Word: combatting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...person who was particularly interested in Dr. Crane's letter is Dick Gangel, 34, head of TIME'S circulation art department, which designed the Christmas card. Gangel still has some war memories of his own. He was a World War II P-38 fighter pilot, with combat credits of three German Messerschmitts and one Junkers shot down. Dr. Crane's letter arrived at a period when most people here were thinking of blue skies and summer vacations. But in Gangel's department, there was the annual off-season mood of jingle bells and Santa Claus. Reason...
...must show patience and good judgment . . . Every commander must stress the readiness for combat . . . There must be no thought of going home until permanent peace and stability have been restored in Korea . . . Every commander must study closely the terms of the armistice . . . Every man . . . must understand exactly what he can and cannot do under these terms. Every commander will be held responsible for the compliance of his troops...
...signing of an armistice will not be an occasion for celebration or boisterous conduct. While ... we may rejoice when combat casualties end, as determined soldiers we recognize that much remains to be done . . . The armistice is not a peace-it is only a pause in the fighting...
Colonel Michael McCoy, who commands the only combat-ready all-jet bomber wing in the U.S. Air Force, flew one of his sleek, swept-wing B-47s from the U.S. to Britain last April in a record 5 hr. 38 min. Last week, when his 306th Medium Bombardment Wing, battle-loaded with dummy atom bombs, set out for a 90-day tour in England, Colonel McCoy bent no throttles. Leading the first formation of 15 planes from Limestone, Maine to Fairford, Gloucestershire, the colonel took 5 hr. 53 min. to make the crossing...
...Protestant members of an engineer combat group are raising money for a Korean church and school, and the 45th Infantry Division built the first church in Chitose Japan...