Word: lemming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fitting Choice. Norstad's successor as Commander in Chief of U.S. Forces in Europe will be the Army's General Lyman (Lem) Lemnitzer, 62, since 1960 chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It was a fitting choice: Lemnitzer was one of the drafters of the NATO treaty, later helped parcel out arms to U.S. Allies as first di rector of the Office of Military Assistance in 1949. Though France's crusty President Charles de Gaulle growled "Je ne le con-nais pas" when he heard of Lemnitzer's selection, there is little doubt that...
...Lem. Since Harkins' February arrival, the Vietnamese and his own staff have learned that the general's own "reaction time" is pretty quick. On a typical day last week, Harkins rose at 6 a.m., did the setting-up exercises that replace his favorite sports of riding, squash, golf and swimming, which he no longer has time for, and dressed in freshly pressed suntans, had breakfast with his attractive wife, the former Elizabeth Conner of Ewing, Neb. Arriving at Saigon airport at 8 a.m., Harkins climbed into his small L23 transport and the pilot took off, cruising...
While in flight, Harkins put on his glasses, made notes on index cards for a speech to be made to a new contingent of U.S. officers arriving next day. In clear block letters he jotted down such phrases as "Remember you are not commanders," "Diplomat discreet," and "Def . . . Lem . . . Felt . . ." In other words, he intended to tell the new men not to give orders to the Vietnamese, only to advise; they are to work hard to get along with their Vietnamese counterparts; and Defense Secretary McNamara, General Lyman Lemnitzer and Admiral Harry Felt were all arriving in a week...
...fought publicly for a bigger budget for conventional warfare-and was eased out of the Pentagon. General Taylor, Ridgway's successor, waged a behind-the-scenes battle-and resigned in 1959 in frustration. Next came two men who have been criticized for their lack of drive. General Lyman ("Lem") Lemnitzer, 62, a brilliant staff officer with little combat experience, served as Army Chief of Staff from 1959 to 1960, then moved up to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and President Kennedy have made little secret of the fact that they feel Lemnitzer does...
...THOMAS LEM. SCHMIDT Northridge, Calif...