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...Navy's most famed fighter plane-the hunchbacked, stubby Grumman F4F Wildcat-is a back number in aerial warfare. The Navy gladly made this admission last week. It could afford to. Besides its fancy, high-powered (2,000 h.p.) new Vought Corsair, it also has another brand-new fighter in service around the world...
...newest fighter is a direct descendant of the Wildcat and a factory mate of the Navy's crack Avenger torpedo plane. Its name: the Grumman Hellcat. This and little more the Navy announced, along with the news that a task force had crept close to the Jap's Marcus Island, thoroughly plastered it with shot and bombs from Hellcats and Avengers...
...today." With amazing promptness the U.S. Navy verified Tokyo's announcement, but added: "No report has been received from the raiding force and it is presumed that there will be none until need for radio silence ceases to exist." Except for a second broadcast from Tokyo that 90 "Grumman fighters" and "about 60 carrier bombers" and two carriers had taken part in the assault, the silence was still unbroken at week's end. The attack could have had one or a number of objectives...
Some of the delegates came from such far places as Chico, Calif, and Quonset Point, R.I. Among them were some of the most famed hot pilots of hot ships. Marine Corps Major Joe Foss (26 Jap victims; Congressional Medal) arrived in a Grumman F4F. Major John Smith (19 victories; Congressional Medal) came in a Corsair. Navy Lieut. Stanley Vejtasa (ten victories; Navy Cross with two stars) dropped down in an F6F. Major Vincent ("Squeak") Burnett, champion stunt flyer and specialist in B-26 bombers, dusted in with one of the sleek Marauders...
...Battle of Midway. "The squadron was like a raw egg thrown into an electric fan, and only three men came out of the action alive." Reformed, Torpedo 8 was flung straight into the Battle for the Solomons under the leadership of ardent, painstaking "Swede" Larsen. Armed with stubby Grumman Avengers, Torpedo 8 changed its old slogan from "Attack" to "Attack-and Vengeance...