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...both armies. From Hwanggan to Yongdok on the east coast, MacArthur's headquarters estimated that 90,000 North Koreans had been poured in against the Americans and South Koreans. Major General Hobart R. Gay, dashing commander of the ist Cavalry, paraphrased World War I's Marshal Ferdinand Foch. Said Gay: "Foch said that there comes a time in every battie when both commanders think they are losing. Then the one who attacks, wins. I shall attack."* General Gay did attack. An artillery barrage of white phosphorus shells caused an estimated 1,600 to 2,000 enemy casualties. Heavy...
...General Gay was probably thinking of Foch's legendary message to Joffre during the first Battle of the Marne (September 1914), of which one version is this: "My right is exposed, my left is heavily attacked, my center is unable to hold its position. I cannot redistribute my forces. The situation is excellent. I shall attack...
...hood of a Doctor of Laws. It was the first time in the school's 132-year history that a faculty member had been thus honored, the ninth time in a half century that St. Louis University had granted an honorary degree to anyone. (Among previous recipients: Marshal Foch, Belgium's Cardinal Mercier, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, now Pius XII.) "He has been more than a teacher," read the citation. "He has been a symbol...
...happy puttering about among his orchids and potted petunias until the government sends him off on a mission. His job: to ferret out the where and how of a counterfeit operation so gigantic that it threatens the national economy. Practically overnight, Raft latches on to the right blonde (Nina Foch), who leads him to the right tropical island, where he meets the Master Mind (George Macready), an underworld exquisite with a passion for fine music and archery. Macready, even with his handsome quiver of arrows, is no match for Raft...
This week, the Big Four Foreign Ministers walked into the red marble "grand salon" of the Palais Rose, on Paris' majestic Avenue Foch. Russia's Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky came in side by side with Britain's Ernie Bevin. Vishinsky laid his papers down on the huge green conference table, then quickly walked up to U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, shook his hand. "I am glad to see you again," said Vishinsky. It was noted that the Russian grinned amiably...