Word: cliffords
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shouldn't," wrote Britain's crack war correspondent Alexander Graeme Clifford, "pay too much attention to Mr. Ingersoll.... But one must pay attention to what he stands for-an American point of view. History is in the oven now and soon it will be ready to serve...
Fearful lest history's pudding smack too bitterly of the gall, wormwood and Bromo-Seltzer dropped into it by PM Editor Ralph Ingersoll's war report, Top Secret* (TIME, April 22), Correspondent Clifford last week began adding his own salty seasoning...
...point is," writes Clifford, "we were split. The front wasn't just dented, it was punched right through. . . . How can you think you have any offensive when you are reeling back with two Panzer armies at your throat? . . . Montgomery made a plan, carried it through and the battle was won. There is no getting away from that. Happily, there is no need for us to fling any mud back. The Americans were magnificent. . . . Monty says without qualification that the battle of the Ardennes was won primarily by the staunch fighting qualities of the American soldier...
...issue must never be confused. World government can prevent war. The present U. N. can not. Time is short. Clifford R. Hope...
Last week 39-year-old Captain Clifford, who had stuck to his desk and never gone to sea, took over as President Truman's Naval Aide...