War: No. I

The first Distinguished Service Cross of the Korean war was awarded posthumously last week to Colonel Robert R. Martin, 48-year-old infantry officer from Toledo, Ohio, who stood his ground before a Communist tank, fired his last bazooka rocket when it was only 15 yards away. The medal will be presented to his son, Robert Jr., 19, a third classman at West Point.

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