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...D-day for the plot was originally set for the last week in July. But last month, former Dictator Juan Peron, exiled in the Dominican Republic, published what he said was a pre-election pact between himself and Frondizi. Thus provoked, the plotters moved up the date. At the signal-to be given by Rear Admiral Arturo Rial-the traditionally anti-Peronist Córdoba garrison would rise, and warships from the Rio Santiago and Puerto Belgrano bases would steam along the River Plate and blockade Buenos Aires. It was roughly the same plan that toppled Peron in 1955-Fatal...
...accompanying your story on D-day in Europe is a wonderful piece of military reference material; I've filed mine away where I can always get at it. However, it seems to be drawn from the point of view of the German commander because, as any armchair strategist knows, the enemy is shown in red and friendly forces in blue. JOSEPH M. MASSARO Lieutenant, U.S.A. Fort Knox...
Major General Donald N. Yates, commander, U.S.A.F missile-testing base, Cape Canaveral, Fla LL.D. Citation: "A very model of a modern major general, highly trained in science as well as warfare. A crack meteorologist, his predictions set the date for D-day in World War II ... He has proved himself a brilliant administrator and leader...
...Twentieth Century (CBS, 6:30-7 p.m.). A worthy rerun of a topnotch documentary on D-day and the breakthrough on the western front...
...Airborne Divisions, although badly scattered in the airdrop, outfought three German divisions, suffering 2,500 casualties. Shielded by this U.S. airborne success, the U.S. 4th Infantry Division swept ashore soon after the first light on Utah Beach, swamped the defenses at a cost of only 197 casualties. It was D-Day's first major breakthrough...