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Muzzle Covers On. From Okinawa, Formosa and Manila, 132 U.S. and 27 Nationalist Chinese ships had converged on the Tachens; Sabre jets of the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing patrolled the sea lane that led back to Formosa. From Saigon had come Rear Admiral Lorenzo Sabin. where he had directed the evacuation of 214,000 Vietnamese. "We are going in with our muzzle covers on," said Sabin, "but we are prepared to go into action if we are opposed...
This took him back to the South Pacific and on to Burma (where his back was broken in a landing accident), then Omaha Beach and, at war's end, Okinawa...
...sold-out performances, The Teahouse of the August Moon was still a smash hit in West Berlin, will move next week to a more commodious theater. Berliners, wearily familiar with occupation armies, were delighted with an American play that deliberately spoofed the U.S. Army's postwar occupation of Okinawa (TIME, Oct. 26, 1953). When Sakini, the raffish Okinawan, declares that "democracy is exhausting," German audiences howl. The boffo line for Berliners comes in the scene where Colonel Purdy announces his determination to bring democracy to the islanders if he has to "shoot every last one of them." Any nation...
...Force commander, is chairman of the national organization. Among the vice chairmen are General (ret.) James A. Van Fleet; Admiral (ret.) William H. Standley, former Chief of Naval Operations and Ambassador to Russia; Lieut. General (ret.) Pedro A. del Valle, commander of the 1st Marine Division at Okinawa; and Charles Edison, former governor of New Jersey...
...When the Giants visited Okinawa last November for three days and two games with G.I. teams, they came as guests of the American Chamber of Commerce and with Army permission. The ballplayers were split up and stayed in the private homes of the various business people, two and three per home. We found them all to be regular fellows, courteous, well-behaved and quite friendly...