Word: holcombe
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...General Thomas Holcomb, U.S. Marines: "island-hopping" has been a necessary part of "the grand squeeze play on Tokyo." But the United Nations have no intention of "going methodically from island to island" until they reach Japan...
When the Marines' square-faced, bespectacled Lieut. General Thomas Holcomb, 64, retires on New Year's Day as commandant of the Corps, he will become a full general, the first in the 168-year-old history of the Marines...
...passed several years ago authorizes officers decorated in World War I for services beyond the call of duty to go up one grade upon retirement. Veteran Tommy Holcomb commanded a Marine battalion in World War I, was under fire at St. Mihiel, Soissons, the Argonne. Lieut. Colonel Holcomb came out strewn with ribbons...
Another award awaits serious, hardworking General Holcomb: the Distinguished Service Medal, already authorized by the House and awaiting only Senate action. Another job also awaits General Holcomb, but that is still the Navy's well-kept secret. Best guess to date: a place among the Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...outfit's top men met, there was no need for explanations for General Hoicomb's retirement. He was still in good physical shape, could still do his day's stint in the field. But he had reached the retirement age of 64 last August. Tommy Holcomb had always insisted that Commandants should walk, not be wheeled out of office. Only the insistence of the Commander in Chief had kept him on the job beyond the legal limit...