Articles from Pathfinder Magazine
In mid-March the U.N. forces launched a counter-strike in answer to the Communists offensive that was commenced across a wide swath of the front line in early January. General Ridgeway remarked that although the Communists were in retreat, they still had an enormous pool of men in reserve.
The U.N. Counter-Offensive (Pathfinder Magazine, 1951) Read More »
It must have been very difficult to maintain a sunny disposition back in the Thirties! No doubt, residents of the Great Depression would often have to make their own good news. For example, that same month in 1932 when this article appeared it was also announced that for the first time in the nation’s history alien emigration from the United States during the last fiscal year exceeded immigration [to the United States], figures being 103,295 and 35,576 respectively – there! For those people who disliked hearing foreign accents on the streets, there was a glimmer of hope – and that’s what this article was all about: finding hope.
The Gloom Of It All (Pathfinder Magazine, 1932) Read More »
An article about FDR’s scheme to create an American Utopia purchased with high taxation. The article closes with an amusing poem about the tyranny of taxation.
Distributing the Nation’s Wealth… (Pathfinder Magazine, 1935) Read More »
By 1945 the Japanese Army was beginning to see the writing on the wall insofar as their occupation of China was concerned. With the collapse of Germany they knew they could expect the Soviets to attack at any time – this foreboding inspired them to corral greater numbers of hapless Chinese and force them to build barricades in order to postpone the inevitable.
Chinese Slave Labor Under The Boot of Japan (Pathfinder Magazine, 1945) Read More »
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The Battle of Yichang (Pathfinder Magazine, 1943) Read More »
In December of 1949 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s anti-communist forces retreated to the island of Formosa (Taiwan).
The New Normal (Pathfinder Magazine, 1949) Read More »
Lloyd Cortez Hawks (1911 – 1953) was a U.S. Army private and a recipient of the United States military’s highest decoration for valor — the Congressional Medal of Honor. Hawks performed his celebrated acts of derring-do while serving as a medic attached to the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division outside of Carano, Italy.
Medal of Honor for Pvt. Lloyd C. Hawks (Pathfinder Magazine, 1945) Read More »
Man, those Chinese are good soldiers… You can’t see ’em; you can’t hear ’em. You don’t know they’re there until they’re on top of you… They’re experts at camouflage and the best damn night-fighters I’ve ever seen. We could walk a company over the hill and see nothing. Then we’d look around and they’d be swarming on us like flies. It was just like they’d sprouted from the ground.
The Invincible Chinese? (Pathfinder Magazine, 1950) Read More »
Upon hearing the news of the Chinese Army’s appearance on the Korean peninsula, President Truman turned to his trusted advisers:
At 11 a.m. the President spoke first to General Bradley. How bad, he wanted to know, would the casualties be? ‘Very bad, I’m afraid, sir. It is too early for an accurate estimate, but our losses will be heavy.’ Then President asked how serious the situation was. ‘Critical,’ was Bradley’s terse response.
The Critical Situation in Korea (Pathfinder Magazine, 1950) Read More »
By the end of 1944 Congressional heads all turned when it was brought to their attention that the fees charged by hairstylists and barbers had soared 25% above the 1941 levels. New Dealers sought to burden the trade with a price freeze.
Barbers & Hair Stylists Called On The Carpet (Pathfinder Magazine, 1944) Read More »
