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...Marne stating that his center, his right, and his left were in terrible shape, that the situation was excellent, and that he was attacking. He forgets, it would appear, that the situation was excellent only because an active defense had lured the Germans on and tempted them to abandon partially the Schlieffen plan. When he cites the Battle of Marathon he forgets that it is the classic example of the "double envelopment," a military term meaning that you let the enemy dig his own grave and then shovel him in. One cannot discard the defense as valueless with a scoff...
...Well, we were short of pilots and we had a dive-bomber we had to abandon to Jap strafers. So we told this Dutch pilot he could have it. Mind you, he had never flown one before. But the Dutchman's face lit up like the South Seas' full moon. He took only 20 minutes' instructions, and then said he was ready to have the gasoline tanks and bomb bays filled because it was getting late and he had a date at dawn with some Jap transports. He took off to the north, leaving only an exhaust...
...last week I had lunch with some Australian officers at an airdrome. All they talked about was the Flying Fortress full of Dutchmen who had landed that morning. Long after the Battle of Java, they had patched up a ship which Americans had been forced to abandon because of engine trouble, and managed to get it out. As they landed, one jumped out and said to the Australians and Americans: "Can you paint the Dutch flag on this ship and let us have some bombs and gasoline? We're going back to Java...
...between the U.S. and Germany for the favors of Vichy was so tough last week that worn old Marshal Petain must have felt that he was being torn limb from limb. For the moment, U.S. diplomacy seemed the stronger, but there was always the chance that Germany would abandon diplomacy for destruction...
What they had left they spent with abandon. They knew that next year's income tax would make this year's look like a bright dime lost in a subway grating. Now they meant to have some fun. Stores were filled with feverish shoppers. Gift shops and silversmiths found business blooming. Chicago's nightclubs had their biggest night since Pearl Harbor. Most of the nation's theaters played to crowded houses...