Word: grounding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Airborne leathernecks of the Marine Corps' First Air Wing made a dashing debut in Korea last week. Taking off from a Navy carrier, gull-winged Corsair fighter-bombers attacked antiaircraft emplacements, troop concentrations, bridges and transports in the vital Chinju area. In low, ground-hugging runs, the Corsairs flushed Red soldiers out of haystacks and woods...
...marines proved they had plenty of guts. They held their ground until, in November, the resurgent Navy under "Bull" Halsey finally drove the Jap warships out of the area and put 2nd Marine Division and Army reinforcements ashore. Among Americans, Guadalcanal has become a household word, as familiar as Bunker Hill and Gettysburg...
...shooting was in Asia, and Asia was a long way from Europe. But Western Europe still embodied a frightening truth: if the Russians choose to risk all-out war with the U.S., they can roll through Western Europe like a color guard crossing a parade ground. With Mao's Chinese armies to protect their rear, the Russians could throw the better part of their 175 divisions,* 25,000 tanks and 19,000 warplanes into a sweep to the Atlantic...
...Canadian government yielded last week to a mounting public clamor to send Canadian ground force troops to Korea. With the country seemingly convinced that the three Canadian destroyers and a squadron of ten transport planes already assigned for the Korean campaign were not enough, External Affairs Chief Lester Pearson flew to Washington to get a firsthand appraisal of the military situation. The secret report he brought back to Ottawa helped tumble the last opposition. At a four-hour meeting, the cabinet decided that a brigade of 4,000 to 5,000 volunteers should be recruited immediately for the Korean front...
...tennis fans, the Cochell outburst was no surprise. His bad manners on the court and his rows with umpires and linesmen have earned him a reputation as a Peck's Bad Boy of the courts. Nonetheless, his stinging serve, precise volleying and inelegant but powerful ground strokes have at one time or another beaten most of the topnotchers in current U.S. tennis. Alrick Man Jr., non-playing captain of the Davis Cup team, is well aware of Cochell's ability. So is the committee. But, said Man last week: "We felt Earl's behavior would not make...