Word: koreas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...both posts, plus last week's directive from the Adjutant General. But P.O.A.U. is still casting an uneasy eye around the armed services. The organization is currently checking into the possibility of undue Catholic pressure in the naming of the I Corps Artillery's post in Korea four years ago as Camp St. Barbara and the report that artillerymen there are calling themselves "St. Barbara's Own."* "This thing seems to be spreading almost like 'Kilroy was here,' " said P.O.A.U.'s Lowell this week, and then dropped an artilleryman's salvo into...
...World War II and Korea transition go so smoothly? One key reason: the veterans found the way home paved with every comeback aid the nation could provide. The G.I. Bill of Rights and related laws offered what one vet calls a "bonus in advance," the most lavish assistance program in history (total Veterans Administration spending since 1946: $72 billion). Most important, the aid was given when and where it could help a man re-enter competitive society. U.S. Employment Service set up a nationwide job hunt. The VA guaranteed $50 billion worth of low-interest loans to help...
...Republic of Korea's hard-boiled old President Syngman Rhee dislikes opposition, newspaper criticism and elections -especially elections when, as recently, they have run against his Liberal Party. Not only has he been plagued by all three but also by a more serious menace: growing Communist infiltration and espionage from North Korea...
...other bills, ranging from the 1959 budget to a bill that decrees that all mayors of South Korean cities, towns and villages will in the future be appointed by the government, not elected. The press was still free enough for the Seoul newspaper Donga Ilbo to declare: "In Korea, democracy died today...
...Tenn., he and a playmate would seal off most of the decks of a couple of rowboats, invert the craft on the river, poke their heads into the unsealed air pockets and stage mock U-boat fights. Annapolis trained, with an outstanding submariner record in World War II and Korea (Trutta, Tang, Wahoo), Anderson was tapped for duty with Admiral Hyman Rickover's NRB (Naval Reactors Branch) in January 1956. First came an interview with the caustic godfather of the atomic sub. The Rickover Takeover was part of Navy lore, including such props as a chair with shortened front...