Word: metcalf
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...intelligence in advance of the operation was, in the understated assessment of Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III, the U.S. force commander for the invasion, "not what we would have desired." This was puzzling, since, as early as last March, Reagan had publicly denounced the military buildup in Grenada as "unrelated to any conceivable threat to this island country." Despite Reagan's concern, the CIA did not bother to send agents into the island until two days before the invasion...
...commander of that force majeure, and of the Second Fleet, was Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III, Annapolis-trained ('51) and a recipient of the Legion of Merit. He made no secret of the fact that he was responsible for the censorship-and made no apologies either. Said Metcalf to protesting reporters: "I'm down here to take an island. I don't need you running around and getting in the way." And to anyone who tried it, he added a personal shot across the bows: "We'll stop you. We've got the means...
...addition, Metcalf led the formation of the New England Deposit Library for cooperative storage of little-used books by libraries in the Boston area...
Handlin said he first met Metcalf, at the New York Public Library in the 1930s when Metcalf was a librarian there. "He used to kick me out." Handlin said, explaining that University students weren't allowed in the library...
...memorial service for Metcalf, who is survived by his second wife, Elinor, and two children, will be held November 17 at Memorial Church...