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Hank Teepka, le; Hob Stargle, lt; Dick Heidtman, lg; Buddy Lemay, c; George Batchelder or John Weber, rg; John Nichols, rt; Stan Britton, re; Gill O'Neil, qb; Hardy Cox, lh; John Ederer, rh; Paul Dillingham...
...starting lineup: Stan Britton and Hank Toepka, ends; Bob Stargle and John Nichols, tackles; John Weber and John Jennings, guards; Buddy Lemay, center; Gill O'Neil, quarterback; Hardy Cox and John Ederer, halfbacks; and Jerry Blitz, fullback...
Probable lineup: Hank Toepka le, Bob Stargle lt, John Jennings lg, Buddy LeMay c, John Weber rg, John Nichols rt, Stan Britton re, Gill O'Neil qb, Hardy Cox lh, John Edrer rh, Jerry Blitz...
Tough, cigar-chomping Lieut. General Curtis LeMay, who succeeded Kenney as head of the Strategic Air Command, went even further. He did not argue that the B-36 was invulnerable to opposition; Bomber LeMay knew only too well that any aircraft can be knocked down. But, said LeMay, "I don't think the question whether it can be shot down enters in-it's whether you can penetrate to and destroy a target with acceptable losses . . . If called on to fight, I'll order out the B-36 crews and be in the first plane myself...
This week cigar-chomping Curtis LeMay was called back to Washington to take over the Strategic Air Command, succeeding General George C. Kenney. His successor in Wiesbaden: pugnacious Lieut. General John K. ("Uncle Joe") Cannon, 56, brilliant wartime commander of all Allied air forces in the Mediterranean...