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...Future. "Duty and prudence alike command . . . that the germ centers of hatred and revenge should be constantly and vigilantly curbed and treated in good time and that an adequate organization should be set up to make sure that the pestilence can be controlled at its earliest beginning. ... I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate, that in the days to come the British and American people will for their own safety and for the good of all walk together in majesty, in justice and in peace...
...slicing the islands' supply line from Pearl Harbor west, by heavy attacks on Philippine airfields, by plain wear & tear on the islands' limited aircraft equipment, Japan had won the first requisite of victory: command of the air. Overwhelming in numbers, the Jap flailed at the U.S. positions with rifle, machine gun, tank and plane, careless of his losses. Bitterly, savagely and calculatingly, the tall men from the U.S. and the short men from the island fought back. It was a battle of churning movement: swift slashes of armored cars and men in trucks, ceaseless slamming of artillery, swiftly...
...best anti-aircraftsman in the country got a job worthy of his talents. Major General Sanderford ("Sandy") Jarman was put in charge of the newly formed First Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command. A mountain of a man, who stands 6 ft. 5 in. tall and weighs 250 lb., he has an enormous beat to cover. It stretches from Canada to South Carolina, from the East Coast to the Mississippi. Sandy Jarman needed many more men, much more equipment than...
...years he has agitated for bigger & better anti-aircraft defenses, has raised lumps on his skull butting against conservative prejudices and tightwad spending policies. He played a big part in developing the uncanny directors that put modern anti-aircraft guns on their targets. In 1939 he took over the command of the Panama Coast Artillery, established in the Canal Zone jungles the best U.S. anti-aircraft system in existence...
...November's Carolina maneuvers, he helped General Hugh Drum devise hard-hitting "tank-killer" units that stymied the Armored Divisions, with a handful of men and the same guns created a top-flight anti-aircraft defense. After maneuvers, Drum brought Jarman north, gave him the coordinated anti-aircraft command. Jarman's new command is still subordinate to the Coast Artillery on matters of procurement and personnel, but tactically it is subject only to First Army Commander Drum...