Just prior to D-day a senior US Air Force officer was demoted and immediately returned to the U.S. after apparently making an indiscreet public reference to timing of invasion. I understand that Gen. Patton, after a similar indiscretion, was personally reprimanded by Gen Eisenhower and informed that it was only because of his valueable battlefield experience that he was allowed to retain his post. Were there any other senior figures reprimanded for security breaches.
binnacle wrote: > Just prior to D-day a senior US Air Force officer was demoted and > immediately returned to the U.S. > after apparently making an indiscreet public reference to timing of > invasion. I understand that Gen. Patton, after a similar indiscretion, > was personally reprimanded by Gen Eisenhower and informed that it was > only because of his > valueable battlefield experience that he was allowed to retain his > post. Were there any other senior figures > reprimanded for security breaches.
Well the bloke who took a complete set of 'BIGOT' plans onto an aircraft that was shot down and subsequently acquired by the Germans would have been, but he was dead...
The Germans thought it was a deception...
-- William Black
"Any number under six"
The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat single handed with a quarterstaff.
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