Word: fleetness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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ARMED FORCES Extra Duty General James A. Van Fleet had-in the opinion of his West Point Classmate Dwight Eisenhower-the best World War II combat record of "any regimental, division or corps commander we produced." On his recent visit to Korea, Eisenhower chatted with Van Fleet about his retirement, due this January; Van Fleet decided to put it off. There remained one hitch: for Van Fleet to remain on active duty, he needed the approval of Army Secretary Frank Pace Jr., who did not relish the fact that a Van Fleet letter criticizing Administration military policy had been used...
Last week Secretary Pace named two generals who would stay on active duty two months beyond their scheduled retirements at the age of 60. The two: Lieut. General Manton S. Eddy, commander in chief, U.S. Army, Europe-and Van Fleet...
...before Christmas, as he had last year, with a few gifts for the troops (100,000 cigarettes, 20,000 religious medals, 15,000 holy cards-showing the Nativity scene with a verse he had written for the occasion). As he walked toward a waiting car with General James Van Fleet, some 50 soldiers who had been waiting clustered around him. One called out, "Give us a blessing, Father." While the cardinal murmured the short blessing, they knelt quietly on the runway...
...keeps command of its own Sixth Fleet (largest in the area) under Admiral Robert B. ("Mick") Carney, with responsibility for delivering the atomic bomb and supporting land operations. Britain keeps command of its own Mediterranean fleet plus the French and Italian naval forces assigned to NATO...
...Cairo, the private fleet of 80 cars (including a 1939 black Packard fitted with a double bed) which exiled Farouk was forced to leave behind were put up for public sale. In London, a collector paid $2,940 for the custom-built, armored Mercedes-Benz which belonged to the late Hermann Goring...