Oldest General
* Your June 10 obituary of Brig. Gen. Wesley Hamilton, 96, erred in describing him as “the nation’s oldest general.” There is at least one older: my uncle Brig. Gen. Homer Case, who lives in Santa Barbara and last December celebrated his 100th birthday. He is frail today, partly because of injuries he suffered in World War II, but he is indomitable. In his 99th year, unbelievably, he wrote his military memoirs, which tell of his commissioning as a lieutenant in 1917 and his subsequent 38 continuous years of active service, including stints under Gens. Pershing, Eisenhower and MacArthur. So there is a lot of U.S. history in this general, and may he lay claim to the title of the oldest for many more years more.
CAROL J. LOOMIS
New York
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