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So the much-discussed beachhead operation emerged from the murky half-light of second-guessing which has befogged it for months. No doubt, it had been a nightmare. Thousands of soldiers were jammed into an area of 90 square miles, nearly every foot of which lay open to enemy bombs...
Technical Sergeant Charles E. ("Commando") Kelly, Pittsburgh's rugged redhead who won the Congressional Medal of Honor near Altavilla (TIME, March 20), began a 90-day tour of U.S. Army camps, after making a confession: "Being a hero is the bunk. I wish I was going across."
The Arcs. Four months ago "Vinegar Joe" started out from Ledo in India on the first lap of the campaign that few thought would succeed. He had about two divisions of American-trained Chinese and a group of American and Chinese guerrilla fighters led by Brigadier General Frank Merrill. As...
Agreement was a temporary victory for British policy aimed at saving the throne for London's friend, exiled King George II. Delegates of the Communist-led EAM pledged cooperation in a note to Winston Churchill. But among the rugged, volatile Greeks, political differences lie deep, will not be easily...
But rugged Individualist Drumm thumbed his nose at the authorities, went on flying wherever his construction business took him. To him, the red nonoperating tag on his propeller was a meaningless decoration. Haled last week into Nevada's Federal District Court on eleven counts (each carrying a $1,000...