Word: yi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fish and the dragon's tremble; I vow by the mountains and the grass, and the grass and the trees are startled." It is said that our great patriot Admiral Yi Soon Shin had this engraved on his sword during the time he defended Korea from Japanese aggression more than 400 years...
...Commanding an ironclad ship built in the shape of a tortoise, Admiral Yi Soon Shin won a naval victory over the Japanese during the wars of the late 16th century...
Hacked from Rock. The 10,000 regulars of Lieut. General Liu Lien-yi's 46th Division took it harder. Glumly, soldiers loaded guns, mortars, electric cables, fresh boxes of ammunition still labeled: "From U.S.A. for Mutual Defense." Behind them, explosions thundered as demolition teams blew up pillboxes and gun emplacements laboriously hacked out of the rock...
...strong leadership of President Eisenhower and the near-unanimity of the Congress in backing him in the Formosa resolution undoubtedly retrieved much of the U.S. prestige and influence that had been recently lost in Asia. In the preceding fortnight the Communist capture of Yi-kiang Island near the Tachens had reminded Asians that the Reds were still on the march, the U.S. still on the defensive. Then came the suggestions of Secretary Dulles and President Eisenhower that the U.N. might arrange a cease-fire in the troubled area. This statement of policy was partly designed to be read in Europe...
Less happy was a second Convair-Navy demonstration. As observers watched, Test Pilot Charles E. Richbourg taxied the experimental XF2-YI Sea Dart (TIME, Feb. 16, 1953) across San Diego Bay on its retractable "hydro-skis." The jet seaplane took off, circled the bay, screamed in for a 400-m.p.h. pass at the shore. Suddenly, 300 ft. above the water, the Sea Dart fell apart in a gush of flame and a shower of metal fragments. Pilot Richbourg lived only two minutes after rescuers pulled him from...