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Indeed it was. When the battle ended Sunday afternoon Lieut. General Ben Lear's Red defenses were still intact, and Shreveport's bells pealed in victory. Under the assumptions that go with any maneuver, he was to be relieved by a fresh (but theoretical) force on Oct. 6...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Battle of Shreveport | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

They wasted their worry. After two days the Red tanks turned up again, right where they were last seen. They had been in a successfully camouflaged bivouac, waiting to make the final thrust into the Blues' vitals. But by then it was too late. Its avenues of attack canalized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Baffle of Louisiana | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

In spite of a flat warning that their showing in battle would determine whether they would be sent home or kept in uniform, many a ranker, many a subaltern flubbed his battle shots. Through the maneuver area ran the rumor that when next week's battle was over the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Baffle of Louisiana | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

Over 200 reporters and photographers convened for the war games in Louisiana. A good many of them were veterans of the maneuver circuit, having followed the Armies in preliminary exercises in Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana. Some were veterans of the real thing-among them U.P.'s Richard Hottelet, fresh from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Lesson in War Reporting | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

At the scene of operations all were fitted out with officers' uniforms. Each was supplied with a map of the 30,000-square-mile maneuver area-a map about the size of a bedspread (most of them found common road maps much handier). They were also supplied with free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Lesson in War Reporting | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

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