Word: maj
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Yugoslav U.N. troops, who had been withdrawn from the Gaza Strip earlier, were called back to help deal with the demonstration, said Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, U.N. force commander. Belgrade radio announced earlier that Yugoslav units had left the strip. It gave no reason, but the Yugoslav government had hinted its troops would be pulled out of the strip if Egypt objected to U.N. control of the territory...
...state," she said, "that on instructions from the government, the chief of staff of the Israel defense forces, Gen. Moshe Dayan, met today with the commander of the United Nations Emergency Force, Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, to discuss measures necessary to carry out the withdrawal from both areas in accordance with the statement made by me on Friday last...
...Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh also took another swipe at Secretary of Defense Wilson for having said that during the Korean War the Guard was a sort of "draft-dodging" haven...
...Maj. Gen. Melton A. Reckord, speaking for himself and three other generals who called on the President, said...
...Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh, president of the association, has accused the army of trying to "relegate the National Guard to a second-string position in national defense, if not to destroy it." He feels that the Guard will lose about 100,000 men, almost a quarter of their total force, because of the six month training provision...