Word: jacob
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Arthur Holl Phelan, Jr. (History and Literature), Sumner Murray RedStone, Thomas Reaser Roberts (Chemistry), Albert Miller Rockwood (Engineering Sciences), Gilbert Jacob Rose (psychology), Howard D Sharpe, Jr. (Economics), Lakrence David Shubow, Paul Robert Stein (Chemistry and Physics), Richard Newton Swift (Histor yand Literature), Samuel Arthur Tucker (Government), Charles Ragan Weaver, Robert Byers Wilcox (History), Richard Howard Wolford (Economics...
Wilford Swett Alexander. Jr., William White Allis, Thomas Foster Bartlett, Jacob Louis Bernstein, Nathaniel Lane Blanchard. Edward Joseph Broderick, John Alexander Caires, William West Cleveland, Donald Potter Daniels, Jr., Stanley Hugh Durwood, Robert Kennerly Emerson, Peter Eustis, Olat Hoff Fernald...
Armor General. The Army moved swiftly to close ranks, named as its new European commander Lieut. General Jacob L. ("Jakie") Devers, chief of the Armored Forces. War Secretary Henry L. Stimson gave him a handsome sendoff: "General Devers has been especially prepared for this assignment. He made a recent trip through the whole African and European theater. He is thoroughly conversant with present and future plans...
...such a change Lieut. General Jacob L. Devers, Chief of the U.S. Armored Force, like any other sound soldier, sees no reflection on his tanks, only the result of the ebb & flow of battle doctrine. Said he: "While capable of smashing through the severest obstacle, [the armored division's] most important use is against vital enemy rear areas . . . air, armor, artillery and infantry must be properly combined and their individual capabilities exploited. ... The tank, like the battleship and the airplane, is merely a means of carrying fire power to the enemy...
Chaplain William D. Veazie was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and Chaplains Leland B. Henry, Jacob W. Mason, and Ellwood C. Nance were made Captains. Henry was recently awarded the Purple Heart. The four men are all members of Colonel Cleary's staff...