Word: lieut
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lieut. General Robert Lawrence Eichelberger, 59, newly appointed commander of the Tokyo area, already had on hand his own crack 11th Airborne Division, commanded by Major General Joseph M. Swing, and some infantrymen of the 27th Division. This week tens of thousands more (including the dismounted ist Cavalry Division) landed from transports, swelling the body of troops toward the 500,000 or more who will land in weeks to come on the sacred soil. The occupation of Japan had begun...
...World War I, Lieut. Arthur Travers Harris formed the first night-fighter squadron to protect London from Zeppelins. Thereafter, he became one of the major prophets of air power; the heavy bomber was his special love. Last week theR.A.F.'s Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris said goodbye to his job-and to air power as it had developed during his lifetime. Said Bomber Harris...
Atmosphere of 1924. That night the Generalissimo wined & dined Mao. Other guests included Ambassador Hurley, tactful Lieut. General Albert C. Wedemeyer, commander of U.S. forces in China, and round-faced General Chou Enlai, China's No. 2 Communist. Chiang and Mao toasted each other in yellow wine. The Communist leader quaffed his cup; the Generalissimo (a teetotaler) barely wet his lips. Said Chiang: "I hope we can have the cordial atmosphere...
...came the first day when 16-year-old Herb Flam (TIME, Aug. 13) began skidding on the smooth turf, shook off his shoes and blasted Argentina's No. 2 player, Heraldo Weiss off the court. There's a coming Davis Cupper, said wise old tongues. Next day, Lieut. Gardnar Mulloy was an upset victim, succumbing to Major Frank Guernsey, a pint-size fighter pilot who prefers golf to tennis...
With Davis Cup play due for resumption next summer, the championships were a useful inventory of U.S. talent. Talbert and Parker seem certain team choices. Their fellow-travelers may well be Champions Lieut. Ted Schroeder and Ensign Jack Kramer, if they are out of uniform by then. Such a foursome seemed a poor bet to win the cup back from the Australians, who have Veterans Jack Bromwich, Adrian Quist and Pat Crawford, as well as an 18-year-old wonder boy named Ducky Pails. The Australians can hardly wait to spring Ducky on the world...