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Then the Eighth went south to clean up what was left of the Philippines. In 44 days it made six major and 24 minor landings. Eichelberger was all over the place, sleeping among his soldiers on the ground - once, so close to a Jap airfield that the racket of enemy...
Captain Vincent Astor, peacetime yachtsman (the Nourmahal), was awarded the Navy Commendation Ribbon in Manhattan for "meritorious performance . . . initiative, unflagging energy and devotion" to administrative duties with the Confidential Fishing Vessel Observers, who watched for subs while fishing along the Atlantic Coast.
Some 20 minutes later he was seen standing alone on the high, bitterly contested escarpment. He signaled that he would lower the wounded to safety. The company commander ordered him to come down, but he paid no attention until he had removed the last of 75 wounded men. Despite disobeying...
His reaction to World War I was typical of the average U.S. reaction of that day. Editorially, he plunged into it with all his fervor, calling it "the greatest revival the world has ever known since Christ came upon the earth." He won an Editor & Publisher award for a stirring...
His career was shaped by: 1) two wars; 2) life inside the narrow horizons of a small farm; and 3) an early political career in a machine that knew little and cared less for broad-scale statesmanship. Son of a Missouri farmer, he went no farther than high school before...