Word: berenschot
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...Commander in Chief of the N.E.I. Army, Lieut. General Gerardus J. Berenschot. Hein ter Poorten's beefy, weather-beaten face was impassive, his great 220-lb. body vastly immobile as he heard the message: "Het is Zoover"-This is it. With the economy of movement characteristic of great bodies, he hung up, pushed a button on his desk. N.E.I.'s well-concerted war plans went into action...
They had gone into action at the drop of the Jap's hat in Pearl Harbor. By now Hein ter Poorten was a lieutenant general. He had been Commander of the N.E.I. Army since October, when General Berenschot was killed in an airplane crash. His planes ranged far out to sea, attacked and sank Japanese ships. They worked closely with the N.E.I. Navy, which was at sea. The Navy commander, Vice Admiral C. E. L. Helfrich, a shorter, stubbier, seagoing edition of Ter Poorten, had sent the fleet out days before...