Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...line by pushing the enemy back out of reach of the railroad which runs down from Kumhwa through Chorwon and Yonchon to Seoul. What had seemed at first to be an all-out offensive had turned out to be a limited tactical offensive. "Splendid," said tough-talking General Van Fleet. "We have broken up their potential so they cannot surprise...
Doubtless with the 23rd Regiment's casualties at Heartbreak Ridge in mind, General Van Fleet issued a long statement explaining-and justifying the cost of-his summer campaign of attacks while peace talks were under way. Since May 25, in what he called "the dimout war," the enemy had lost 188,000 men, he said. The summer battles had served to weaken the enemy, to improve the U.N.'s military posture, to school and season replacements, and above all, to ward off inertia...
Shoestrings & Stagnation. "It was imperative," Van Fleet said, "to forestall the dreaded softening process of stagnation. A 'sit down' army is subject to collapse at the first sign of an enemy effort. An army that stops to tie its shoestrings seldom regains the,initiative. I couldn't allow my forces to become soft and dormant. I couldn't let them slip into a condition that eventually would cause horrendous casualties. So the Eighth Army kept needling the enemy with limited objective attacks...
...Fleet said he was now launching his autumn offensive, and added: "Whether this effort will be limited or otherwise, I am not at liberty...
Cord, shorn of power but not of wealth, dropped out of the public eye, quietly began to pyramid his millions in Los Angeles real estate. He is still one of Wall Street's biggest speculators, has a Beverly Hills mansion, three Nevada ranches, a fleet of 20 cars (mostly Cadillacs) and two planes which he usually flies himself. Last week, at 56, Cord was back in the news with an incredible scheme to get control of some of the richest submerged oil wells off Louisiana and California. "Back in the old days," says Cord, "they called some...