The elder Saunders subsequently served in New Guinea as well, fighting in the Salamaua Lae campaign in mid-1943 whavinghagain again been promoted temporary sergeant, he took over command of a platoon when its commander was wounded in action.
NATO took over command of the operation on March 31.
"General Mladic took over command of the units.
Hood took over command of the base from his "friend" Geoffrey Miller in March.
After his release he went to the Holy Land and, visiting Cyprus, took over command of its army against the Genoese, whom he expelled from the island.
Not surprisingly, when George B. McClellan took over command of eastern forces in July 1861, he was greeted as a savior.
General Miller took over command of the American-led coalition in the aftermath of a particularly difficult month for Afghan forces.
On March 27 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATOofficiallylly took over command of military operations in Libya from the United States, France, and the United Kingdom.
NATO took over command of the International Security Assistance Force in August, a step that Mr. Rumsfeld praised as "a major event" in the evolution of the alliance.
Gen. David D. McKiernan, who took over command of the NATO forces in Afghanistan in June, is facing a similar problem.
The political chaos comes at a crucial time for Turkey, NATO's only Muslim member, which took over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan last month.
