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December 8, 1926

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SECOND OPERATION TO BE PERFORMED ON KING FERDINAND; Surgeons Expect to Be Able to Make Supplemental Incision Tomorrow. PATIENT BRAVE IN ORDEAL Started It by Telling Doctors to 'Get Busy' and Smoked Calmly While They Worked. QUEEN STAYS BY HIS SIDE Rest of Family Remain in Adjoining Room of the Still Strongly Guarded Palace.

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BUCHAREST, Dec. 7. -- The King appears to have come through yesterday's operation in good shape, judging by the medical bulletins issued this afternoon. His physicians describe the patient's condition as satisfactory, state that he slept well last night, drank a cup of tea this morning and enjoys virtually normal temperature and a pulse of 68.

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Ralph Puckett

1926Ralph Puckett, American Army officer (died 2024)[†]

Ralph Puckett Jr. was a United States Army officer. He led the Eighth Army Ranger Company during the Korean War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on November 25, 1950, when his company of 51 Rangers was attacked by several hundred Chinese soldiers at the battle for Hill 205. He later served in the Vietnam War and retired from the army in 1971 as a colonel. After being appointed on July 19, 1996, he served as the Honorary Colonel of the 75th Ranger Regiment.