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Much of Seoul's recovery is due to the tireless labors of U.S. Colonel Charles R. Munske, 54, a bluff, benevolent reservist from Brooklyn. As chief of the U.N. Civil Assistance Command for Seoul and the province of Kyonggi, Colonel Munske is nominally only an adviser to Seoul's U.S.-educated Mayor Kim Tai Sun. Actually, he works a minimum of twelve hours a day, seven days a week, coping with the city's problems. Seoul's rebuilding came to a dead stop recently when contractors ran out of nails. Munske begged and borrowed some wire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ALLIES: Springtime in Seoul | 3/10/1952 | See Source »

Richard P. Russel (D-Ga.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that failure of the present Congress to adopt a UMT program would be almost a "national tragedy." Russel pointed out that a Reservist can be kept on ready status, including two weeks training, for less than $450 annually, while a regular costs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMT Setup May Be Reviewed in Senate | 3/7/1952 | See Source »

Last summer, a 52-year-old Navy captain decided, after 20 years of service, to go back to civilian life. He asked to be retired. The Navy approved, then yanked a 58-year-old reserve commander out of civilian life to fill his job. Boiling mad, the reservist went to see his Congressman, Pennsylvania's James E. Van Zandt, a naval reserve captain himself. He found a ready audience. Van Zandt and many other Congressmen had decided that too many able, relatively young officers were retiring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: No Time to Retire | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

Historian Samuel Eliot Morison, 64, who left Harvard to enter the war as a reservist lieutenant commander, was placed on the retired list as a rear admiral. Morison's plans: to keep right on writing his comprehensive History of United States Naval Operations in World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hearts & Flowers | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

Unfair as it was, there was little or nothing to be done about the situation. An unemployed New Mexico reservist summed it up bitterly: "They tell us to be patriotic and join the reserves, so in gratitude, they make us starve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Soldiers Wanted | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

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