Word: bonesteel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. General Charles Hartwell Bonesteel III, 68, commander in chief of the United Nations troops in Korea (1966-69); after a long illness; in Alexandria, Va. Bonesteel served as operational planner for the Normandy invasion under General Omar Bradley and after the war helped lay the groundwork for the Marshall Plan. Throughout the '60s and '70s he repeatedly called for expanded conventional-as opposed to nuclear-capabilities...