Word: flags
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rising Sun flag still floats over villages in our area. Jap officers demand written authorization of unit commanders before allowing American troops to take souvenirs, rifles, swords, etc. Jap officers and civilians ride around in automobiles while American troops, with a limited number of trucks and jeeps, must walk...
...Dear Admiral." The Navy also had a form letter. It let "My dear Admiral" down with a gentler bump. Sent last month to all of the 369 flag officers still on active duty, the Navy's letter simply asked (for guidance in future planning) if the admiral wanted to retire-please reply. Of those who had replied by last week, only 16 said they wanted to get out. Among them were Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey (see above); 62-year-old Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, commander of the Atlantic Fleet throughout most of the war; hardboiled Admiral Emory...
...originate with him, but with the Department of Justice.... I was determined to resist what I considered coercion.... I was visited by FBI agents and threatened at a meeting probably such as the FBI-Gestapo never had before. . . ." At long last, the Colonel had hauled down his flag, hollered uncle, and surrendered, keeping his sidearms...
...Marshall's deputy in Washington. To take Nimitz' place, the Navy picked Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance, able, unspectacular commander of the famous Fifth Fleet. As Spruance stepped in, his spectacular alternate in the Pacific campaign-Admiral "Bull" Halsey, boss of the Third Fleet-hauled down his flag, remarked, "I deem it necessary for men of my age [63] to step aside," and walked ashore, headed for private life...
...Paul, Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey, whose flag secretary Stassen had been, described him to a homecoming crowd: "A great naval officer, a great Governor, fit for any job you want to give him." Archconservative columnist Frank R. Kent wrote: "If there is a better Republican available no one has pointed him out." Even Columnist Mark Sullivan, who usually looks with distrust on men with advanced views like Harold Stassen's, praised his "boldness...