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...David Monroe Shoup...
...fine fighting men of the U.S. Marine Corps, few have performed with greater gallantry and dogged skill under fire than a stocky (5 ft. 9 in., 175 Ibs.), spectacled Indianian named David Monroe Shoup. Right after he was made colonel in 1943, Dave Shoup (rhymes with troop) led the 2nd Marine Regiment in storming Tarawa, won the Medal of Honor. Last week, selecting a successor to retiring General Randolph Pate, 61, as Marine Corps Commandant, President Eisenhower passed over five lieutenant generals and four senior major generals, named Major General Shoup...
...Dave Shoup's Medal of Honor citation describes a marines' marine: "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty . . . although suffering from a serious, painful leg wound . . . Colonel Shoup fearlessly exposed himself to terrific, relentless artillery, machine-gun and rifle fire ... He assumed command of all landed troops and, working without rest under constant, withering enemy fire during the next two days conducted smashing attacks against unbelievably strong and fanatically defended Japanese positions . . . Colonel Shoup was largely responsible for the final, decisive defeat of the enemy . . ." Shoup...
DePauw University Major General David M. Shoup, inspector general, U.S.M.C. . . . LL.D...
...same week, HDC president Peter L. Shoup '55 announced the founding of its New Theatre Workshop, whose main purpose was to present, on a budget of between $10 and $25 each, live productions of plays written by students. For the first time in many years, the student playwright was accorded formal recognition, encouragement, and an outlet through which he could obtain, as Archibald MacLeish has said, the necessary experience of feeling "the blush of shame" that comes when he sees his own work produced. The Workshop has continued right up to the present and has fulfilled its mission admirably...