Army & Navy - COMMAND: Generals to the Front

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Wounded by mortar fire in Tunisia and saved from death by his steel helmet (TIME, May 3), tough little Lieut. General Lesley J. McNair, chief of Army Ground Forces, was quickly on his feet again. He was the 28th U.S. general officer to become a casualty in operations against the enemy.

Seventeen were captured by the Japs in the Philippine campaign. Three were wounded in New Guinea. Five Air Forces generals — Tinker, Harold H. ("Pursuit") George, Ken Walker, Ramey and Asa Duncan — have been lost in action or operations against the enemy. Two other Air Forces general officers (Dargue and Wash) have been killed in operations in the U.S.

The Navy's admirals have had their casualties, too. Three (Kidd, Scott and Callaghan) have been lost in battle, two (Wilcox and English) in operations at sea.