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The most popular man in Beirut last week may have been Captain Johnson. Arab-language radio stations were retelling the story of the American who stopped three Israeli tanks "singlehanded." Colonel Thomas Stokes, the Marine commander in Lebanon, said that Johnson would receive a commendation for his action. As for Johnson, he modestly called his sudden fame "a lot of fuss over not that much of a deal." On that point alone, the Israelis would agree.
—By William E. Smith. Reported by Harry Kelly/Jerusalem and Roberto Suro/Beirut