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...little coal and pottery town of Crooksville (pop. 2,956), Ohio had ever set out to pick a potential hero from among its young men, it would never have chosen Ronald Rosser. Not that Ronald wasn't well liked-he was one of the quietest and best-behaved boys in town. But he just wasn't a fire-eater. He was a medium-sized (5 ft. 8 in.), medium-heavy (160 Ibs.) lad with medium brown hair, who seemed perfectly contented to lean against store fronts and watch the world-or what there was of it in Crooksville...
...Korea, and was assigned to a heavy-mortar outfit, Company L of the 38th Infantry Regiment. One bitter cold day last January, some men of Company L were trapped in the open near Ponggil-li by heavy machine-gun and mortar fire from a hill above. Corporal Ronald Rosser did not hesitate. With only his carbine and one white phosphorous grenade, he sprinted 100 yards up the steep slope and leaped astride an enemy trench on the heights...
Rage & Audacity. Soldiers who followed him were hit. But Rosser, though he finally suffered a wound in one hand, seemed armored against bullets by his own rage and audacity. He charged two enemy bunkers. Once more he fired off all his ammunition. He went down the hill and back a third time, roamed the heights throwing grenades into enemy positions. In all, Rosser killed 13 Communists before he rejoined Company L, which by then was able to withdraw in order with its wounded...
...game for beginners. Explained 22-year-old Cotton Rosser of California Polytechnic, who has been competing as a rodeo pro† since he was 14: "This is a sport you have to grow up with. It isn't just something...
Thousands of Fort Worth rodeo fans had come to watch the educated cowboys, had seen little Sul Ross College (enrollment: 1,000) of Alpine, Texas, ride off with the team title for the third straight year. Cotton Rosser's tight seat on the "rank" (i.e., fighting) stock won him individual show honors. But Sul Ross's captain, Harley May, again rode away with the All-Around Cowboy title (based on total points accumulated in year-long competition), with an all-around performance...