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Faces on the Wall. In his new office McElroy operates under the gaze of his five predecessors, hanging in oil portraits on the pale blue walls. Set apart is the first Defense Secretary, tight-lipped James Forrestal, whose health was broken by the job. Frame by frame are jowly Louis...
In his general ideas. Vannevar Bush has been joined over the years by some of the nation's foremost military thinkers: onetime Army Chief of Staff (1945-48) Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army Generals Joseph Lawton Collins and George C. Marshall. Air Generals Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold and Carl ("Tooey...
Navy Quarterback Tom Forrestal had a helmet full of tricks. Crouched behind his center, he kept Army off balance with continuous long counts while he twisted his head and acted as if he were casually counting the house. Then a quick switch to a quick snap would send him scampering...
After a first-period fumble gave the Irish a touchdown, the Middies took command as if they were scrimmaging with a squad of plebes. Quarterback Tom Forrestal called plays with professional precision; when he needed extra yardage, Fullback Ray ("Tex") Wellborn was always ready to oblige. A tireless transfer student...
The wire services clucked and twittered like village matrons at a sewing circle. Was she or wasn't she? "Spokesmen" and "usually well-informed sources" said she was. Then, from Monaco's palace press service, came the crusher: a "formal and categorical denial" that Princess Grace was expecting...