Word: hollanders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Time for Diplomacy. Perennially truculent, Holland Smith would have been busted out years ago if he had not been the man and the Marine he is. A military liberal at the salt-encrusted age of 61, he never hesitates to admit his own mistakes...
When he is not learning more about amphibious warfare on places like Makin, Tarawa or Kwajalein, Holland Smith lives in a house near the naval base at Pearl Harbor with his tall, courtly Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Graves B. ("Bobby") Erskine, his aide, Major Clifton A. Woodrum Jr. (ex-SEC lawyer and son of the Virginia Congressman) and his three Marine orderlies...
...eats sparingly (only thick soup for luncheon), smokes more William Penn cigars than his doctor thinks he should. His favorite topic of conversation is his grandchildren, Marion and Holland II, aged four and two. Toward women he is an old-fashioned Southerner. Riding recently in a C-54 through the Pacific, he noticed two Army nurses aboard, mused: "Think of it. Women...
Soldier's Reward. Last week President Roosevelt nominated Kelly Turner a three-star admiral (see p. 65). Observers felt certain that the three stars of a lieutenant general would soon follow for Holland Smith...
...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...