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Herbert, who as an enlisted man was the most decorated U.S. soldier in the Korean War, won a Silver Star, three Bronze Stars and an Army Commendation medal during his ten-month tour in Viet Nam. When he reported one torture, he says, "Colonel Franklin suggested that if I was...
The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, 51, Notre Dame's president, will become new chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. Since Hesburgh is a strong supporter of equal rights, the appointment may possibly assuage Nixon's less militant black critics. A member of the commission since 1957, Hesburgh has...
The letter began by expressing the Corporation's approval of the Faculty's apparent interest in academic matters. This odd commendation was not quite so superfluous as it first appeared, because, as the next few sentences made clear, the Corporation had decided to interpret the Faculty's vote on ROTC...
Now comes British Naval Historian Christopher Lloyd to testify in the captain's defense. Bligh, he said on the 150th anniversary of the captain's death, possessed "resolution, courage, professional skill and a high standard of moral rectitude." Not only did Bligh pull off quite a feat by...
Sergeant Swith was born twenty years ago in Eugene, Oregon. Throughout high school, he was an erratic student, played lead in several plays and helped write a new student body constitution. He earned a National Merit letter of commendation in his senior year and scored 1300 on the college board...