AMERICAN COMMANDER
(Special P.A. Correspondent.) SYDNEY, July 5. Commanding the American forces occupying the Trobriand Islands and Woodlark, together with those who landed at Nassau Bay, on the New Guinea mainland, is 62-year-old Lieu-tenant-General Walter Krueger, who
came to Australia last February to take command of the United States Sixth Field Army. The former American chief of naval operations. Admiral William Pratt, described him as being "as good as any navy man in solving the problems of Pacific strategy and tactics."
Tall and gaunt, General Krueger shuns publicity. He is widely credited with having had great influence on training in the American army. He had a large share in shaping the future of the North African commander, General Eisenhower, who in 1940 was his chief of staff.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1943, Page 5
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127AMERICAN COMMANDER Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1943, Page 5
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