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...little gentlemen in a year. A husky old wrestler himself, Principal Mayfield realistically reflected that many of his boys would soon have to know how to kill other boys. By last week Medford High's physical edu cation program had been radically revised. The new course, called "Personal Combat," is ranger-style training in high school. Says Mayfield: "It's gang-fighting, that's what...
Back to Back. Major General Jimmy Doolittle's 12th Air Force probably had enough planes to provide support in the air. From North Africa came reports of P-38 Lightnings meeting and beating Focke-Wulf 1905 and Messerschmitt 109Gs in their first major combat test. The difficulty was the lack of airdromes near enough to the front. The small French bases that were available were not equipped. Oil, gas and equipment for servicing had to be laboriously moved up. The difficulty was supply...
Buzz Wagner could lick the Japs: he had seven planes to his credit in aerial combat, and he had probably destroyed 50 more on the ground. But no man can lick fickle luck. Last week, in a solitary routine flight between Eglin Field, Fla. and Maxwell Field, Ala., Lieut. Colonel Boyd D. Wagner, at 26 the youngest officer of his rank, was missing. It was just about a year after the U.S. had first heard of Buzz Wagner...
...Combat. The war games are generally ingenious, attractive, and in some cases have wartime educational value. Spot-a-plane Game, approved by the U.S. Army & Navy Air Forces, and of obvious value to airplane spotters, is of the parchesi-type. Players progress around the board from "TakeOff" point to "Mission Accomplished" by identifying correctly the silhouettes of pages of the belligerent nations. Since there are 48 silhouettes provided (main omission: the Jap Zero), Spot-a-plane will seem to most adults more like hard work than fun, but air-minded boys like...
...similar difficulty attaches to Air Combat Trainer, which has been approved by the National Aeronautic Association. On a large board, picturing a photographic aerial map, players place planes which maneuver into combat, one player operating a fighter force which tries to prevent the other's bombers from hitting objectives below: power plant, docks, reservoir, bridge, etc. The game's defect is its complexity, which results from impossible situations, e.g., the spinner will often indicate moves to be made which the player cannot sensibly make...