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...during the New Britain campaign, had taken an instant dislike to each other. Such frictions are common in all military hierarchies; the measure of the junior-ranking man in each case is how he takes it. When Smith got his first general's star and was made ADC (assistant division commander), the promotion did not come from Rupertus but from "topside." The first day Smith assumed his duties as ADC, Rupertus decided to make a hospitable gesture and reached for a bottle. "Have a drink," he growled...