Word: commandeer
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...American air observer (identity withheld) in Britain recently visited a station of the Fighter Command on a quiet day and was invited to take a turn over the field in a Spitfire. With R. A. F. escort, the American went aloft, was churning peacefully over the countryside when a group of uninvited Messerschmitts dropped in for a dog fight. The R. A. F. flew off to fight. In the interests of neutrality, the lone American streaked for the field, was gleefully pursued by a pot-hunting Nazi. When the bullets began to zip past him, the American abandoned neutrality, flipped...
According to these societies, the prerequisites necessary to be a pacifist are "intrepidity, contempt for comfort, surrender of private interest, obedience to command." War can be stopped if enough people are determined to pay the cost...
...Squadron Commander Caldwell was swamped with applications for a service in which men will risk much, sleep little, seldom wear dry clothes. For his squadron he sorted out 20 officers, 167 men. When the last boat is delivered next month, he will command 20 PTs, from 59 to 81 ft. overall...
...took the Hollywood Marines to open a brand-new topic. Fortnight ago, the 22nd Battalion of the Marine Corps Reserves under the command of wiry, abrupt, outspoken Major W. S. ("Woody") Van Dyke II, ace M. G. M. director, was ordered to San Diego for active service. It was a great moment for Woody Van Dyke, who loves pomp and patriotism even more than pictures. Last fall he hung the stars and stripes outside his studio office, tacked up a sign proclaiming it a Marine recruiting station. After Thursday-night drills with his outfit, Woody would stride into Chasen...
Boyd's plane was forced down by Italian fighters which intercepted it near Sicily enroute to Cairo, where Boyd was to become second in command of the Royal Air Force in the Middle East. The Air Ministry in London confirmed the capture...