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Late in the war, Glenn got a chance to hunt Russian-built MIG-158 when he was assigned to fly Air Force F-86s up along the Yalu. Characteristically, Glenn was well prepared for the switch to F-86s; back in the States he had taken leave to learn how to fly the hot jet. In his plane, which was named "The MIG-Mad Marine," Glenn got three MIGs in nine days. "Funny how the bullets sparkle when they hit a plane," he wrote home after one victory. "Just light up like little lights every time a bullet hits. Really...
...Korean war, Puller led the landing at Inchon. Then the Chinese Communists came swarming across the Yalu, and once again, the marines handed the toughest job to Puller. He was put in command of the rear guard that was to cover the marines' retreat in subzero weather from the Chosin reservoir. Ordered to abandon equipment and vehicles, Puller not only kept everything he had but collected many trucks that the Army had abandoned along the way. He loaded the wounded into trucks and Jeeps, strapped frozen bodies on bumpers and hoods, and set out to fight...
...first officers commissioned in the Korean forces, rose in four years (1946-50) from second lieutenant to brigadier general. As commander of the R.O.K. army's crack Capital Division for most of the Korean war, he fought brilliantly all the way from the Pusan perimeter to the Yalu, earned from U.S. General James Van Fleet the nickname "Tiger." For Koreans his nickname took on new meaning last year when, after being named chief of staff, he set out to eradicate grafting by the R.O.K. army's underpaid officers. Before he was finished, he had cashiered 1,700 officers...
Then, leaving Kim with the assurance that if he ever wants anything from across the Yalu he need only whistle. Chou packed his trained doves and headed back to Peking...
...turned out, however, the 12 o'clock forces never even reached the 38th Parallel, much less the Yalu. The Masters, much as they wanted to eliminate the 1 to 4 p.m. hours, couldn't bring themselves to grant midnight permissions in return, not even for just the Dartmouth and Yale Saturdays. They unanimously voted down the House Committee Chairmens' proposal, and agreed merely to study the whole question of "simple, inexpensive, decent entertainment"-- particularly decent...