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...None of us were amateurs, of course," Suzette explained. "We had all worked at the Bal Tabarin since before the war. But we never collaborated. A year ago the Germans were gathering a complement to send to the Maison Oslo and they did not have quite enough volunteers. So they grabbed us. They told our troop of 42 that it was for six months...
Last week's raid on "the pearl of the Indies" was puny, as carrier raids go nowadays: less than 100 planes, hardly one Essex-class complement. But there were promising factors: 1) for the first time Naval forces from the Mountbatten, Nimitz and MacArthur commands joined together; 2) Javanese, who have been wooed incessantly by Japanese propaganda, might begin to doubt that Tojo's forces were as all-powerful as he claimed; 3) surprisingly few Jap planes rose in defense; two of these were shot down, 19 others were destroyed on the ground; at least one ship...
Despite these staff losses, Dean Burwell said, the Med School is giving instruction under an accelerated program to its regular peacetime complement of about 500 students. Most of these students now wear khaki or navy blue and will be commissioned and put on active duty upon graduation...
...Naval Training Schools (Communications) will double its complement of men starting today when a new class checks in at Litauer Center, Lt. (jg) Kenison, personnel officer of the school, announced today...
...fighter and bomber pilots, but whose job is one of the most skilled and dangerous in the air. Addressing the photogrammetrists, Air Chief Henry ("Hap") Arnold observed that "often a camera mounted on a P-38 has proved of far greater importance than a P-38 with its normal complement of guns...