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...enemy. Each man signed 18 copies of the main truce documents (six each in English, Korean, Chinese), which aides carried back & forth. The rumble of artillery still rolled through the building. Flashbulbs blazed and cameras whirred as the two chief delegates silently wrote. When they had finished, West Pointer Harrison and Nam II, schoolteacher in uniform, rose and departed without a word to each other, or even a nod or a handshake...
...West Pointer Summerall was an oldfashioned soldier who preached "the full life under God and government." But last week, part of his own life came to an end: at 86, still ramrod straight, he told The Citadel that he was leaving. "I have," said he, "loved The Citadel as I have loved no other institution. What the future holds I do not know." Remarked one cadet, quoting from the plebes' traditional reply to upperclassmen: "May your classes be soirees and your sorrows negligible and on your leave may there be some beautiful femmes, some canoes, lots of skags, full...
...Twining as vice chief of staff. He is a linguist (five languages), an amateur ichthyologist, a notably competent officer and a good airman, but his most enduring fame stems from a bad landing which he made on a Leningrad airstrip in 1934. As U.S. air attache in Russia, West Pointer White flew Ambassador Bill Bullitt from Mos cow to Leningrad in a two-place Douglas O-38F, found he had no power as he came in to land. The plane hit the runway, nosed over, and skidded grandly on its back to the far end of the field. Neither...
...Decca system uses "master" and "slave stations", which set up a wide-spreading pattern of intersecting waves (see diagram). The pilot pushes a few buttons that activate needles on three dials. Then, by means of other simple controls, he transfers the readings of the hands to a pointer that touches a special chart. Thereafter he need do nothing. The chart and pointer move automatically. By looking at the pointer, he can tell exactly where he is above the terrain represented by the chart. The pointer also traces a line telling where he has been...
...Western Europe, the Decca Navigator seems likely to become standard equipment. A set of stations in Britain has been operating successfully for five years, although until recently pilots had to figure out their positions without the aid of the pointer and moving chart. France will have its Decca stations in a month, and both Italy and Spain are dickering for their own installations...