Word: stimson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington Secretary Stimson announced that Army reinforcements (ground and air) had been sent to Guadalcanal under command of Major General Millard F. Harmon...
WASHINGTON--Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, the United States greatest air ace in World War I and a confidential adviser to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in this one, is overdue on a flight between Oahu, Hawaii, and another Pacific island, the Army announced tonight...
...connecting door in the west side of General Marshall's office might suddenly open; the lined but perky face of Secretary Stimson would appear, withdraw. General Marshall would quickly arise, walk into the Secretary's office, then, after a few minutes, return to his own desk (once the property of "Little Phil" Sheridan). Every day there are many such casual meetings between the Secretary and the Chief of Staff...
Global Head? Once each week he meets with the Army War Council: Stimson, Arnold, McNarney, Assistant Secretaries Robert Abercrombie Lovett (Air) and John J. McCloy (general utility), and able Lieut. General Lesley J. McNair, Chief of the Army's Ground Forces, who has the biggest direct command in the service. At these conferences, General Marshall does not have to consult world maps. He carries his war map in his head...
Stanch, dignified old War Secretary Henry Stimson had only scorn for enthusiasts of dirty commando tactics. At Randolph Field, Tex. last week he warned cadets: "You must go into battle to fight with the skill and courage of the Axis, but not with their cruelty and brutality. When you go into battle you will be equipped with the finest material an enlightened government can provide. But in addition to this, you must be brave, and as representatives of a free republic you will have an indefinable something that your enemies don't have and never will possess...