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Photo of Army Chief of Staff J. Lawton Collins

99-254
Accession Number
99-254
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350298225
Keywords
Armed forces officers
HST Keywords
Operation Smack
People Pictured
Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987
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Credit:
Harris & Ewing

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Army Chief of Staff J. Lawton Collins, appearing before a House Armed Services Committee, where he said an over zealous public relations officer "made a mistake" in putting a fancy cover on the official time table for "operation smack" but asserted the ill-fated assault was soundly conceived and fully justified. From: Beth Gore
Date(s)
February 3, 1953