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ROBERT F. UNDERWOOD Inspector, L.A.P.D. (Ret.) San Diego, Calif...
...Begin." The mere thought of the National Guard serving in any sort of civil-defense capacity while other American soldiers were fighting elsewhere was enough to bring bellows of rage from doughty Major General (ret.) Ellard A. Walsh, 66, longtime president of the National Guard Association. Walsh knew that behind Hannah's faint praise lay basic distrust of the peacetime Guard: Hannah is convinced that many Guard outfits are shot through with political officers, overaged officers, incompetents, and youths who joined up to avoid the draft. Challenged Walsh: "If they want war, let it begin here."* Then he really...
...World War II. As a professional flyer's scrapbook, it makes gripping, convincing reading, but it is spoiled, perhaps inevitably, by a scum of Nazi notions that nine years' retrospect and the detergent efforts of a British editor have signally failed to remove. Introducing Knoke, Lieut. General (ret.) Elwood R. ("Pete") Quesada, wartime chief of the Ninth Tactical Air Command in Europe, says: "He was a fine airman, very brave, and an excellent pilot. I would have liked having him in one of my own squadrons, had he been from a different mold...
...Ambassador to Thailand: Major General (ret.) William J. ("Wild Bill") Donovan, 70, Medal-of-Honor-winning commander of the Fighting 69th in World War I and head of the OSS in World War II. In Thailand, Donovan's OSS performed some of its greatest feats. Working with Japanese-appointed Regent Pridi Banomyong in what has been called "the greatest doublecross in history." OSS operatives built up a resistance movement under the conquerors' noses...
...CAMP Lt. Col. (Ret.) Carmel, Calif...