Word: koreans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...battles, the Communists lost more than 1,200 men. U.S. casualties-240 dead, 470 wounded-were the worst of the war, higher than the Korean War's weekly average of 210 combat deaths. Costly as it was, Westmoreland calls it "an unprecedented victory" in the struggle for South Viet Nam. He says proudly: "At no time during the engagement were American troops forced to withdraw or move back from their positions except for purposes of tactical maneuver...
...Mischief. Volunteering for Korean duty in 1952, Westmoreland went over as commander of the tough 187th Regimental Combat Team, made a couple of paratroop jumps before the armistice was signed. Fretful that the cease-fire was playing havoc with his men's discipline, Westmoreland set them a spartan regimen: reveille at 5, a two mile run, digging fortifications all day, baths in an icy creek and, after dinner, 2½ hours of intramural sports, especially boxing. "By 10 o'clock every night," grins Westmoreland, "they were so exhausted they couldn't make mischief of any kind...
...second ACE letter, sent on Dec. 13, reiterated the request that Hershey issue a statement of "student rights and responsibilities." It proposed reinstatement of the Korean War guidelines for determining student deferments. The third letter, on Dec. 27, renewed Morse's request once more...
...Whatever the merits or demerits of the Korean War criteria, they had general public acceptance. I urge that they be reinstituted immediately," Morse then wrote to Hershey. He added that local draft boards must still make their own determinations, but "unless some guidance is provided them, I fear they will make them in a vacuum...
Between World War II and the Korean War a committee of prominent scientists, engineers, and educators developed the system of examination and class standing to assist local boards in their classification...