Word: shoup
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Corps is going to sleep on its LSTs and helicopters," explained a high-ranking marine. It was not likely-not after the press conference held last week by Lieut. General Wallace Martin Greene Jr., 55, who had just been named by President Kennedy to replace General David M. Shoup as Marine Corps commandant...
...question-and-answer press conference started off as a typical, meet-the-new-man affair. How was the Corps these days? "In the highest state of readiness in my time," Greene answered. Would he follow Dave Shoup's policies? Yes, by insisting that every man be "a marine 24 hours a day." How did he regard the swagger stick, which Shoup disliked? "It is still optional but not very popular." Then someone inquired how Greene planned to use modern technology in running the Corps...
...treaty had not already been initialed, would you be for it? Said Army General Earle G. Wheeler, "I would probably have come up with the same decision." The Navy's Admiral David L. McDonald claimed that it "was not a decisive element." Declared Marine General David M. Shoup, "I had access to the words of the treaty before it was initialed and I was in favor of its being initialed...
...started all those 50-mile hikes, Marine Corps Commandant David M. Shoup, 58, came due for a bit of ribbing when the Indiana Society of Washington named him "Hoosier of the Year." But Shoup, a native of Battle Ground, Ind., took it in stride when the band played Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk. In his acceptance speech, the general warmed anew to the pleasures of the great outdoors, complimented Wife Zola, his faithful camping companion on many a ... But then he stopped himself. "What have I said? I hope the whole world doesn't take...
Just to Loosen Up. At Camp Lejeune, N.C., the 34 marines designated officially by Commandant David Shoup to uphold the honor of the corps, took the 50 miles in stride. Led by Brigadier General Rathvon McClure Tompkins, 50, who still limps from an old shrapnel wound, all finished within the time limit, carrying 24-lb. combat packs. Tompkins finished ninth. Bachelor Lieut. Donald Bernath trotted in first-in 11 hr. 44 min.-just in time to keep a date with his best girl. At Great Lakes Naval Training Center, a contingent of marines managed to finish 53 miles, took exactly...