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...well. The ship flew into snow, into one of the sudden storms which buffet the Southwest in winter. Lieut. Murray Hanson, in command, flew low to look for water, saw none where he could land. He flew high, at 17,000 feet was still in the storm and snow. He flew blind; the snow had blotted out everything, and he had only his instruments to guide him. Wind mocked and rocked the great plane, smashed the cabin's windows. Spare parts spewed like hail through the cabin. A dreadful paralysis seized the plane; after each lurch, each drop...
...German High Command was going to fit the parts together made a favorite guessing game last week. One theory in London had the invasion beginning with swarms of parachutists, backed by Stukas and long-range batteries in France, followed by troop-carrying barges...
...refuge for the major H and the broad A. But today the Navy is steaming full speed ahead, while both instructors and prospective ensigns at Harvard still are dragging anchor. Almost the only ones taking the work seriously are a few martinets who aspire to minor posts of command in the annual review. And recent attempts to improve esprit de corps via beery conviviality are a poor substitute for good classroom presentation of theory with subsequent practical application...
Pursuit of this American policy, I am convinced would be the only true fulfillment of the responsibilities clearly indicated by our history. It is worthy of our ancestors who founded this Republic. It is an American policy that will surely command the undivided loyalty of our youth. It is a creative policy, to which the United States will have to return some...
Leonard Gerow knew what to do. Before his last detail (second in command of the 8th Division at Columbia, S. C.), he had put in 18 months in W. P. D. as General Strong's executive. And during his 29 years as an officer he had gone through the Army's best finishing schools, from the War College down, had seen plenty of service with troops and acquitted himself with the cold efficiency that George Marshall likes. Like Marshall he is no West Pointer but a V. M. I. graduate. The legend of Cadet Marshall, All-Southern tackle...