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...years. Harkins had a tour as commandant of cadets at West Point and a year in Korea, serving first as Taylor's chief of staff and then as commander, respectively, of the 45th and 24th Divisions. He was on duty in Hawaii when Army Chief of Staff George Decker recommended him to President Kennedy for the Saigon post...
...DECKER...
Economics and Brush Fires. John Kennedy was grim as he faced the group. He talked rapidly; Army Secretary Elvis Stahr and Army Chief of Staff George Decker both started to take notes, could barely keep up. In the cold war, said Kennedy, the U.S. faces two major challenges. One is economic, but the U.S. can and will intensify its economic contest with the Soviet Union. The other threat is military-probably not on the cataclysmic scale of all-out nuclear war but rather in the form of Communistexploited brush fires throughout the world. In Communist jargon, these are known...
...JAMES M. DECKER The Reformed Church of Deerpark Port Jervis...
...Lyman Lemnitzer and the uniformed heads of each of the services. The talk turned from the defense budget to streamlining the Army's organization. Time and again, when proposals were made, the President insisted on having them spelled out, and kept pressing Army Chief of Staff George H. Decker for confirmation: "Is this what you want? Are you sure?" Finally it was agreed that Regular Army strength, would be upped from 14 divisions to 16. with the extra funds coming from cutbacks of some eight National Guard or Reserve divisions. Other changes approved by the President included a move...