Word: commander
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reinforced the Seventh Fleet, already the greatest concentration of fire power ever in the Western Pacific, stripped down the Formosa defense command for action, added supersonic Lockheed F-1048 and the Army's Nike Hercules antiaircraft missiles to Formosa's arsenal, then sent Pacific Commander in Chief Admiral Harry Felt to Formosa for conferences and inspection...
...first-rate Army Air Forces pilot in World War II-he was one of ten in the ferry command who volunteered to ferry P-475 across the Atlantic, later flew The Hump from India to China-he came home to head a reform slate to clean up Phoenix's city government. He earned such public acclaim for doing just that-and cutting taxes to boot-that in 1952 he felt sassy enough to tackle Democratic Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Harry Truman's majority leader. Homespun Ernie scarcely deigned to notice this lively upstart. But in the Eisenhower landslide...
...F.L.N. command in Cairo readily admitted that the announcement of a government-in-exile was a calculated countermeasure to De Gaulle's expected victory in this week's referendum. Unlike the voters in France's colonies, Algeria's voters cannot choose independence by voting non. In these circumstances, the F.L.N. has ordered Moslems to boycott the election, and the measure of De Gaulle's success will not be a majority for out (which is already conceded), but the size of the vote. Heavy participation could be taken as a vote of confidence in De Gaulle...
Tuesday & Wednesday-Pleading bad weather, U.S. and Nationalist naval commands temporarily call off the convoys to consider new tactics. The Communist barrage has become steady, making beach and airfield almost unusable. In desperation, the Nationalists airdrop small quantities of medical supplies to Que-moy's garrison. Admiral Beakley comes ashore to consider with Taiwan Defense Command's Vice Admiral Smoot "what to do now." Beakley admits: "We are back right where we started before we began convoying. They called our hand when they shelled the beach and got that LSM. The Chicoms' guns can and will blast...
...minor characters each preserve the rugged uniqueness of the mountain people: Pablo, the guerilla leader, animal-like and cowardly, dulled with wine and inactivity; Pilar, his woman, who assumes command when he no longer cares; Anselmo, the old Pacifist, who is forced to kill to support the Republic...