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The Old Man was Major General George S. Patton Jr., 55, commander of the Second Armored Division at Fort Benning. His rank kept him remote from the men of Company D, 68th Armored Regiment (Light). Yet, to all of them, The Old Man was as near and real as the...
In a separate camp on the reservation at Fort Benning, Ga. the 501st* Parachute Battalion, 29 officers and 414 enlisted soldiers picked for sturdiness, self-reliance and intelligence, was going through jumps from dummy airplanes, exercises in combat tactics, bruising training in tumbling and other roughhouse, good for jumpers.
The first platoon had already gone through that mill. From the commanding officer, Major William M. Miley, down to the last private, they had made at least six jumps each (the lowest from 750 feet), will make many more, working their jumping altitude down to 300. This week, husky Major...
At last count, General Chaffee's A. F. had 6,400 vehicles (tanks, trucks, motorcycles, motorized artillery, etc.), 26,000 men. The First Division was stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., the Second Division at Fort Benning, Ga. Next year, if all goes better with the armored force than with...
What there was of the Second Division last week maneuvered in northern Florida, made a final 83-mile dash back to Fort Benning in three hours and 20 minutes. Rural gapers saw 400 tanks on the march, bounding along like agitated turtles with their three .30-calibre machine guns, a...