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1950 "PATHFINDER News Magazine" & the Korean War


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:rolleyes: Between 1950 and 1953 "PATHFINDER News Magazine" covered the events of the "Cold War" on the Korean front and told the stories of G.I. Joe, the latest military hardware, and what was happening at home and overseas. Most newspapers and magazines either ignored the Korean War or gave it only the back pages or buried in in between a publication. Today "Pathfinder" would be labeled a "Right-Wing" rag, but they did not try to promote the war or patriotism and left it up to the readers and while they also covered political events, they remained impartial as possible and objective. The front covers have had famous generals and admirals gracing them and this particular issu shows a 48-ton improved "General Patton" medium tank, I believe this was later called the M-48 Medium Tank when I served in Korea in 1960 with the 31st INF REGT ("Bearcat"), 7th INF DIV (Hour-Glass and Crushed Beer-Can)) at Camp Casey, Korea. We also had these at Fort Hood, Texas in 1959 when I was in the 66th Armored REGT, 2nd Armored DIV ("Hell On Wheels"). This was Volume 57, Issue 20 for 4 October 1950. I have seen the covers for issues in 1945 too, but have not gotten anything earlier than 1950? Their readership was 1,200,000 in 1950! :rolleyes: Sarge Booker of Tujunga, California ([email protected])

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think.gif Page 8. Bituminous Coal Institute ran a great ad showing a tank with a caption that reads: "Here Comes 70 Tons of Coal!"

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;) Page 14. "Mock Defense. In Ammendale, Maryland, anti-airctaft guns sight mock foe." (Lower right corner.)

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:( Page 15. (Upper right corner). "Sky Pump," shows a jet fight plane being refueled by a flying tanker.

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ermm.gif Page 1. Cover of "Pathfinder News Magazine" for 18 October 1950 showing a picture of United States Navy Admiral Forest P. Sherman.

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:unsure: Page 13. "THE PRESIDENT'S PROBLEM: Success in Korea does not end the dangers; complacency now would weaken the U.S. fataly."

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:unsure: Page 20. "THE NAVY FIGHTS ON LAND: Admiral Sherman Makes Unification Work, Gets His Ships, and Turns Out a Fighting Fleet."

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pinch.gif Page 21. "JOINT CHIEFS: The Chief of Naval Operations Shows Generals Bradley, Vandenberg, and Collins That the World is Round."

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:blink: Page 50. Article about United Nation flag made for U.S. troops in Korea.

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w00t.gif Page 58. Mother of a U.S. soldier serving in Korea reads a letter from him.

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