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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Col. Yehudah Nizan and Lt. Col. Israel Meidan of the Israeli army said yesterday that Israel's invasion of Egypt was a self-defensive measure, prompted by Egyptian military buildup and commando activity against Israel...
...Col. Nizan felt that Egyptian fedayeen raids, more than anything else, brought about the Mideast uprising. These commandos, he said, exist for the sole purpose of murdering Israeli civilians. "Such a thing," he stated, cannot be long endured...
Both officers expressed hope that the present situation would convince Nasser that Israel cannot be tampered with. They hoped that peace would be the final resultant of the action, and that Israel would gain the right to use the Suez Canal. Col Nizan pointed out that Israel has no deep hatred of the Arabs, and that the two peoples can and must learn to live peacefully together...
...Force unit, which jumped from 33 in 1955 to 65 this year, received 75 affirmative replies. Additional applications brought the total to 112, 65 of whom were chosen after interviews. Col Waldo B. Jones, professor of Air Science, credits increased interest in the program to the questionnaire; an article by Col. Trevor N. Dupuy, professor of Military Science and Tactics until last year, enclosed with the questionnaire and a color film about the College AFROTC unit shown at several prep schools last spring...
...Col. DeVere P. Armstrong, new professor of Military Science and Tactics, announced yesterday a gain in initial enrollment in the Army detachment of 22, from 68 to approximately 90 students. Except during the Korean War, this is the highest enrollment the unit has received since World...