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...famous U.S. regimental commander realistically summed up Ridgway's effect on the new Eighth Army: "He not only made us attack but he made us win. He made this into a professional army. The boys aren't up there fighting for democracy now. They are fighting because the platoon leader is leading them and the platoon leader is fighting because of the command, and so on right up to the top." A Pointer Is Stationary. Well into 1942, after the other officers of the 82nd Division had switched to jeeps, Ridgway reviewed troops mounted on a horse...
...desk for the 6 o'clock briefing, and he insists on being briefed in a hurry. One morning an officer, late, hurried into the briefing session, his pointer nervously waving over the map as he tried to locate the areas in his notes. Snapped Ridgway: "Please put that pointer on something...
...Ridgway is a man of formidable energy. In Africa during World War II, he would go out evenings and scan the horizon. Anyone who wandered near would be accosted with, "Look at that peak. Let's climb it." And off the general and the unfortunate would go. His aides used to duck into the nearest tent when the general came out to scan the evening sky. At home he plays deck tennis, handball, likes camping and hunting. In Korea he gets most of his exercise by walking. Sometimes, to channel some of his physical energy, he climbs a hill...
...came out of West Point in 1917 with Army Chief of Staff Lawton Collins and Lieut. General Matthew Ridgway. Between the World Wars he served in China, Hawaii and the U.S. The Army installed him as professor of military science at C.C.N.Y. Subsequently he held the same post at the University of Illinois...
Under General Ridgway, a new team of field commanders has taken over in Korea. Top members...