Word: grounding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Exposed to relentless hostile fire," he read, "[Chambers] coolly reorganized his battle-weary men, inspiring them to heroic efforts by his own valor and leading them in an attack on the critical, impregnable high ground from which the enemy was pouring an increasing volume of fire . . ." For eight hours on that Feb. 19, 1945, Jumping Joe had concentrated a lifetime's cunning, shrewdness and bravery on silencing the murderous Japanese guns, had finally been carried away under fire, blasted by an enemy machine gun. His was the 431st Medal of Honor of World War II, the Both...
...pilots who had long had the air almost to themselves were meeting increasing numbers of Yak fighters. Last week they had their first brushes with enemy jets coming from north of the Yalu-Soviet MIG-15s with swept-back wings and a speed of 600 miles an hour. Ground troops faced enemy units heavily equipped with tanks, automatic weapons, 76-mm. howitzers and multiple rocket launchers like the Russian "Katushas" of World War II. The men who handled the weapons displayed skill and high morale. Said one G.I. last week: "Those guys who hit us last night are the best...
...northwest Korea last week, an air-ground liaison officer attached to the U.S. 24th Division gave a nervous laugh as he listened to the radio chatter of Mustang pilots overhead. "Do not Josephine," the pilots cautioned one another. "Do not Josephine!" In Air Force parlance, "Do not Josephine" means "Don't use up all your ammunition on ground targets; you may need it to fight your way home...
Governor James E. Folsom, in no kissin' mood, sued the Reader's Digest for $1,000,000 on the ground that an article on the Alabama penal system called "Devil's Island, U.S.A." was a libel on him and "on the people of Alabama...
...backfield is Dick Kazmaier, the 168-pound tailback who was the Ivy League leader in total individual ground gaining last season. He is currently second to Penn's Red Bagnell in that department, which can be attributed partly to Princeton's more balanced attack. Kazmaier, shifty runner and a very good passer, is remembered locally for the part he played in Princeton's 49 to 14 victory at the Stadium last year...