Word: protection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...after division ashore to save Korea in 1950, Korean mobs stormed U.S. barracks. Into Kunsan air base, where U.S. warplanes took off to bomb South Korea's invaders, Koreans were hurling bombs of their own. It was a strange and tragic conflict, for the Americans were fighting to protect their enemies: the Communist Poles and Czechs of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission...
...silliest thing I ever heard," taunted Syngman Rhee, "American soldiers threatening to shoot their allies to protect Communists." Rhee assured Lemnitzer that his government had no intention of using force, but to make sure, the American gave orders to reinforce the U.S. guard at all five of the inspection points where the NNSC officers are billeted. It was a wise precaution, for within hours the rioting began...
...soon be "peacefully evicted." An officer at the Wolmi barricade summed up the Army's reaction: "Even if I could hand over the Czechs and Poles to these people, I wouldn't do it. It's a matter of principle. We told them we'd protect them, and we will...
...Tariffs and Trade) reported last week that trade totals for the last six months of 1954 were almost 30% higher than they were in 1950. But two bad practices impede an even greater prosperity, said GATT. Nonindustrial countries (in Asia and Latin America) maintain tariff and quota walls to protect infant manufacturing industries which are in many cases uneconomic. Industrial nations (Western Europe and the U.S.) continue to protect their farmers against imported farm products that are produced more cheaply elsewhere...
...Made progress in developing a chemical to protect humans against fallout...