Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Besides the 48 non-veteran seniors certain to be activated, several of the 16 veterans in the unit have indicated a desire to volunteer for service. The tour of active duty is a minimum of 24 months...
PARENTS ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT The Beat That Backfired From London, Jean Allary, veteran diplomatic correspondent for Agence France-Presse, filed what he thought was a big news beat: Dean Acheson had privately assured French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman that the U.S. intends to keep troops in Europe indefinitely...
When the 24th U.S. Division was beleaguered at Taejon in the first desperate month of the Korean war, TiME-LIFE Correspondent Wilson Fielder, 33, went in to cover the fight. The son of Baptist missionaries in China, Fielder was a veteran of the Marine Corps and of Texas and West Coast newspapering before he joined TIME. He had gone up to Korea from Hong Kong to be a combat correspondent (TIME, July 31, 1950). When Taejon fell to the Communists, Fielder left the burning ruins in the back seat of a jeep, seated next to a G.I. The jeep...
John Kerr, another veteran, had the lead in the second play, A Long Goodbye, and he was excellent by any standard. He was a character of despair, and through his careful, subdued delivery he set the mood of the play. Cyres Del Vecchio was especially impressive in a supporting role and both Elinor Fuche and Barbara Falen were more than adequate as Kerr's sister and mother...
...most literate offerings is "See It Now," presented by the veteran CBS commentator...