Word: 36th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wrote an Air Force captain of the 36th Fighter-Bomber Squadron: "Individually and collectively we feel that it has a deep, sincere message for all the people in and from the United States of America . . . Are people at home realizing that this isn't a police action but a fight for survival? Do people realize the import of your statement about the number and excellence of our weapons...
CAPT. "WHISTLIN' JOE" ROGERS, 26, of the 36th Squadron, Eighth Fighter-Bomber Group, had probably killed more North Koreans and Chinese than any other flyer. During World War II, to his disgust, he had been an instructor, saw no combat. He had made up for it in Korea. Air Force men liked to talk about Joe's exploits- his trick of barrel-rolling when he came in for a strafing run, the time he attached a whistle to one of his wings to scare the enemy, thus earned his nickname. The story they liked best...
...Clark defends his order of the bloody and abortive attack by the 36th Division across the Rapido below Cassino. It was necessary to draw German defenders away from the projected Anzio landing. The casualties were not 2,900, as the indignant 36th claimed, but 1,681. "If I am to be accused of something, thank God I am accused of attacking instead of retreating...
...next 26 finishers were either Swedes, Finns or Norwegians (the best a U.S. competitor could do was finish 46th), but Railroadman Slaattvik was not among them. His hopes of becoming Nordic champion melted long before he labored home in 36th place. The man he was afraid of, Finland's Hasu, made up enough cross-country points by finishing tenth to win the combined-event crown...