Word: bunkerism
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Speaking earlier in the forum, Colonel Lawrence Bunker, former Chief Aide de Campe of General MacArthur, called for a powerful drive to the Yalu River by American troops unless the Communists show signs of agreeing to peace terms in Korea. "We must get tough again," Bunker said. He feels that "Russia will then sell Red China down the river...
...will discuss with Colonel Lawrence Bunker, Chief Aide de Camp of General MacArthur, and John K. Fairbank, professor of History and author of "United States and China," the problem of Red China and its admittance to the United Nations...
Tsiang will talk on "Communists but not Chinese." Bunker's speech will concern the United States' policy towards Red China...
...three hours later, a suspicious Communist soldier tossed a grenade into the Americans' bunker. Skinner, according to the official citation, "threw himself on the deadly missile in an effort to protect the others, absorbing the full force of the explosion and sacrificing his life for his comrades...
Twice-wounded during the course of a heavy enemy attack, Skinner, an artillery observer, refused medical aid until others in his group were attended. Twice he left the protection of his bunker to direct American machine-gun fire and to pick up fresh ammunition supplies...