Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Iran. The Russians had done so, said the President, because the U.S. still had the wartime muscle to back up its demand. A little later, Yugoslavia decided to take Trieste. The President had sent for General Eisenhower and General Marshall and the Navy; he had ordered the Mediterranean fleet into the Adriatic, and three divisions moved into Northern Italy. There was no march on Trieste...
While waging a successful war against the Communist guerrillas in Greece in 1948, General James Alward Van Fleet also found time to win the friendship of the Greek people. Last week, one year after he had taken over the Korean command from General Ridgway, it was evident that the Korean people have taken to Van Fleet's simple friendliness-and military bluntness-as eagerly as did the Greeks. On the anniversary, some 40,000 drizzle-soaked Koreans lined Seoul's shell-cratered streets, waving flags and shouting "Long live Van Fleet!" as the general passed...
Later, Van Fleet visited Greek soldiers celebrating their Easter on-the front, joined in the old Greek Easter custom of cracking eggs. Van Fleet's egg outlasted all others, which means good fortune...
...report that his son was missing in action (TIME, April 14) had hit Van Fleet hard. But at 60, the general shows only a few more grey hairs and wrinkles than he did a year ago. Said one staff officer: "The old boy is still a tough old bird...
Irvin's performances in the Negro National League back up his modest boast. But not until Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line did fleet-footed Monte Irvin get his chance. By that time...