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Commander of the corps that stormed the island was 62-year-old Lieut. General Holland M. ("Howlin' Mad") Smith, whose Amphibious Corps had taken Tarawa, Makin, Kwajalein. Commanders of his two Marine Divisions: the Second, blocky, 52-year-old Major General Thomas E. Watson; the Fourth, jut-jawed, 58-year-old Harry Schmidt...
...flowed ashore at the rate of 10,000 tons a day-while the Japs, of course, had to fight on what they had. The captured Aslito airfield was renamed "Conroy Field," in honor of Colonel James Gardiner Conroy of the Army's 27th Division, who was killed at Makin last November...
Thomas Eakins (rhymes with makin's) lived & died (1844-1916) without enjoying or soliciting artistic honors. In last week's show he was commemorated in 88 of his works, chiefly oils plus four of the little wax figures he made to help him with his sculptural paintings, and a few of the charming, swift sketches he always made in oil, even for his watercolors. One of these paintings, Salutat, represented his famed boxing series, which he painted before gentlemen were supposed to profess an interest in pugilism. Another, The Biglen Brothers Turning the Stake, represented his equally famed rowing series...
...went an order to all Americans on Makin. Now the bathing hour is marked by the patrolling of stern M.P.s, the gazing of frozen-faced G.I.s, the splashing of brown beauties...
Women in the Gilberts have never been wholly converted to the mission-style dress from neck to knee. By signs, a New York sergeant conveyed to a Makin girl that he wanted a grass skirt for a souvenir. Quickly she whipped hers off, politely offered it. The red-faced soldier hastily gave the gift-giver a large bandana handkerchief. Graciously she accepted, deftly wrapped it around her head...