People: New Directions

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First Lieut. William M. Kean, 22, son of the U.S.'s 25th Division commander, Major General William B. Kean, was wounded by a mine in Korea just a week after he received a field promotion for gallantry in action. Philippines President Elpidio Quirmo announced that he would send son Tomas into the Korean war as soon as he finished his training at Fort Benning, Ga. Curt Simmons, 21, ace southpaw for the Philadelphia Phillies, was formally inducted into the Army. William F. Rickenbacker, 22, Harvard '49 and the second son of Captain Eddie Riclcenbacker, signed on as a flying cadet in the U.S. Air Force. Radio & TV's Arthur Godfrey knocked off for a week to get back into his lieutenant commander's uniform and report for duty at Pensacola's Naval Air Station. Hero-turned-Cinemactor Audie Murphy announced that his movie career will be all over as soon as he finishes The Red Badge of Courage and gets back to his National Guard unit in Texas: "I'll probably be in the Army three years, and after that it would be silly to try to start all over."

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