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Last week, on the front north of the Punchbowl, a whole battalion of marines -nearly 1,000 men-was moved to a mountainous front-line sector by helicopter, in the largest operation of its kind to date. Twelve big Sikorskys made a total of 162 round trips, finishing the job, without a hitch or a casualty, in 6 hr. 15 min., almost an hour ahead of schedule. The landing point was within range of enemy mortar positions, but apparently the Reds could not see what was going on; no hostile fire was received...
...allies could look down over the wide Mundung Valley, in the direction of the so-called Iron Triangle from which the Communists have mounted many attacks. Realizing that the allies were now in position to streak down the valley toward Pyonggang, the Communists sent their fiercest counterattacks into this sector, but at week's end they had not dislodged the U.N. soldiers...
Third string catcher Sal Yvars, the only Giant who had not yet appeared in the series (not counting Mueller), walked nervously in from the bullpen. He dumped the first pitch into the unpatrolled sector behind second base...
Goodman's fears were right he was routed from bed at 1 a.m. and brought before German officials. He was expelled from the delegation and, hearing that more drastic steps were planned, escaped by subway to the American sector...
Goodman's fears were right he was routed from bed at 1 a.m. and brought before German officials. He was expelled from the delegation and, hearing that more drastic steps were planned, escaped by subway to the American sector...