"But what's happening there right now?" demanded Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker in the Pentagon last week as an officer passed along the latest message from the troops in Little Rock. Another officer had an idea: "Why not turn on the television set?" A set was wheeled up, flicked on, and promptly revealed members of the 101st Airborne Division stiffly at parade rest outside a peaceful Central High School. Brucker grunted with satisfaction. Chief of Staff Maxwell D. Taylor, onetime commander of the 101st, peered hard at the soldiers. "They look good, sharp,"...
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