Word: halseyisms
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GUADA-John Hersey, who spent all summer with Admiral Halsey's naval task forces and with the Marines on Guadalcanal...
Delegated "to administer the oath of office to the said Carter Glass" was owl-eyed, impressive Senate Secretary Colonel Edwin A. Halsey. Halsey bustled into snow-powdered Lynchburg on Friday with Rixey Smith, the Senator's secretary and Boswell. Surrounded by his family, friends, two physicians and three reporters, Carter Glass was waiting for them. "Hi, Ed," he said. "You're the United States Senate." Ed was. Solemnly Halsey intoned the oath, solemnly Glass intoned his response...
...South Pacific Admiral William Halsey was less specific tactically but more specifically tactless. In an interview reported by A.P.'s J. Norman Lodge he said...
...real test. Douglas MacArthur, whose brilliant skill and courage raised him to the rank of hero while he fought an inevitably losing fight, still lacked the means to win the crown of a great victory. Outstanding among Americans for accomplishment in battle stood the name of Admiral William Halsey, who, not once but again & again, took his task force into swift encounters against the Japs to deal them telling blows...
...military man from Rommel to Halsey was the man of 1942 for a good sufficient reason: there was no military victory of the year which showed signs of being conclusive...