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...gallant ROKs had chewed up several Chinese regiments, and the enemy had lost, in killed & wounded, an estimated 10,000 men. South Korean losses, though not announced, were also high. Major General Kim Chong Oh, commander of the ROK 9th Division, proudly praised his men: "Their stand has been valiant and exemplary...
...scribes,' led by hard-charging linemen Normie Ray and Denny Weiss, fought off three valiant manager scoring threats in the last period...
Last week, with Red China firmer in the Russian camp than ever, Justice Douglas was in Formosa, taking a look-see at the Nationalist government, and reversed his earlier judgment. Chiang Kai-shek's government, he said, was doing "a fine and valiant job, not only in its struggle against Communism but in its program of social reconstruction . . . Free China will succeed in its struggle...
General Omar Bradley made a valiant attempt to bail Truman out. The fact was, said Bradley, that the President had directed him a week before to arrange briefings for Eisenhower. However, since Ike was so well informed on the international situation, neither Bradley nor Defense Secretary Lovett had seen any need to make immediate arrangements with Eisenhower. "Being unfamiliar with political matters," added Bradley with overdone innocence, "it never occurred to me that the timing of notification might become an issue...
...uncommonly gross and unrestrained one. He gave free rein to all his appetites-from women to power, and treated his Premiers as he did his girl friends, changing them constantly (five Premiers in one six-month period). After the birth of his only son he made a valiant effort to straighten up, and brought in honest Premier Hilary Pasha to purge the corruption that was endangering the government. But inevitably, Hilaly's probings led close to Farouk's palace gang, and the King dumped the honest Premier...