Word: gasps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Last Gasp. In the south, Walker on Aug. 7 mounted the first sustained U.S. counterattack of the war, to drive the enemy back from his disquieting proximity to Pusan. General Craig's marines joined this "spoiling attack," but Walker pulled them out after they had helped to upset the enemy. He had to make shift with what troops were already at hand, shuttling them from one crisis to another. The next reserves due to arrive-the bulk of the 1st Marine Division from the U.S. and the 7th Infantry from Japan-were earmarked for Operation Chromite, the invasion...
Frank Leahy's Notre Dame eleven which escaped with a 14 to 7 last gasp victory over North Carolina Saturday, was in its customary first place spot in the first Associated Press weekly poll yesterday, but not by its usual overwhelming vote...
During the last few weeks various correspondents and military spokesmen have tabbed a half-dozen or so North Korean drives ... as the Reds' "last gasp," "final major push" ... It doesn't add up. The Reds have a lot of planes. They haven't used them . . . Why have they held...
...North Koreans who were described by General Walton Walker last week as making the "last gasp," still had some wind left. Despite the fact that they showed marked signs of hurt from incessant U.S. air attacks, the North Koreans last week managed to mount a heavy general attack all along the U.S. beachhead in Korea. It was an impressive and dangerous enemy effort, the fourth major Red try in one month to achieve a breakthrough (see below...
...seven miles. This week the Reds had fought to within 2^ miles of Pohang, and although the enemy pressure there was stronger than anywhere else on the front, no great alarm was registered. Said General Walker: "It is my belief that the over-extended enemy is making his last gasp...