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...first disorganized days of the Korean war, the Marines were ready again, and it was Lem Shepherd who bore the brunt of getting them into the hard-pressed Pusan perimeter. The decision to take Inchon from the sea was General Douglas MacArthur's; the men who did the detailed planning were a little group of Marine officers, and the first troops ashore were from the First Marine Division, with Lem Shepherd landing in the fifth assault wave. When Chinese hordes threatened to engulf the Marines below the Yalu River, Shepherd flew to the Changjin Reservoir by helicopter...
...statement was released after the Bishops' annual meeting in Washington, and although they expressed a general concern over the rise of secularism in America, the brunt of their blast seemed directed at Conant's speech to the American Association of School Administrators in Boston last April...
...scarred and blood-soaked central front last week, the tirelessly burrowing Chinese Reds eluded the full brunt of U.N. artillery and air by shrewd use of caves, tunnels, deep approach trenches. They attacked mostly at night, when U.N. close-support planes were on the ground. Flares, star shells, tracers and the full moon gave some light, but not enough for the day-loving U.N. The Chinese used mortar smokeshells to hide their movements by day. On attack, they advanced recklessly through their own or U.N. artillery fire, and when Communist and U.N. units were closely engaged, the Chinese put their...
Eisenhower promised other means toward "a just peace": i) a step-up in training and arming South Koreans, so they can bear the chief brunt of their defense, with U.N. forces in reserve; 2) a sharpening of psychological warfare "into a weapon capable of cracking the Communist front"; 3) no appeasement-"in the words of the late Senator Vandenberg, appeasement ... is only surrender on the installment plan...
...Though Bolivia and other tin producers protested vehemently, the U.S. has since been able to buy tin for $1.18 a Ib., a price it considers fair. Last week, in a special report, the Senate Preparedness ("Watchdog") subcommittee roundly commended Symington because he "bore the brunt of the battle" against the tin producers. The committee said the thrifty tin-buying policies of the RFC had saved the U.S. $500 million. It also recommended a careful study of "the history of the tin negotiations ... as a guide" to other government agencies who buy raw materials overseas...