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Colonel Adams commands the U.S. 2nd Division's 23rd Regiment, which was finally identified last week, by permission of Eighth Army censors, as the outfit spearheading the fight for Heartbreak Ridge. This strategic, four-mile-long mountain north of Yanggu (see map) overlooks an important North Korean supply and assembly base to the north. The ridge, said the 2nd Division's commander, was "like a dagger pointing to their heart." The Eighth Army wanted it desperately- and the Reds were just as desperately determined to prevent its capture by U.N. forces...
...east-central front, north of Yanggu, allied units captured a ridge with a fine view into enemy territory, but were driven off it again by fiercely counterattacking North Koreans. Among U.N. forces it was known last week as "Heartbreak Ridge." Attacking again later, a U.S. battalion lost two-thirds of its strength (about 650 men); only three men reached the top. Soon, the Reds had the ridge again. This week U.S. forces once more attacked. On the eastern front, U.S. Marines pulled off military history's first airborne operation by helicopters. It was necessary to post a battle-ready...
...Couldst thou have written Heartbreak House?"), Shav concludes...
...multifaceted wit of the late George Bernard Shaw often did more to conceal than reveal his deep convictions. But last week a paragraph from his will made it clear where the author of Saint Joan, Heartbreak House and Back to Methuselah stood on the question of religion...
...this heartbreak harangue, Columnist Angelo Patri, child guidance expert, added his voice of authority: "Youngsters today need television for their morale as much as they need fresh air and sunshine for their health...