Word: roquencourt
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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General Matthew Ridgway, in a farewell chat with correspondents at Roquencourt near Paris before turning over his SHAPE command to General Alfred Gruenther, aired some philosophical thoughts. Driving to headquarters that morning, he had found the highway crammed with vacation-bound motorists bearing camp chairs and tennis rackets, and "it just sort of puts things in a little better perspective. This turnover of command this morning, which has a rather important place in my thinking and in General Gruenther's . . . really doesn't make much difference to the rest of the world-they're bound...
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