stupefied moment, nothing happened. Then a husky Korean general grabbed the uninvited guest in a hammer lock, while another Korean punched him in the...
Envelopes & Doodles. The formal discussions were held in the State Department's Map Room, where the Premier sat with a pile of red envelopes, containing briefing notes, in front of him on the table. Dulles sat opposite, with only a clean scratchpad at his place. Throughout the discussions Mend...
In Washington last week, Mediator McCoy was clearing the decks for what promises to be one of the toughest battles in years: the C.I.O.'s push for a guaranteed annual wage from the auto industry. Though negotiations will not start until spring, McCoy is already briefing three top FMCS...
"Free chase over southeast England," read the Luftwaffe's daily briefing order after France fell in 1940. Three times daily the German fighters scrambled after the British Hurricanes. Says Galland: "We simply went straight for them, with wide-open throttle and eyes bulging out of our sockets."