Word: sladen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Reds almost before their wheels were up. For safety they spent the first night at Taegu airfield, but came back to Pohang to fight again the next day. After delays due to a broken bridge and enemy ambushes, a U.S. armored rescue force arrived, led by Brigadier General J. Sladen Bradley, a tough fighter who rides into battle in his undershirt. But when Bradley got there, the Reds were in the town of Pohang, a burning ruin. Southeast of the town, ground crews, clerks and cooks were still defending the airstrip against the enemy. This week the Air Force evacuated...