Word: naval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...carries on the war in Korea, he added, the U.S. should bomb beyond the Yalu, even though that means risking war with Russia. If the U.S. means to win victory in Korea, it should also apply a naval blockade even if it has to do so without allies. He would put U.S. air and ground troops into Formosa to help defend it, but he did not think that Chiang Kai-shek is in any shape to "conduct a significant operation against the mainland...
...Gotten to the stage where it can talk confidently of mass-producing vastly improved atomic bombs, building a hydrogen bomb, tactical atomic warheads for artillery and guided missiles, and atomic engines that would "reduce almost to the vanishing point the dependence of naval vessels and military aircraft on bases of fuel supply...
...June, said Amherst's Cole, the graduates were facing a "crisis as usual." Indefatigable Defense Secretary George C. Marshall, with two more commencement addresses on his calendar before he hopped off to Korea (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), had solemn words for the new crop of ensigns at the U.S. Naval Academy: "You have all read that these are critical times, but I am not certain you realize how critical." At Georgia's Emory University, Civil Defense Administrator Millard F. Caldwell agreed: "It is not an unalloyed pleasure to be young in the spring...
...United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland...
...United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland...