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Hodges had been an officer 20 years when he got the break that was to make him a three-star general in World War II. Most of the top Army commanders today are men who, at one time or another, have impressed George Marshall, who is a hard man to...
Bette Davis, vacationing in Columbus, Ga., spiked rumors that she had come South to marry her "very old friend," Corporal Louis Riley, peacetime Manhattan real-estate dealer, now stationed at nearby Fort Benning. The once divorced, once widowed cinemactress gave a party for the Corporal, invited his entire company, later...
Technical Sergeant Charles E. ("Commando") Kelly, now an infantry instructor at Fort Benning, overstayed a furlough in Pittsburgh by six days, was hailed before a court-martial. The officer-judges sentenced the holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor to: $90 fine, 90 days confinement to camp. Asked Kelly: "Can...
¶ Private Sidney ("Beau Jack") Walker, 23, Fort Benning, Ga.; his first fight since entering the Army ten weeks ago; by defeating Lightweight Champion Private Bob Montgomery of Keesler Field, Miss., in a ten-round, nontitle bout at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. Gate receipts: $35,864,900 in...
Mont., finished his training at Fort Benning.