Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...general's office came dozens of Japanese with gifts and good-luck keepsakes. Most of them ended their hesitant speeches on the same note: "General, it is a tragedy for Japan that you are leaving us." Many were weeping on the dock when the general joined "Miss Em" on the transport and sailed for a hero's welcome this week in Manila, for an old soldier's quiet life in the States as soon as the Army marks "Retired" on Uncle Bob's service record of more than 43 years...
This martial interruption was the idea of Australia's Lieut. General H.C.H. Robertson, British Commonwealth occupation commander in Japan. Like many a Commonwealth occupation official, Robertson feels that U.S. policy in Japan has too much poetry, not enough punch. As commander of the Hiroshima area at the ceremony, Robertson had a rare chance to show the Japanese (and the Americans) what he meant...
Victorious Greek troops squeezed a tighter & tighter grip on the Mount Gramos area last week. Before them, General Markos Vafiades' desperate rebels mounted one counterattack after another in an agonized effort to save the last escape hatches for moving their heavy equipment into Albania. Rebel prisoners said that Markos and his "government " had already crossed the border...
...trouble was that the Greek army was still not quite used to sorties. When Operation Coronet began, the officer in charge was Lieut. General Panos Kalogeropoulos, commander of the Second Corps, a tranquil, French-trained officer who loved his garden and allowed his staff to bring their wives and children along on campaign. For six weeks Kalogeropoulos tended his flowers, while his dispirited troops were strictly forbidden to advance beyond their set, limited objectives...
...last week the Greek Supreme National Defense Council finally agreed with American military advisers that a new commander, rather than more American supplies, was needed to speed up the campaign. Their choice: Lieut. General Stelios Kitrilakis, deputy chief of staff at Athens GHQ and main author of the plan for Operation Coronet. As Kitrilakis took over, the stalemate broke. Greek assault troops broke through the old rebel defense line and kept on going...