Word: dempsey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite these differences, despite the fact that Dempsey has never been known to seek favor, even despite the fact that he was not one of Monty's original men in the Homeric African-desert campaigns, Monty picked him for his present job -a true accolade for his military ability...
...Style. Like the British armies, the Second's commander, Lieut. General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, has learned and grown in World War II. He was a Lieutenant colonel in 1939. In those days, the usual type of top-ranking British general was majestic, rugged, slow-moving and often slow-thinking. The current type is trim, compact, quick-moving, quick witted and willing to learn - like Montgomery, Alexander and Dempsey. Dempsey is the tallest of the three (six feet) but he is slender...
...many other ways, Monty and Dempsey are unlike. Monty is abstemious; Dempsey likes an occasional drink and a frequent smoke. Monty sometimes acts like a prima donna; Dempsey never does...
Monty is the subject of a hundred anecdotes ; nobody ever tells a story about Dempsey. He never tells one himself. He is modest and reticent, and enjoys being inconspicuous...
...Quiet Man. Born 48 years ago in Cheshire, of Irish parents, young Miles Christopher Dempsey went to Shrewsbury and Sandhurst. He fought in the last war, was wounded, won the Military Cross. Since then some wits have called him "Empsey Dempsey Empsey" (M.C. Dempsey, M.C.). Like many another aloof and quiet man, Dempsey has perversely acquired nicknames. Samples: "Bimbo" and "Lucky." In 1940 Dempsey went to France with the 13th Infantry Brigade and took it out again over the Dunkirk beaches. In England he rose rapidly through command and staff posts, learning about tank warfare and amphibious operations...