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would remove them, and that should the police be prevented from removing the flags, then Allied troops would complete the job and hold the
Russians responsible for any resulting disorder. The East Germans backed down on November 5. Five days later, the army announced that Hamlett had been reassigned
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January 1960, Hamlett assumed duties as assistant deputy chief of staff for military operations. Twelve months later, he was elevated to deputy chief of staff, and was promoted to lieutenant general on March 11, 1961. As deputy chief of staff for military operations he concentrated on the
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for hours. In
January 1959, Hamlett's own wife was halted by East German police while being driven in a United States Army car from East Berlin to West Berlin. The Western Allies presented a unified diplomatic and military front and the deadline passed without incident.
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recommend; and that was that we didn't become involved in
Vietnam to the point where we would have to commit combat forces. I think it was a failure, and I would have to say that I shared the responsibility because I didn't see far enough ahead to speak out."
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General Staff in Washington, D.C. as assistant for planning coordination in the office of the deputy chief of staff for plans. He returned to Europe in 1955 as corps artillery commander for
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Hamlett in the hospital and announced his own retirement. "Why? With you lying there like that, and that other fellow already dead? I'll be next, but I'm going to get out before it happens!" Hamlett and McKee both retired later that year.
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to
Washington, D.C., stressing that the move was a long-scheduled rotation since the crisis had already extended his tour six months beyond the normal two years. His transfer was interpreted as an indication that the
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issued an ultimatum demanding that the occupation of Berlin be terminated within six months. Tensions escalated as the
Soviets began interfering with Western access to Berlin by detaining United States convoys on the
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in the United States. During his tenure he dealt with student unrest and a drop in cadet enrolment that eventually compelled
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667:Norwich University
646:Claude V. Ricketts
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