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...system: one-half point for each year of age, another half point for each month of service, ten points for a dependent (but none for additional dependents). Points required for discharge: enlisted men 44, officers 49, enlisted women 29, women officers 35. About 307,000 became eligible for dis charge; 20,000 more could get out who had won certain awards (Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Legion of Merit, Silver Star, D.F.C...
...stalled, the Civil Aeronautics Board quietly held hearings on trans atlantic air routes, decided which airlines shall fly them, sent its recommendations to President Truman. He reportedly approved, but withheld an announcement, patiently waiting for the committee to make up its mind. Last week, Committee Chairman Josiah William Bailey, dis gusted with his poky legislators, said he would urge President Truman to wait no longer. CAB reportedly recommended...
Joachim von Ribbentrop hoped almost to the end "that he might be saved by dis sension between the Allies. It was the last of the many mistakes made by the worst foreign minister of modern times...
From Yaeju, the 383rd Infantry jumped off and took Yuza Peak. To the east, the 7th Division was battling for a summit 502 feet high when the enemy gave an assist. Jap artillery shelled Jap troops at the top. When the error was dis covered, and the fire lifted, the Japs on the peak were stunned and the 7th Division veterans were able to swarm all over them...
Koch had once said: "Whenever I meet anyone, I prepare the look I am going to give him. Seems silly, does it? You'd be surprised how big strong men shuffle in their shoes, look down and feel at a dis advantage by a timely steeling of my eyes. Then if my eyes softened, they softened too and out came their story...