Word: halseyisms
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...Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey Jr., bellicose Third Fleet commander, let out one of his periodic anti-Jap bellows, this time for punishment of "all Japs guilty of war crimes without respect for rank or position." Paying his particular respects to Field Marshal Juichi Terauchi, "the beast ... in command during the death march of our prisoners on Bataan," he proposed: "For every one of our men who was murdered, officially or otherwise, a Jap officer two ranks higher should suffer the death penalty...
...Douglas MacArthur, who has experienced more of the ups & downs of war than any other U.S. general, the assignment sets the stage for the climax to a historic career. Regarded by Admiral Halsey and many another fighting man as the ablest general of World War II, General of the Army MacArthur will have a field of immense scope for his strategic and tactical brilliance. And millions of his fellow-countrymen who know little of the art of war would be well pleased to see him take, as symbol of full surrender, the Mikado's sword...
Career airmen of the Navy, not so fortunate, are still represented in the upper strata (four-and five-star admirals) only by five-star COMINCH Ernest King, who learned to fly at 48 and has never worked hard at being an airman, and four-starred "Bull" Halsey, who was 52 before he ever had a control stick in his hands. This week, naval aviators who had been busy at flying since they were youngsters watched anxiously for the Navy's list of promotions to four-star rank. But they watched without much hope. To the Navy's crusty...
...Pinned yet another Gold Star, in lieu of a third D.S.M., on famed Admiral "Bull" Halsey...
Missing. Lieut. General Millard Fillmore ("Miff") Harmon, 57, studious, unstarched commander of Army Air Forces, Pacific; in a converted Liberator bomber; en route from a forward Pacific base to Hawaii. His ability and knack at coordinating Army, Navy and Marine forces prompted Admiral Halsey to call him "Rock of Gibraltar." Successor: his deputy, rugged Major General Willis Henry Hale...