![Somewhere In New Guinea -- Lieut. General William S. Knudsen (left) discusses war strategy with Major General Ennis C. Whitehead (center) deputy commander fifth air force, and Lieut. General George C. Kenney ( Somewhere In New Guinea -- Lieut. General William S. Knudsen (left) discusses war strategy with Major General Ennis C. Whitehead (center) deputy commander fifth air force, and Lieut. General George C. Kenney (](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2HX56C3/somewhere-in-new-guinea-lieut-general-william-s-knudsen-left-discusses-war-strategy-with-major-general-ennis-c-whitehead-center-deputy-commander-fifth-air-force-and-lieut-general-george-c-kenney-right-commander-of-the-fifth-air-force-lieut-general-knudsen-visited-the-island-with-under-secretary-of-war-robert-p-patterson-during-an-inspection-tour-of-the-southwest-pacific-september-13-1943-photo-by-fifth-us-air-force-photo-2HX56C3.jpg)
Somewhere In New Guinea -- Lieut. General William S. Knudsen (left) discusses war strategy with Major General Ennis C. Whitehead (center) deputy commander fifth air force, and Lieut. General George C. Kenney (
![TIME Magazine Cover: William S. Knudsen - Oct. 7, 1940 - William S. Knudsen - World War II - Diplomacy TIME Magazine Cover: William S. Knudsen - Oct. 7, 1940 - William S. Knudsen - World War II - Diplomacy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/archive/covers/1940/1101401007_400.jpg)
TIME Magazine Cover: William S. Knudsen - Oct. 7, 1940 - William S. Knudsen - World War II - Diplomacy
![General Knudsen congratulates a production soldier. Lieutenant General William S. Knudsen is shown congratulating Thomas B. Williams, sixty-eight, of Philadelphia, a machinist on war work in the RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New General Knudsen congratulates a production soldier. Lieutenant General William S. Knudsen is shown congratulating Thomas B. Williams, sixty-eight, of Philadelphia, a machinist on war work in the RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1942/01/01/general-knudsen-congratulates-a-production-soldier-lieutenant-general-william-1024.jpg)