Word: concussional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Time was when a small American who got vaccinated and looked both ways before crossing streets had a reasonable chance of outliving his boyhood. But a new complication to survival has been added. One recent treatise on the subject seriously inquired: "Can Junior fall instantly, face down, elbow out, forehead...
"In Angang, all was complete confusion. North Korean, South Korean and American troops were all mixed up, everyone firing in the darkness at everyone else. The fight to the south was filled with incredible feats of heroism; probably the greatest of which was performed by a platoon sergeant who was...
Seated in a wheelchair, with his right ankle in a cast, Vieira told his story: he was a weapons instructor in the U.S. military mission in Korea, had stayed on to fight the Communists. How had he been wounded? Explained the corporal quietly: "An artillery shell came over and the...
It was the fans' tribute to young Gordie Howe (22), brilliant wingman on Detroit's high-scoring "production line." He had suffered a severe concussion in the Stanley Cup playoff preliminaries with Toronto four weeks before, and had not been able to play in the final championship series...