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...tales of scandal and fraud hovering over his Administration, said the President, were just not true. He would answer that point-blank and categorically. His house was always in order; it was a clean house. His people were honorable men, and he would not have them if they were...
...positions the special targets of his infiltrating units. Because there is seldom enough infantry to protect them, artillerymen often have to double as foot soldiers. It is not unusual in Korea to see a battery with its guns drawn up pointing outward in a circle, its gunners ready to fight off enemy infantry with rifles and point-blank artillery fire. One battery has been attacked eight times by Red infantry. Said Lieut. Charles Skinner: "This isn't like the last war in Europe, where the front lines were in front of your guns. Here, the front lines...
...howitzers are still the standard weapons of U.S. division artillery. The high-velocity 90-mm. tank gun is tops at lashing shells point-blank into enemy-held caves or tunnels. Some infantrymen swear by the twin 40-mm. antiaircraft gun, mounted on a halftrack. Said one colonel: "They're just ideal for those Korean hills-they go over them like a vacuum cleaner...
...Second Man. As other guards and Secret Service men went into action, a second neat, dark man darted up to the guards at the west sentry booth, yanked out a Luger and began shooting at point-blank range...
...quickly became a target for a volley of empty bottles and oranges. "It's all in fun," screamed the charcoal makers, "don't arrest our brother." At the height of the uproar another soldier, who had just put down a marijuana cigarette, calmly unslung his Mauser, fired point-blank at the yelling fans. An aficionado dropped with a bullet behind...