指令下达1941年7月的一个晚上,几名军官正在华盛顿的美国陆军部召开紧急会议。在过去八个月里,陆军建设工程部的高官们早已习惯了这样的紧急会议。49岁的萨默维尔上将是会议的主持者,他因管理风格严肃而被同伴形容为“罐子里的炸药”。 Directive issued One night in July 1941, several officers are holding an emergency meeting at the U.S. Army Department in Washington. In the past eight months, senior officials of the Army’s Construction and Engineering Department have long been used to such an emergency meeting. Admiral Somerville, 49, was the host of the conference. He was described by his companions as “dynamite in the jar” due to the serious management style.