Word: generalships
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Eighth Army's late commander, General Walton ("Johnny") Walker, was a steady, courageous battle leader who was inclined to flounder in staff work and had 11ttle imagination. After the Chinese Communists smashed into North Korea, neither Walker's starched generalship nor the remote-control direction of Douglas Mac-Arthur's staff in Tokyo could give the Army the direction it needed. Ridgway can. Omar Bradley called him "one of those tremendously valuable Army officers who are both outstanding commanders and amazingly competent staff officers. He can plan an action and he can execute...
...Viet Minh were attacking on a 75-mile front north of Hanoi, deploying 30 to 40 battalions for daylight battle in open country for the first time. At week's end the French were holding firm, smashing the Communists with artillery. The test of De Lattre's generalship had arrived...
...bids well to beat out veteran Kermit Tracy for the starting quarterback post when pre-season practice got underway. Little got around this superfluity of talent by shifting Price to left halfback where his running and passing ability could be utilized without losing Tracy's experience and cool field generalship...
...battle, "he was transformed from a shy, awkward young general perplexed by the minutiae of paper work, tactical details and camp routine into a fearless and almost terrible leader who inspired his men, to heroic feats." Unfortunately for the Southern cause, Confederate President Jefferson Davis mistook bravery for generalship, put the crippled Hood in command of the Army of Tennessee in the midst of the Atlanta campaign...
...fourth world general (1934-39), daughter of its British founder, William Booth; in Hartsdale, N.Y. Auburn-haired "Little Eva" was born the same year as the Army. Longtime head of the Army in the U.S., she won a bitter fight with brother Bramwell Booth to make the generalship elective, was herself elected to succeed Bramwell's successor, Edward John Higgins...