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TIME'S primary reason given for such action was that U.S. combat forces together with Allied troops, navy and air force would be used simultaneously against Vichy and North Africa and coordinated with an attempt to turn back Rommel in Egypt and Libya...
...onetime die-hard isolationists, rose to lambaste the bill drafting 18-& 19-year-olds. They wanted to retain the clause, opposed by the Army and thrown out by a joint conference committee, requiring a year of training in the U.S. for every teen-age soldier before being sent to combat duty overseas...
When the reinforced Australians began their counteroffensive, the Japs raced back along the slimy jungle trails. But the Australians refused to fall into the trap. The Diggers advanced cautiously, setting up supply dumps as they moved forward, establishing elaborate latrine systems to combat the scourge of dysentery...
...feet above the Mediterranean, four German fighters had attacked General Doolittle's Flying Fortress. Unwilling to risk Doolittle & staff in combat if it could be avoided, Pilot Lieut. John C. Summers dived toward the sea. At 50 feet the Fortress leveled off and shot for the land. Fifty-caliber bullets from the top turret sent one of the German fighters limping away. Two others attacked. The Fortress copilot sagged to the floor with a bullet in his shoulder. Jimmy Doolittle yanked his soft khaki cap down on his balding head, climbed into the copilot's seat. The gunners...
Salvemini was unable to appear and combat Sorokin, because of a conflict of engagements, but the Sociology professor held the large crowd listening for 55 minutes, during which he expounded his theories on "A Realistic Basis for a Lasting World Peace...