Bulldog Smith Dominates Eisenhower’s European Command
The piece profiles Brigadier General Smith, Eisenhower’s trusted aide in World War II Europe. It notes his blunt, single minded devotion to military work, his popularity in London social circles, and his role supervising plans and supply chains for battles years ahead. Smith’s health, temper, and private life are touched, including his marriage to Mary Eleanor Cline and his aura as a decisive, sometimes caustic, staff officer. He handles routine crisis and maintains a private runway into Eisenhower’s office, while supervising major preparations and staff operations at supreme command.
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Smith
Churchill
Italy
Eisenhower
Scotland
London
Supreme Command
France
Europe
Mary Eleanor Cline
Lves
Washington
Walter Senith Beedie Smith and Eisenhower’s team in focus
A fragmented account discusses Walter Senith Beedie Smith, Eisenhower era figures, and the royal role of a secretary to military staff. It portrays Beedie as a capable organizer, linked to plans and distant objectives, with debate over loyalty and influence on staff decisions. It notes his background from private to officers’ training and his wartime service in France.
McAfee Promoted To Major In Fifth Air Force
Oliver S. McAfee now Major in the Southwest Pacific with the Fifth Air Force. He wears the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious aerial service in Papuan and New Guinea campaigns. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver E. McAfee of Santa Barbara. wife Mrs. Carolyn D. McAfee resides in Santa Barbara.
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Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Oliver 5S. McAfee
Oliver E. McAfee
Almeda Padre Serra
Santa Barbara
McAfee
Satan's Angels
New Guinea
Carolyn D. McAfee
Major McAfee
Laurel Avenue
Electric motor fuels 200 mph hurricane for tests
A 12,000 horsepower electric motor drives a 24 foot diameter fan to create a 200 mile per hour air flow for aircraft testing, enabling rapid wind tunnel experiments.
Mitchell Underwood Killed In Action In War Service
The war casualty is Mitchell Underwood formerly of JacksonWe Florida. He married Edna Putnel of Ocala. Survived by wife, his parents Mr and Mrs J C Underwood of Martel, four brothers Staff Sergeant Charlie H Underwood in Italy Arthur Raymond in Army Reserve Foy N Underwood Cecil Paul Underwood and sisters Mrs Leland Buhl Katrine and Frances Underwood of Martel.
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al Wereme
Cpl Underwood
JacaesonWe
Fla
Edna Putnel
Ocala
J. C Underwood
Martel
Charlie H Underwood
Bath Infantry
Italy
Arthur Raymond Underwood
Foy N. Underwood
Dothan
Cecil Paul Underwood
Posthumous Award For Private Barton Williams
Private Barton Williams of Do than received a War Department citation for meritorious achievement. Williams aided by breaking up an enemy counterattack during the Kwajalein campaign, underscoring his valued actions amid combat.
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Malvern Williams
Dothan
War Department
Williams
Kwajalein
Refused to Leave Ts Poet Ube Attack Began
A disrupted scene centers on a poet named Ube and a violent incident, with men firing and multiple tally wounds reported as the attack began and the crowd was unsettled.
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Ube
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