Word: units
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...what are we doing talking about an army of 3½ million? . . . ¶Why can't each of us learn a fighting job right alongside his regular work? Train us in shifts; form a "revolving" army. Let every able-bodied man between 25 and 45, say, join a unit and train a full six weeks twice a year . . . Between times, we could go back to turning gun-barrels or planting corn. Given permanent units, and scheduled service, we would soon have fighting outfits ready to take the offensive if worse comes to worst...
There was no bypassing the enemy. A unit would push into an area, then consolidate and mop up before moving on. But, despite the slower pace, Ridgway encouraged greater mobility. He ordered his G-4 section to strip down its cumbersome supply system. Eighth Army's infantry began to hear the old paratrooper slogan: "Throw away the extra weight...
Major General William M. Hoge, 57, commander of IX Corps: West Point, 1916, M.I.T., 1922; with U.S. Army engineers in France during World War I; organized construction of Alcan (Alaska-Canada) highway, 1942; commander 9th Armored Division unit which captured Remagen Bridge, 1945; this week took the post made vacant by the death of Major General Bryant Moore (see above) whom he had succeeded in 1948 as U.S. commander at Trieste...
...familiar theme and variations brought out the amazing tone and balance of the group in pianissimo passenger such as the fourth variation, and the bouncing fifth variation illustrated the great exuberance that the calm-looking performers could convey. They made the rapid finals as compact as a single unit, despite its many quick changes in color...
Colonel Summerall also announced that the Department of Military Science is now making a study to determine the maximum number of students that the Army unit can accommodate here next year...