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Beyond the Roer. From the air in a Piper Cub the tank drive was a thing of the sheerest military beauty: First came a long row of throbbing tanks moving like heavy dark beetles over the green cabbage fields of Germany in a wide swath-many, many tanks in a single row abreast. Then, a suitable distance behind, came another great echelon of tanks even broader, out of which groups would wheel from their brown mud tracks in green fields to encircle and smash fire at some stubborn strong point. Behind this came miles of trucks full of troops, maneuvering...
John Dos Passos, novelist (Manhattan Transfer, Big Money) turned LIFE war correspondent in the Philippines, was reported knocked cold, gashed in the head, given a black eye and slight concussion when hit on the head by the wingtip of a landing Piper Cub plane. Correspondent Dos Passos merely noted that he suffered "a nasty little accident (almost got my block knocked off by a plane...
...Lion Cub. In Niles, Mich., the local Lions Club planned to confer honorary life membership on Fred Banke, aged...
Best sellers: 1) the feathery, civilian-type Piper Cub (used for pilot training); 2) the puddle-jumping Taylorcrafts, Fairchilds, Aeroncas and Ryans (used for screening cadets and artillery observation). No sale: advanced trainers, multi-motored bombers, fighters. Reasons: suci craft are too expensive, some are altogether too "hot" for the average civilian pilot...
When the thaw came, fog settled. On most days Cub artillery spotters could get off the ground, and some days heavy bombers were able to attack rear bases and communications by using their "mickeys" (radar bombsights). But for ten straight days, Allied tactical air support was pinned to the ground, except for a few ineffective sorties...