Template:Did you know nominations/Everett Hughes (general)

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The result was: promoted by Ashwin147 (talk) 13:34, 5 April 2013 (UTC).

Everett Hughes (general)

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... that Everett Hughes (pictured) was General Eisenhower's right-hand man during World War II?

ALT1:... that Everett Hughes (pictured) was General Dwight D. Eisenhower's right-hand man during the European campaign of World War II?
ALT2:... that Everett Hughes (pictured) was General Dwight D. Eisenhower's "right-hand man" during the European campaign of World War II?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Grumpy Cat

Created by User:Esemono (talk). Self nom at 06:31, 27 March 2013 (UTC).

New article, long enough, within policy, and sourced. (And very interesting, surprising it didn't already exist).
Article needs a small amount of editing, I'll do a run-through.
Hook: "right-hand man" is not in quotes in the hook, but it is in the article. Did someone (Eisenhower?) describe Hughes as a right-hand man, or was it used as a generic term?

It was used in quotes -- Esemono (talk) 23:54, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Verified Eisenhower quote from Irving text. Prburley (talk) 18:14, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

- Also, was he Eisenhower's right-hand man during all of World War II, or just the European invasion, or entire European campaign?

entire European campaign.-- Esemono (talk) 23:54, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Would you consider expanding/rewording the opening of this article into a full paragraph that summarizes his life/career? There's a lot of material to work with. E.g., "Everett Hughes was an American general during World War II. He was one of George S. Patton's close friends and Dwight D. Eisenhower's "right-hand man" during the European campaign of the war.

Done -- Esemono (talk) 23:54, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Could you add a paragraph on where he was born and educated, and how/where he died so young? LC finding aid is a great source. I'll find an obit also. Thanks! Prburley (talk) 17:29, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Wow that is a great source! Expanded bio with more info and he died at 71, not so young. -- Esemono (talk) 23:54, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Problem: New York Times obit lists his age at death as 72; Washington Post and Times Herald lists 71 (mathematically correct?). I'm adding both sources, they contain much extra information. Just wrestling with Harvard citation style. -- Prburley (talk) 15:33, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Fixed the harvard cites -- Esemono (talk) 23:30, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

In this sentence: "Walter Bedell Smith acted as North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA) chief of staff until 15 February 1942 when Brigadier General Everett S. Hughes became Deputy Theater commander and commanding general of the Communications Zone." -- Did Hughes replace Smith, or join Smith in Africa? I'm not sure how to break this into two sentences.

Hughes replaced him so I changed the sentence to: On February 15, 1942 Brigadier General Everett S. Hughes became Deputy Theater commander and commanding general replacing Walter Bedell Smith who was acting as North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA) chief of staff. -- Esemono (talk) 14:12, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Cool, let me add the reference for Patton's campaigns in Africa (have to go pull Axelrod's Patton : a biography) and then this thing looks great to me.
Added one. No more "citation needed" tags -- Esemono (talk) 01:21, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
- Still a problem though. Smith wasnot Deputy Theater Commander. See Crosswell, p. 142. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:59, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Fixed -- Esemono (talk)
- I've added some more material to the article. All points have been addressed now. Hawkeye7 (talk) 12:29, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Looks good to me, thanks for your hard work on this article! Prburley (talk) 12:08, 2 April 2013 (UTC)