Word: combating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...words. En route, the Hawaiians stopped off at Austin, Texas, and got a rousing reception from old friends in Texas' 36th Division. The reason: a "lost battalion" of the Texas 36th, when encircled by the enemy in France in 1944, was rescued by the U.S. 442nd regimental combat team, which was made up mostly of Hawaiian-born Japanese-Americans. At the time, none of the Texans made inquiries about the Hawaiians' ancestry...
...There is a disquieting similarity between one aspect of the procedures of the Communist Russians and of this committee," the statement continued. "While no one questions the sincerity of this committee in seeking to combat communism, I think some of its methods have been dangerously at fault...
...made available to General Eisenhower's NATO command . . ." He was referring to the Lisbon decision that "approximately 50 divisions" for Western defense would be in existence by the end of 1952. This figure is strictly a statistic. Of the 50 divisions, only about 25 will be combat-ready and in Europe. The others are mere skeletons of reserve divisions. They are not to be mobilized until war begins, and then many of them are expected to come from Britain...
Since Eisenhower now has 20 combat-ready and ten reserve divisions, the Lisbon agreement did provide for progress. But there will not be military security in Europe...
...coalition of Latin American, Middle Eastern and Asiatic countries teamed up on a second plan called the "Freedom of Information Convention." Small countries wanted a ban on stories which might injure their "national prestige and dignity." They wanted clauses saying the press should promote peace, combat war propaganda and work towards a solution of economic, social and humanitarian problems. The Communists chimed in and tried to push these provisions even further...