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Such farsightedness and imagination could be valuable assets for Greene, who must follow in the footsteps of salty "Uncle Dave" Shoup. Outgoing Commandant Shoup retires Dec. 31. He decided not to accept President Kennedy's proffered second term as commandant, on grounds of saving his health and keeping top-level promotions moving in the Corps...
...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...
...Legion of Merit for planning the Marshall Islands invasion, his second for combat on Saipan and Tinian. In 1956 he headed the investigation into the Parris Island recruit drownings, later revised the Corps' training program. Since early 1958 Greene has been in Washington, the last three years as Shoup's chief of staff...
...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...