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...Stimson one passage in his letter (to Military Affairs Committee Chairmen) explaining last week's compromise. Said the Secretary of War: "The successful conduct of war depends directly on the controlled and coordinated application of all types of military power against vital objectives. This requires unity of command...
...Navy last week honored a sailorman who had dared to think out loud. Giving up his last command (of the Norfolk Naval District) and preparing to retire after 42 years of service, Rear Admiral Joseph Knefler Taussig received 1) a formal commendation from the Secretary of the Navy, 2) notice that on retirement he will be promoted to Vice Admiral...
...Secretary of the Navy Knox announced that two naval air bases (on sites leased from Great Britain) will soon be commissioned: at Bermuda on July 1, at Newfoundland on July 15. The choices of officers to command these bases gave a hint of the kind of naval air forces likely to be stationed there. For Newfoundland, the Navy chose a long-range patrol officer, Commander Gail Morgan, who now commands a unit (Patrol Wing I) of big flying boats. Along with their flying watchmen, these planes can also carry bombs or torpedoes for attacking enemy ships. Assigned to Bermuda...
...initial success was familiar: Ten miles here & there the first day, minor break-throughs at many points on the second. The initial taciturnity of the High Command rang true: "Operations are proceeding satisfactorily and according to plan." The initial preposterousness of such German "unofficial sources" as D.N.B. was the same as ever: it was claimed that 1,200 Russian planes were destroyed in the first two days...
Young Timoshenko fought the White Russians and foreign intervention troops on many fronts, was wounded five times, in 1919 helped defend Tsaritsyn (now Stalingrad) where he met Comrade Stalin, who was in command. In 1920 Timoshenko took part in the Red offensive on Warsaw which was repulsed by the Poles under famed Marshal Josef Pilsudski...