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...fill the overseas job left vacant by Eisenhower, the Army picked 62-year-old Air General Joseph T. McNarney, dour, black-browed Irishman who served most of the war as Marshall's deputy in Washington. To take Nimitz' place, the Navy picked Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance, able, unspectacular commander of the famous Fifth Fleet. As Spruance stepped in, his spectacular alternate in the Pacific campaign-Admiral "Bull" Halsey, boss of the Third Fleet-hauled down his flag, remarked, "I deem it necessary for men of my age [63] to step aside," and walked ashore, headed for private life...
Joseph T. McNarney, Omar N. Bradley, Walter Krueger, Brehon B. Somervell, Carl Spaatz, George C. Kenney, Mark Clark, Jacob L. Devers, Thomas T. Handy...
Three other names on the list showed once again the Army's increasing recognition of the importance of air power: Carl Andrew Spaatz,* who bosses the Strategic Air Forces in Europe; George Kenney, who made Douglas MacArthur air-conscious and bosses the Far Eastern Air Forces; Joseph T. McNarney, a veteran airman, who commands all Army forces in the Mediterranean Theater. With General of the Army Henry Arnold, who wears five stars-and is a member of the Combined Chiefs of Staff as well, Army airmen swing plenty of rank and weight...
That afternoon Hopkins flew south to Mediterranean Headquarters near Naples, where he met belated Edward R. Stettinius Jr. Wholly overshadowed by Harry Hopkins, the Secretary of State apparently saw nobody of political importance except Ambassador Kirk. After a dinner with U.S. Generals Ira C. Eaker and Joseph T. McNarney, Messrs. Stettinius and Hopkins hoarded separate planes, vanished into the Big Three silence...
...insistence on seniority in promotion (which is tough on younger flying officers), naval airmen grow even hotter under the collar. Among top-rankers on General Marshall's staff is the Air Forces' Major General Clayton L. Bissell, acting chief of G2. Another airman, Lieut. General Joseph T. McNarney, was Marshall's deputy before he was in command of a theater...