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...Brasshat Without Brass. In 1944 the fading Goring relieved his fighter chief. In 1945, Galland wangled command of an elite ME 262 outfit known, because of the pack of aces he collected for it, as the "Squadron of Experts." The big picture thereupon dissolved to the gun-sight view. With the oldtime exhilaration, ex-Brasshat Galland blew up two U.S. Marauders. Then "a hail of fire enveloped me. A Mustang had caught me napping. A sharp rap hit my right knee. The instrument panel . . . was shattered. The right engine was also hit. Its metal covering worked loose . . . and was partly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Memories of the Luftwaffe | 11/15/1954 | See Source »

...some, OSP sounds like a gigantic giveaway. Since 1952, $2.5 billion has been set aside to equip NATO soldiers with everything from Italian minesweepers to German radios. "We just buy from them what they need," quipped one brasshat, "and give it back." On the other hand, many careful planners think OSP is a godsend-the cheapest, most efficient way for the U.S. to defend itself. With OSP dollars, they argue, the U.S. gets such unique military bargains as the services of the Turkish army, which fights gallantly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IS It a Godsend or a Giveaway? | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

...Your Feb. 4 issue was the only magazine noting the passing of Major General Robert H. Soule. To most Americans he was just another "brasshat," but to the 18,000 officers and men who served under him the loss was great. "Shorty" Soule contributed more to our Korean campaign than the general public realizes. His peerless leadership at Hungnam was the difference between a successful operation and disaster. He wholeheartedly gave his talents-and he gave his life. In many different parts of the world today, you've made 18,000 new friends. GLENN C. COWART Lieutenant, U.S.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 25, 1952 | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...Curt LeMay, 43, runs his armada from a second-floor office at Offutt Base, a converted World War II aircraft plant set peacefully among the rolling cornfields just west of the Missouri River. He leaves his door wide open and is usually "at home" to any brasshat or buck private-somewhat as a lion is at home on meatless Tuesday. He sits immobile behind his polished walnut desk, black-maned, broad-shouldered and heavy-faced, his lips set as straight as the five rows of service ribbons on his tan uniform jacket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Background For War: MAN IN THE FIRST PLANE | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

...people of Hiroshima. As honor guests on the platform he installed the members of an Australian parliamentary delegation. When he rose to speak, he briefly delivered MacArthur's greetings, then referred to the bombing of Hiroshima in words the Japanese have not heard for some time. Said Brasshat Robertson: "This disaster was your own fault. . . The punishment given to Hiroshima was only part of the retribution of the Japanese people as a whole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATOMIC AGE: Hotfoot in Hiroshima | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

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