Evening star., 1945-06-06
Spaatz and McAu|iHe,
Three Other Generals
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Gen Carl A. Spaatz, Strategic
Air Force commander in Europe
whose planes blasted German indus
trial plants into rubble, arrived
shortly after noon today at the
Washington National Airport. He
was the fifth high-ranking general
to come back to the Washington
area in the last "a hours.
On hand to greet the tanned air
forces commander were his wife and
daughter, Carla, 13, for whom his
private plane. Bit, bears the
name Of Boops on its side. Also
greeting Gen. Spaatz were several
high-ranking air forces officers,
including Brig. Gen. Lauris Nor
stadt, deputy commander of the
goth Air Force.
AS Gen. Spaatz alighted from the
Bit, his daughter ran to greet him,
throwing her arms around his neck
and burying her head in his shoul-
der. After he had greeted his wife,
he said jokingly to his daughter, Il
wonder If you can do that again. :"
He then took her into the plane to
introduce her to the officers who
had accompanied him from Detroit
Gen. Spaatz said he will stay in
Washington about week and then
will return to Germany as head of
the strategic air force.
Alexandria ofiicials have scheduled
a celebration in his honor tonight
at which he will be presented key
tte the city.-~The. Spa ats purchased
their home at 206' Duke street. Alex
andria, just before the war.
Others Return.
| The four other returned gener-
ais are Maj Gen.Anthony c.
McAuliffesok451oaY Yuma Street N, w,
whose rep1y%of "nuts' tosa German
surrender demand at Bastosne& has
become a military classic; Maj.
Gen. Clarence r. Huebner, zoos Co.
lumbia road, commander Of the 5th
Army Corps; Maj. Gen. Maxwell
Taylor, chief of the 101st Airborne
Division, and Maj. Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway, commander of the 18th
Alrborne Corps.
All arrived unceremoniously and
their talks with reporters revealed
seemed glad that they could spend
some quiet hours with their families
without the necessity of going
through public festivities Gen
McAuliffe. a sports fan, said he was
looking forward to seeing the
Preakness at Pimlico and a football
game.
Yesterday was the first time the
general had seen the house Mrs.
McAulif1e obtained for living quar-
ters after he went overseas in Au-
gust, 1942. Mrs. McAuliffe told a
reporter she was worried about how
he would like the place when she
heard he was living in a castle over
seas, but the general grinned and
said the house here suited him
fine"
Butchers With Big Pockets"
The Washington-born officer, a
graduate of Eastern High School,
told his visitors his division-the
103d Infantry-was called "the
butchers with the big pockets" by
the Germans. He said the cold and
snow was almost as bad as the she'll
ing and the bombing during the
fight of the bulge
Dressed in battle jacket, para =
troopers trousers and shoes, he
greeted a reporter on opening the
door by showing out his hand and
saying "McAuliffe" when the re-
porter identified himself.
He showed the flag that German
prisoners made for him. He also
showed reporters a picture of the
cake baked for him, with the divi-
sion insignia and his name written
across the iced-frosting top, by his
men just before he returned to
America.
Gen. McAuliffe mentioned that he
had dinner with Mel OFT, Frank
Frisch, "Bucky' Walters and
Dutch Leonard, major league
baseball figures, at his camp near
Reims shortly before the battle of
Bastogne. Laughing, he said he was
a baseball rooter although the SEN
ators were acting in their usual in
and-out form.
Met by Daughter.
The general said plans for his two
weeks vacation were indefinite, ex-
cepting a visit to his son John at
Of1cers' Candidate School at Fort