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After a week of discussion on the billets just given the seniors, we admit that this event was a letdown in some respects. Harry Meyerhoff says he believes he caught sight of a ship out there but isn't certain
...Letdown. But Army & Navy officials thought the need for a work-or-fight law was sharper than ever. The week's good news pointed up the armed services' greatest fear-that the end of the European war would cause a disastrous letdown on the home front...
There would be no letdown for soldiers now fighting in Europe, many of whom could expect to be fighting in the Pacific within a few months after Germany's surrender. Barring wounds or illness, no more than a million and a half of them are going to be demobilized until Japan is defeated...
...Anderson crew began looking for some other target, found a fine fat factory in Hamamatsu (55 mi. south of Nagoya) and plunked their bombs squarely among its buildings. Then came the letdown. Back on Saipan, Anderson reported his emergency measure-and got a big laugh. The plant was a musical instrument factory...
...decked, double fuselage, looking in cross section like a cigar atop a stogie, is fatter and longer than that of the B29, although the wing spread is the same. As an all-cargo Army plane, it will haul 35,000 pounds, which can be easily trundled in & out a letdown ramp in the rear. In a pinch, it can carry 172 soldiers. For postwar flying, Boeing expects airlines to use the top deck for passengers, who can sleep in roomy berths (see cut), the bottom either for a cocktail lounge (see cut) or cargo...