Word: lieuts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was little doubt as to the man the Administration wanted as Denfeld's successor. He was Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman who, as Deputy Vice Chief of Naval Operations, had committed the Navy sin of joining with the Air Force's Lieut. General Larry Norstad as one of the original authors of unification. When integration came, Forrest Sherman was bundled out of Washington to become commander of the Sixth Task Fleet in the Mediterranean. This week Secretary Matthews smuggled him home on a civilian airline to offer him Denfeld...
...checked food items for Peoples Drug Stores, Inc. in Washington, 32-year- old Frank Porterfield had a wonderful recurring daydream-he pictured himself leading his National Guard MP platoon in dashing feats of arms. Like his guardsmen, Lieut. Porterfield was tired of the dull routine of study and drill which filled their Tuesday evenings at the armory. He decided to put his dream...
Roscoes Out. Guardsmen with walkie-talkies yelled into their instruments; an ambulance came screaming up the drive. Its driver bawled: "Where are the wounded?" The effect of all this was spectacular: Lieut. Porterfield had told nobody-not even the Capitol police-that he was "recapturing" the Capitol from an imaginary but bloodthirsty...
...before pistols barked, Police Lieut. William Reed, in charge of the night force at the Capitol, charged across the grounds, swollen with professional indignation and crying loudly for information. An MP informed him proudly: "We've just taken the Hill." "Get the hell out of the way," he roared, and descended on Dreamer Porterfield...
...Lieut. General George H. Brett (now retired), who, says George Kenney, didn't even know how many planes he had in his command when Kenney came to succeed...