Word: commanding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Pentagon planners, looking for one of those catchy alphabetical abbreviations to pin on the command of Allied defense forces in Europe, decided on SHAPE. This, they said, would stand for Supreme Headquarters, Atlantic Powers in Europe. Still needed: a head to fit the SHAPE. Still the likeliest bet: Ike Eisenhower, sometime head of SHAEF...
...Presidents who called upon him, in 1911 made him Secretary of War. Then came Wilson and World War I. Out of office, Henry Stimson at 49 decided to become a soldier himself, trained at Plattsburg (which he had helped set up), went overseas as an artillery lieutenant colonel to command a battalion on the Western Front and win a promotion to full colonel...
Earlier in the week northeast Korea had been put under the command of Major General Edward Almond, who led the U.N. landing at Inchon. Almond, whose X U.S. Corps was no longer needed for a seaborne landing, promptly moved his U.S. 1st Marine Division to Wonsan, thereby freeing for combat duty the R.O.K. troops which had been garrisoning the city. This would put more muscle behind the drive into the northeast...
...handle an ordinary disaster like the Coconut Grove fire, which killed 500 people, by command coring every telephone in the block, but today when a single bomb will knock out the communication facilities of an entire city, I need plenty of workers to clear the debris, for rescue work, and to run messages. Here, Harvard students should contribute most...
...Country Girl" is the story of a once-great actor who is given the opportunity to star again. Paul Kelly, remembered for his excellent performance in "Command Decision," returns in this role to give another fine portrayal...