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...scuttlebutt was busy weeks before blunt, soldierly Thomas Holcomb retired as Commandant of the Marine Corps, full of honors and the first four-star general in the history of the Corps. Rumor's net at that time (New Year's): General Holcomb was going to join the Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff. This week the rumor was abandoned in favor of other and sounder information...
...scuttlebutt was that Marine Holcomb, who has served in China, the Philippines, the Caribbean and Europe, was all set for a diplomatic job. He was going to become U.S. Minister to the Union of South Africa. Reported reason for the choice: the State Department decided it could find no better man to deal with outspoken, common-sensical Premier Jan Christiaan Smuts, soldier of 43 years' standing, than outspoken, common-sensical Tommy Holcomb, veteran of 43 years of Marine service...
...time Japan's swift conquest of the Pacific had ended this unrealistic dream, a new start had been made. In September 1939, the ist Marine Brigade started an amphibious training program. That was the month Marine Commandant Thomas Holcomb sent his assistant, Brigadier General Holland Smith, to take command. Tommy Holcomb had picked the right...
...Once he sent General Holcomb a list of Marine generals he thought should be retired, to give younger officers a chance. No. 1 on the list: Holland Smith. *Not to be confused with two other approximate General Smiths in Holland Smith's command: Ralph Smith of the 27th Army Division, Harry Schmidt of the 4th Marine Division...
...Best Tradition. Smart and helpful, the Reserves are also self-sufficient. The New River maintenance crew, for instance, is allowed to handle up to 220-voltage electricity and performs the plumbing and carpentry chores in the women's area. Corporal Billie Holcomb, who has a Marine staff sergeant father and an Army sergeant husband in the Aleutians, is boss...