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Whatever Hutcheson was up to, his walkout had an important result. It led to the election to the executive council of Dave Beck, tough, ambitious boss of the 1,400,000-strong International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers. When ist Vice President Bill Hutcheson departed, the twelve other v.p.s each moved up a notch, leaving a vacancy at the bottom. As head of the biggest A.F.L. union, Beck was an obvious choice. But the machinists' Al Hayes had been promised the next opening. Upshot: compromise. Beck became the 13th vice president, and Hayes' hopes were kept...
...although the motorcade roared down to Quantico at 70 m.p.h., the President was late, and the official welcoming party was confused and missed his arrival. When he finally caught up with the President, Quantico Commandant Lieut. General Clifton B. Gates was blushing like a buck private on the ist sergeant's carpet. "Sorry we gummed up this detail, sir," he said. "It is the first bust we have had." Ike thought it was a fine joke...
...crop-haired battalion commander took a soggy cigar from his mouth, flicked a switch, and called his companies: "Thanks for sticking out the war. You'll be all right now if you don't step on a mine on the way back." At the ist Marine Division, a bugler played taps. Despite the sober warnings, men dashed from their bunkers, shed their flak jackets, then stood around in little groups, talking, in a no man's land that was suddenly safe...
...given command of the ist Virginia Regiment and the responsibility for protecting every scattered settler on its borders. He learned hard lessons: the difficulties of recruiting Americans for military service, the harsh necessity of discipline (once he hanged two deserters on a 40-ft. gallows to impress his less than ardent troops), the jealousy and backbiting inherent in public service...
...tail of a MIG. After a quick burst from the Sabre's .50-cal. machine guns, the Red plane exploded. A few minutes later, Garrison downed another MIG. Captain Lonnie Moore, 32, drew a bead on a third MIG and brought it down; ist Lieut. Harry Jones Jr., 23, got another. Then at 1,500 ft., Wingman William F. Schrimsher, 24, a 2nd lieutenant from Alabama, got on the tail of a fifth MIG. The Red pilot shoved the throttle wide open, went into a steep left bank trying to get away. Instead, the MIG snapped on its back...