Pictorial Review Highlights Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff
A pictorial review marks 1945 as a banner year with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, key leader of the invasion armies in Europe, succeeding General George C. Marshall as U S Army Chief of Staff.
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Pictorial Review
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
U. S. Army
George C. Marshall
Victor
England
Labor Party
Clement R. Atlee
Winston Churchill
War time cruise and a craps game in the Pacific
A veteran recounts a calm Pacific voyage with the 37th Infantry to Lingayen Gulf. A craps game on deck, led by Sergeant John Tucker, erupts as a Japanese air attack interrupts. The narrator survives and vows gratitude to the Lord, honoring those who did not return.
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Pacific Ocean
Manus Island
Luzon
Buckeye
Lingayen Gulf
Martin Chuzzlewit
Navy
Manos
U.S
Ens
Dick Bieber
New Guinea
Damon Runyon
John Tucker
Wesleyan College
Robert Frost
Tucker
Pacific
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France
United States
Sir Arthur Percival
Singapore
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo Bay
Warner Brothers Studio
California
Detroit
Truman
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Harlan Stone
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Mrs. Truman
Sam Rayburn
UNO
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
U. S
V. M. Molotov
United Nations
San Francisco
Tomoyuki Yamashita
The
Philippines
Manila
Nuernberg
Germany
Chester W. Nimitz
America
Ween
AOL
Golden
Ripley
Carl Sanpnegger
Sonsonate
Salvador
Ray
Joeg
Arizona
Japan
G.l’s
New York Harbor
Great Pyramid
Julius Caesar
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