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...American direction and control, exercised by "a fighting general of the highest qualities, with an adequate staff of able officers." He thought that General Douglas MacArthur could do the job quickest. But he also mentioned as prospects, General Mark W. Clark, and Lieut. Generals Albert C. Wedemeyer and J. Lawton Collins. He called for the revival of the volunteer "Flying Tigers," and urged Congress to appropriate $800,000,000 for China, chiefly in military...
...After a few drinks, a soldier at Fort Sill, Okla. climbed into a 21-ton, self-propelled 155-mm. howitzer and, although he had never operated one before, drove it five miles into the town of Lawton (pop. 20,000), crashed into three autos, toured the business section, then rumbled on back to the fort-and into the guardhouse...
...rugged North Africa and Normandy campaigns nearly came a cropper while inspecting Fort Benning, Ga. Enthusiastic Master Sergeant Hugh Cook cornered the Marshal with a tale of the battle for Okinawa. Monty, magnificently insular, looked blank. "That's an island in the Pacific, sir," prompted Lieut. General J. Lawton Collins, Army Public Relations chief. Monty looked relieved...
...Lawton Whitlock...
...Lawton S. Brayton...