Word: make
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Formosa's 160,000 remaining aborigines are happier, too. They do little work. Some of them sublimate their head-hunting desires by taking monkey skulls; others make a play for the tourist trade with performances of native dances. And now that the harsh days of the Japanese Guard Line are gone, the aborigines are free to wander down to Taipei for an occasional glimpse of civilization...
...even the G.I.s fresh from home were deceived; they were well aware that the Korean Communists had already proved themselves a skillful, relentless and resourceful foe. Said a high-ranking U.S. military commander last week: "Everybody tends to overestimate an enemy who puts up a fight, but make no mistake about it-these guys are tough; they are just as tough as the Japanese." The officer supplied some specifics. "The Korean Communists," he said, "can start marching at daybreak, march all day and all night, and then attack in the morning. We've seen them run-not dogtrot...
...judged from battle performance, must have had excellent military training. The North Korean soldiers themselves range in age from 16 to 30 or slightly over. They are divided into three distinct classes. The first includes regular army troops who have been training under Russian direction since 1946. These make up the bulk of the crack 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions (now northwest of Taegu). Next are troops who had served before with the Chinese Communist armies. They are well-trained and possibly the most hardened troops of the lot. They comprise the bulk of the 4th (now in the southwest...
...dawn came up slowly over Korea, the admiral stepped out on his bridge and squinted into the first light. Commander Charles Kinsella, air operations officer, announced, "Make ready to launch in ten minutes." Captain W. K. ("Puss") Goodney, the carrier's captain, responded with an order to make "fox at the dip"-meaning: raise the code flag for the letter "f" (red diamond on white base)-halfway...
...roared down toward the first tank, a Russian-made T-34, and Loranger laid a 500-lb. fragmentation bomb right behind her. The tank was engulfed in smoke and dirt. Ensign Profilet's plane followed with another 500-pounder. Just to make sure, Loranger clobbered her with a third bomb and we went after the truck. On his first run, Loranger came down with his cannon wide open, then pulled out of his dive and laid a bomb right in the truck bed. As we pulled up, we discovered he had not only disintegrated the truck but had also...