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Kittinger landed unhurt, lay helpless on his back until helicopters brought a team to rescue him. "I'm very glad to be back among you," he grinned. Kittinger will receive an oakleaf cluster for his Distinguished Service Cross...
Pritchard, 44, a World War II fighter pilot and commander of the 49th Bomber Wing in Korea (Silver Star, D.F.C., Air Medal with twelve oakleaf clusters), was assigned to Iceland only two months ago, and was actually out of the country when the latest blowup happened. Both State and Defense Departments agreed that he had done a good job on his short tour, that his personal competence was not in question, but that the overriding consideration was a happy Iceland, where U.S. troops and the somewhat diffident Icelanders could get along together. Moreover, with the Communists offering a challenge...
...pointedly omitted previous hints that this might mean a tax cut. Said he: "We should be starting to pay off our [$284 billion] debt . . . Congress itself expects us to get in the business of paying off some of these great obligations, and I think we should." ¶ Pinned an oakleaf cluster, in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal, on the chest of retiring General Maxwell D. Taylor. Cracked Ike, as he searched for a place to pin the last award on the much decorated tunic of his wartime comrade: "There's not much room left, is there...
...Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio one day last week, a burly, handsome, four-star general stepped forward to face General Thomas D. White, Air Force Chief of Staff. Moments later, General Edwin W. Rawlings was sporting a new piece of hardware on his chest: a first oakleaf cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal. With this parting gift, Ed Rawlings officially concluded 30 years of extraordinary service to the Air Force, went on his way at a youthful 54 to a civilian job as director and financial vice president of General Mills. Left behind: a Rawlings-rejuvenated...
...oakleaf cluster to his badge as SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S Sportsman of the Year, Olympian Bobby Morrow won Texas sportswriters' vote as Southwesterner of the Year and Texas Amateur Athlete of the Year...