Word: flag
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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When the speaker announced: "The American flag is flying on the heights of Wolmi Island," MacArthur stood up, looked around with a smile. Admiral Doyle said: "Let's go below and get some coffee." The CINC, who, at 70, had conceived an operation with the daring, aggressiveness and imagination of a young officer, walked off the bridge...
...over. More than 100 North Korean bodies were scattered about the island-among them that of the North Korean battalion commander on Wolmi. Well before 10 Colonel Taplett told the Navy that the island was secured. From a tall staff near the top of a hill floated the U.S. flag...
When Curli flourished his flag at the start, 39 speed-happy cyclists roared off around the treacherous four-mile asphalt course. Soon, as expected, the race settled down to a duel between Italy's Umberto Masetti, 23, riding a Gilera, and Britain's Geoffrey Duke, 27, on his Norton. For the world title, Masetti held a slim lead, 22 points to 19, based on six previous races this summer (eight points for first, six for second, four for third, etc.). In the final at Monza, all Masetti needed to clinch the 1950 title was to finish no worse...
...16th lap, halfway through the 200-kilometer race, Duke regained the lead and began to widen the gap with each succeeding round. Four and a half miles from the finish, he was leading Masetti by almost two miles. That was when Giovanni Curli suddenly waved his big checkered flag, signaling the end of the race. Startled but obedient, contestants throttled back, stopped, heard the amazing explanation...
...MacArthur hoists the blue flag of the United Nations ... so that we can feel we are engaged in a new holy war. [But] we are not bound by the errors, the foolishness and the criminal blunders of the [U.S.] State Department...