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...Bunker Hill, New England militiamen had already accomplished what seemed like a miracle: they had proved that colonials could stand fast in the face of a British charge (although many of them were to run like rabbits in the future), and that their marksmanship and ability to fight from cover were military talents the British could not match...
Along the actual fighting line, G.I.s hunched over radios, hungry for news, but preserved an outward skepticism. In a regimental operations bunker, a private who enthused over the prospects was answered by a sleepy-eyed sergeant. "Do you think," said the sergeant, "that you could finish sweeping the floor before the whole damn war is over?" The big question on most lips was how the cease-fire would affect rotation. Said one G.I.: "If peace comes, somebody is going to let us sit here for 18 months. That's a long time to spend on your duff in peacetime...
...pitch shot: "the most valuable stroke-saving shot in the game" (head down, grip strong, feet close together). Says Armour: "It is probably the reason the President gets around the golf course in the respectable scores I read about." Ike is also a hot shot out of a bunker, with "practically perfect" technique (feet flat, head down, full follow-through). Says Armour: "Perhaps President Eisenhower has spent a lot of time in sand traps...
...litter cases. The Reds, to fill their quotas, were sending back soldiers who were generally in good health, including some who were recently captured. One was a cocky, 19-year-old Marine machine gunner, Pfc. Joseph B. Brit Jr. of Long Beach. Calif., who had been captured during the Bunker Hill fighting on March 26. Brit said he had parried a few Red attempts at indoctrination by asking a stream of diversionary questions. "I guess," he grinned, "they thought I was a real card." His bouncy demeanor was far from typical (see below...
Three days after the fight for Baldy started, the Chinese attacked Bunker Hill, some five miles east of Panmunjom. again with a reinforced regiment. Bunker was held by units of the glory-laden U.S. 1st Marine Division. The leathernecks had small forces on two knobs called Vegas and Reno-perhaps a platoon on each-and these units were simply overrun and wiped out. One radio message came through from a caved-in and sealed bunker: "Only seven of us are left alive-the rest have suffocated...