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...Pursuit of Power. Yet the quest for more power in combat aircraft goes on. The new superbombers which General Henry Harley ("Hap") Arnold seriously promised would make "the Fortresses of today . . . the medium bombers of tomorrow" will see service before this war is over. New fighters, which should be better than anything now flying in combat, are now flying in test before production...
...unorthodox of all fighters in World War II, has proven a sensation. One of the fastest of pursuits at high altitudes, it can also lug bombs on low-altitude missions, fight its way out when bombs are dropped. Long-ranged and heavily armed, it can do almost anything a medium bomber can do, is one of the world's best and most versatile aircraft...
...Boats. The LST, 327 ft. long and 5,500 tons, is really a medium-sized freighter whose bow gapes open like jaws to discharge cargo. Developed late in 1941, the vessel was a peculiarly tough problem in design, since it had to be capable of carrying and loading hundreds of tons of tanks, seaworthy enough to cross oceans under its own power, shallow-draft enough to put the tanks directly ashore. It carries a full operational crew and is usually commanded by a senior grade lieutenant, Navy or Coast Guard...
...early as 1936 the Navy experimented with tank lighters, and from these tests emerged the LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized)., a 50-footer which carries a crew of four and a medium tank. As an intermediate step between this small boat and the ocean-going LST, the Navy designed a 100-ft. LCT (Landing Craft, Tank), which can be carried to zones of operation on the deck of an LST or a cargo vessel...
...themselves in this picture as the very competent actors they always were: there has seldom been as good a cinematic gallery of U.S. small-town types. Grace George seems effortlessly to have learned what so many transplanted Broadway actors ache over -how to project her touching elegance in a medium...