Word: combatting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years of combat he was wounded many times, losing an eye and thereby earning the nickname of the "One-Eyed Dragon...
...North Korean invasion last summer found Major Hess in Japan as an information and education official. The pathetic South Korean air force, which had no combat planes, was given ten F51 Mustangs, but could not fly them properly. Dean Hess was rushed to Taegu to become "adviser" to the South Korean flyers. Actually he became their trainer, beloved leader, and most dogged and enthusiastic fighter. They called him "Mister United States...
World War II: Between 1941 and 1944, while some of his West Point classmates were winning general's stars, Colonel Van Fleet trained the 8th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Division; on Dday, one of the Army s older combat colonels he led his regiment to the landing on Utah Beach in Normandy. For Colonel Van Fleet, battle was the true test. Within seven months he was a major general, commander first of the 4th, then the 90th Divisions. He fought the 90th across the flooded Moselle against heavy German counterattacks. By March 1945, he was commander...
Qualifications: A rugged combat soldier and crack commander who has thrice been wounded, won three DSCs, three Silver Stars, three Bronze Stars, plus the general officer's uniform medal: the DSM. Showed ability in Greece at adapting himself to a Communist brand of guerrilla warfare that is not normally found in U S Army field manuals. No seasoned politician, no maker of phrases, but tactful and firm in dealings with foreign allies...
After words of praise and encouragement from Emperor Haile Selassie, a battalion of Ethiopian troops-1,153 officers and men-left Addis Ababa last week for combat service with the U.N. allies in Korea. Well trained in street and guerrilla fighting and hardened to mountain war, the Ethiopians, all volunteers, were equipped with British rifles and battle clothing. The Coptic Christian Church gave them permission to eat non-orthodox food (i.e., U.S. rations), and sent along a chaplain. From Addis Ababa they went to Djibouti in French Somaliland, boarded a U.S. ship there. It was reported last week that they...