Word: somes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Where U.S. troops encamp overseas for any length of time, two things often occur: coveted, cut-rate PX goods appear in the local black market, and the American boys find their way into the hearts of the local girls. South Korea, with its 50,000 G.I.s, is no exception: some...
Overflowing Heart. In their first flush of enthusiasm over regaining Trieste, Rome's bureaucrats floated a national bond issue to help compensate the city for the economic loss it suffered with the departure of the 6,000 U.S. and British troops who had garrisoned the free territory. But since...
The Eighth Army's General Carter B. (for Bowie) Magruder apparently concluded that there was a connection between these two facts, and so, a fortnight ago in Seoul, he posted "new policies [that] restrict logistical support and various privileges to authorized dependents of personnel who are on a service...
U.S. wives were quick to retort. Said one heatedly: "Some of those Korean marriages are just sordid commercial arrangements. Many G.I.s who marry Korean girls never attempt to have their wives follow them when they leave Korea. The marriage was just a black-market partnership in the first place." A...
Across the country, workers responded to Castro's appeal for funds to buy arms abroad. Around the clock, Havana television stations paraded donors, small and large. Some unions set a 4% deduction from salaries. In Pinar del Rio, 400 common prisoners pledged to stop smoking for two days and...