Word: patton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Abrams, 49, new Army Vice Chief of Staff, replaces retiring General Barksdale Hamlett. From the moment the 37th tank battalion, which he commanded, rolled into action in Normandy in July 1944, "Abe" Abrams showed the feel and flair of a born combat man. Leading the sweep of General George Patton's Third Army across Europe, he would lean from his Sherman tank, chomping on a huge cigar, and rally his tankers with his war cry: "Attack! Attack! Attack!" Said Abrams: "I like to get out on the point where there's nothing but me and the goddam Germans...
...noise, grime and foul smells were generated by Joint Exercise Desert Strike, the biggest U.S. desert-warfare maneuver since General George Patton trained his tank forces in the same area in 1942 to prepare for the invasion of North Africa. Although considered a war "game," Desert Strike ran up costs that smacked of the real thing...
...officer directing Exercise Delawar, General Paul DeWitt Adams, 57, is reputed to be the roughest, most hard-nosed American commander since General George S. Patton. Subordinates look into his leathery face, freeze before his cold stare and stern lips, dub him "Old Stoneface." The most combat-experienced commander on active duty, Adams expresses his military credo succinctly. Says he: "The man who creates the most violence in a military situation is the one who will...
...Yardling squad has been improving steadily since its loss to Dartmouth three weeks ago. The Crimson forwards, paced by Jim Saltonstall, have scored nine goals in the team's last two outings, and the defensive efforts of goalie Richard Hammond and fullbacks Alex Patton and Karl Lunkenheimer have held the opposition to only...
...after Christmas, 1944, the first troops under the command of firebrand General George S. Patton broke through besieging Germans to relieve the hard-pressed U.S. defenders of Bastogne, where General Anthony McAuliffe had greeted surrender demands with the now classic "Nuts." Last week, in Bastogne, Belgians honored the memory with a statue of Patton dedicated "to the glory of a great leader who put his stamp on the history of his time." And across the border, an unusual kudos went to Patton's onetime enemy on the beaches of Normandy, West German General Hans Speidel, 65, recently retired commander...