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The authorized strength of a division was 18,935 officers and men. UN strength was relatively stable in January 1951, with a maximum strength of 444,336. First, the Chinese attacks in the west require our attention. Farther east was the ROK III Corps with the ROK 2nd Division at its western boundary with the US 24th Division.
H. Cassells, commander of the British Commonwealth Division. 38 No George Patton speaking there! The memoirs and the records of the campaigns of nearly all the great military leaders of the past had been written and published, he said, and they were there for guidance. Dodge in his Great Captains gives the ages of several at the height of their ability: Alexander the Great was 25; Gustavus Adolphus, 37; Hannibal, 34; Napoleon, 39; Frederick the Great, 45; and Caesar, 52. '' 40 Ridgway's philosophy of military leadership was very similar to that of Dodge, which involved Consideration for the living conditions—food, clothing, and medical care—and above all, consistent with the full accomplishment of my assigned missions, the lives of the men entrusted to me; Sharing, so far as practicable, their hardships and hazards; Not asking them to do anything I had not already done myself and stood ready to do again when necessary; And being at the point of an anticipated crisis before it erupted, if possible, or if not then as soon thereafter as possible.
H. Cassells, commander of the British Commonwealth Division. 38 No George Patton speaking there! The memoirs and the records of the campaigns of nearly all the great military leaders of the past had been written and published, he said, and they were there for guidance. Dodge in his Great Captains gives the ages of several at the height of their ability: Alexander the Great was 25; Gustavus Adolphus, 37; Hannibal, 34; Napoleon, 39; Frederick the Great, 45; and Caesar, 52. '' 40 Ridgway's philosophy of military leadership was very similar to that of Dodge, which involved Consideration for the living conditions—food, clothing, and medical care—and above all, consistent with the full accomplishment of my assigned missions, the lives of the men entrusted to me; Sharing, so far as practicable, their hardships and hazards; Not asking them to do anything I had not already done myself and stood ready to do again when necessary; And being at the point of an anticipated crisis before it erupted, if possible, or if not then as soon thereafter as possible.