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...Bosses. Overall commander of the First Allied Airborne Army is a colorful, hell-for-leather airman, Annapolis-trained Lieut. General Lewis H. ("Louie") Brereton. In Brereton's command setup, the role of deputy is filled by tall, bluff, ruddy Major General Richard N. Gale, who also doubles as active head of the First British Airborne Command. But the Airborne Army's heavyweight punch, the potent XVIII Corps with three known U.S. divisions, is wielded by husky, aggressive, driving General Ridgway, rated by U.S. Army chiefs as the world's No. 1 active airborne commander...
That magnificent character, the British Lion, forgot his Anglican manners last week, got up on his hind legs, and roared right in the face of his U.S. ally. The roar raised a transatlantic gale, but it also vented British vapors which had accumulated during five years of mannerly restraint. Afterward, the Lion felt better. The American objects of his spleen knew a little more about him and perhaps about themselves. British-U.S. relations may even have been improved by the week's exchange. Said the New York Sun: "A steady diet of mutual admiration and respect would...
Sweeper. In Minneapolis, the discovery of a 10,000-vote tabulation error put snaggle-toothed William J. Gallagher, 69, a retired street sweeper, and Henry George, single-taxer, into the House. By sweeping out Richard Pillsbury Gale, 44, a sense-making Republican internationalist, Gallagher will trade a $25.48 a month city pension for a $10,000-a-year...
Britain, like the U.S.. usually awards its medals on the recommendations of superiors. Last week the War Office broke precedent, gave airborne Major General Richard Nelson Gale the D.S.O. on the recommendation of two subalterns (lieutenants). Explained the War Office: Gale jumped into a dangerous attack to replace a fallen colonel, won the written praise of the only two surviving officers. Hinted the War Office: the practice will not be encouraged...
...harbors-the British at Arromanches, the U.S. at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer-were nearly complete on D-plus-13, when a furious gale struck the invasion coast, all but wiped out the U.S. installation, seriously damaged the British...