Word: forte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...command of the Eighth Army, MacArthur announced the appointment of Lieut. General Matthew Bunker Ridgway, U.S. pioneer of the airborne assault in World War II, who was in Washington last week as deputy to Army Chief of Staff J. Lawton Collins. Born at Fort Monroe, Va. 55 years ago, Ridgway planned the first large-scale U.S. parachute-troop operation in Sicily (1943). Through no fault of his, that one was a snafu, but he kept on tirelessly pushing the airborne doctrine, jumped with his troops (the 82nd Airborne Division) in Normandy, later became commander of an airborne corps...
Eastern New York (Albany): December 27, Dr. Donald L. Collins, 18 Circle Lane, Albany; Fairmont, West Virginia: James O. Watson '00, Fort Hill Farm, Fairmont; Houston, Texas: Ted H. Riggs, Niels Ehperson Building...
Robert Amory, Jr. '36, professor of Law and member of the Cambridge School Committee announced last night that he had been recalled to the Army. He will leave for the General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in January, he said...
...from service if they fall to pass the OCS course (but then become draft-eligible in most cases). They must have completed both basic training and leadership school, which combined take five and a half months, before entering O.C.S. The course itself takes six months and is held at Fort Riley, Kansas. If asked by the Army, they must agree to serve on active duty after receiving their commissions. At the present time, men receiving commissions are asked to serve for two years on active duty...
Boston 87, Fort Wayne...