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...that time, U.S. Patton tanks had surrounded the hill mass, pouring in flat-trajectory fire from 90-mm. guns. Planes of four allied air arms-U.S. Air Force and Marines, Australians, ROKs-softened Big and Little Nori with bombs, rockets and napalm that whooshed up in hideous, billowing, orange-and-black globes. The U.N. artillery put in VT (variable-time-fused) shells for airbursts which the gunners hoped would send sharp fragments flying into the enemy ratholes. One clear morning, after Thunder jets and artillery had given the hill a final treatment, the ROKs attacked again, in single...
...second defense pairs Tony Patton from last season's second defense with Ned Almy, another promising sophomore, while seniors Jim O'Brien and Dan Simonds give extra experienced insurance. Jim Moynihan could see a lot of action too if he gets off probation...
Sophomore defensemen Ed MrKonich and Jim Moynahan will compete with Tony Patton and Jim O'Brien for defense positions. Other sophomores who are slated to see action are goalie Carl Hathaway, Ned Bliss, Jeff Cooledge, Doug Manchester, and Frank Mahoney...
Bound for Norfolk from Rhode Island aboard her ocean-going yacht When & If, Mrs. George S. Patton Jr., widow of the wartime commander of the U.S. Third Army, was notified of the death of her daughter, Mrs. John K. Waters, after a widespread sea search by the Coast Guard, radiotelegraph stations and a commercial radio station. Mrs. Patton put in to port and rushed back to her daughter's home in Highland Falls...
...leader. He was my lifelong friend. We were intimate. He committed an error. It was a definite error; there was no question about it. I believed that the work of that man was too great to sacrifice . . . He has gone before the highest judge of all, but . . . certainly George Patton justified my faith...