In a fierce skirmish of the Korean war in late 1950, Army Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr., an American Indian from Wisconsin, died gallantly, won the U.S. Medal of Honor for holding his position, though mortally wounded. At ceremonies earlier this month, honoring Red Cloud and other Indians killed in Korea, peppery old (82) Korean President Syngman Rhee loosed a surprise blast at some of Hollywood's vaguely historical horse operas. Cried Rhee: "Movie producers [should] stop making films that show American Indians being killed by white men. It is very, very unwise and inhumane. The Communists are making use of such...
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