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...have been putting the man (or woman) of the week on the cover ever since TIME began. There have been just six exceptions in 1,044 issues-once for the U.S. flag, twice for a Derby race horse, once for a baby basset hound, once for a prize pointer, once for a sea lion...
...intensifying our air warfare," said "Andy" Andrews in London last week. "I believe very strongly in strategic bombing." Yet the Nazis could not take his appointment to mean that an invasion of the Continent would not also be launched from England. One of his jobs, said West Pointer Andrews, would be to "prepare for the reception of the large U.S. forces who undoubtedly will be brought to the United Kingdom...
...Army sent a seasoned veteran to carry on the fight: tall, lean, 53-year-old Major General Alexander McCarrell Patch Jr. Born into the Army (at Fort Huachucua, Ariz.) West Pointer Patch had long been in command in New Caledonia, where he learned jungle fighting and taught it to his troops...
...Mountain Training Command in Colorado under a 47-year-old West Pointer, Brigadier General Onslow S. Rolfe...
...knew they were going "somewhere"; tried to guess. West Pointer McClure's able sidekick, Major Joseph B. Phillips, left a Russian dictionary in plain view in his apartment. Most newsmen took the bait. Timesman Frank Kluckholn, guessing that an invasion of Norway and an offensive against the Germans in north Russia was in the offing, outfitted himself with woollies and a heavy overcoat. Apparently all the newsmen had the same idea: all departed (for North Africa) wearing winter uniforms. None took shorts...