Clift Andrus

Maxims of Leadership

‘The first division artillery recognizes superior gunnery when it sees it, and we are unanimously stating that support rendered by Admiral Hall’s command has been more than we could have expected even from the United States Navy”
–Report to General Terry Allen at Butera Beach.
Shows humility in light of rewarding and acknowledge superior performance.

“A must is to get the army, navy, and marine corps gunnery procedure as nearly alike as conditions and equipment permit.”
–Field Artillery Journal, March-April 1947;
Visionary for future of artillery, sees the big picture that all must coalesce and achieve the same goal.

–Heddab Ridge, described in An Army at Dawn: the War in North Africa, 1942-1943

“The (enemy) battalion broke from cover and started to run for another Wadi in the rear, but none ever reached it.”
–Maj Gen Andrus speaking of the effectiveness of his artillery and how his idea of ricochet fire mentioned in the Field Artillery Journal in March-April 1947 helped in combating enemy infantry troops and saving the lives of countless U.S. soldiers.