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...Combat planes will more than treble...
...have been in service anywhere from six months to two years and a few who have seen actual combat service in the present war. This is in keeping with the policy of the War Department to give these men a "refresher course," so that they can keep abreast of changes in regulations and techniques that affect the Chaplain in the discharge of his many and important duties for the men in the service...
...training troops, Lloyd Fredendall will be able to draw on personal combat experience in both victory and defeat in World War II. After a smoothly handled landing at Oran, he was fated to lead U.S. troops in their first major engagement against Rommel and suffer the February defeat at Kasserine Pass, which cost more than 2,000 casualties and seriously delayed the offensive. His lines were extended so far it would have taken a week to send a postcard from one end to the other. Rightly or wrongly, Fredendall became the goat of the U.S. defeat, although he later turned...
...know what those words really mean? Many of our young people, despite their high-school and university educations, don't know until they have been in the Army among combat troops for months-greatest effort, utmost unselfishness, infinite pains, capacity for self-sacrifice...
With practically every position on the team wide open,-Coach George Hanford's lacrosse charges will get their first taste of combat Wednesday when Tufts invades the Crimson bailiwick...