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...Brigadier General (ret.) David Sarnoff, whose Radio Corporation of America had collaborated with the Signal Corps in developing combat TV. Sarnoff also saw "a new era in tactical communications . . . which will enable a commander to keep a watchful eye on every section of the battlefield." General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, seemed a little less certain that the millennium was at hand. He observed that the Army "is exploring to the fullest extent possible every scientific or technical advance as it occurs," but warned that "we are not interested in gadgetry as such...
General Matthew Ridgway (Fri. 10:30 p.m., NBC) addressing the opening session of the Columbia University American Assembly conference at Harriman...
Further recognizing the new importance of Thailand's armed forces, Army Chief of Staff Matthew B. Ridgway conferred Legion of Merit medals on General Srisdi and his chief of staff, Lieut. General Jira Vichitsonggram. Then the Thailanders enplaned for Bangkok to build new, stronger dikes against the Red tide...
...moment came on the day General Ridgway arrived to take over SHAPE from General Eisenhower in May 1952. The Reds were out in full force, crying: "Ridgway, go home!" Baylot met them with 20,000 cops. His men even arrested tubby Top Communist Jacques Duclos. After that day, the Reds never regained control of Paris' streets. In last year's Bastille Day parade they tried, lost seven militants killed in the rioting, and failed...
...General de Gaulle dramatically appeared, as he had promised he would, at Paris' Arc de Triomphe to pay homage "alone" to France's Unknown Soldier. It was two days after the fall of Dienbienphu, and the worried police made the biggest show of strength since the anti-Ridgway riots in 1952. More than 10,000 steel-helmeted police and armed guards assembled, truckloads of mobile guards blocked every sidestreet, and police aircraft hovered overhead. A full hour before De Gaulle's appearance, a crowd of 15,000 gathered behind the police barriers. When De Gaulle...