Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This week cigar-chomping Curtis LeMay was called back to Washington to take over the Strategic Air Command, succeeding General George C. Kenney. His successor in Wiesbaden: pugnacious Lieut. General John K. ("Uncle Joe") Cannon, 56, brilliant wartime commander of all Allied air forces in the Mediterranean...
...beset by a thousand worries . . . Always the General had Monty gnawing at his nerves . . . As a SHAEF staff member, as part of the official family and as secretary-driver to General Eisenhower I grew to dislike the very name of Montgomery. In my personal opinion, he gave the Supreme Commander more worry than any other one individual in the entire Allied command...
This great navy had, however, two weaknesses: the supporting industrial bases, never geared to rapid replacements or mass production, and the strategy of the Japanese high command...
...Navy got full command of all antisubmarine and naval actions, whether naval or Air Force planes were employed. But the Air Force got absolute control over all strategic bombing, whether launched from bases or Navy carriers...
...instructions to bear fruit. Last week, an official buff-colored envelope flopped on to Alfred's doormat. Inside was a letter signed by Food Minister Strachey's private secretary: "Your letter . . . was referred by the King to the Minister of Food who, by His Majesty's command, has given it careful consideration and has decided that ... an exception to the general rule . . . may be made in your case." Said Alfred: "When my wife and I realized what the King had done, we burst into tears...