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Still in the future is the vision of Sir Arthur: "If I could send 1,000 bombers to Germany every night, it would end the war by autumn...
Through the hot days in Charlottesville the campus was less tranquil than in other Julys; a new class of freshmen swarmed over it, the first class that would ever remember college as having started not in autumn but in summer. They might also remember that their first days of school coincided with a big palaver held by their elders: University of Virginia's 16th annual Institute of Public Affairs. Some freshmen might even remember a few things that were said...
...cargo system. In 1941 it carted 4,000 tons of airplane parts to & from tactical fields and its depots. But in the U.S. long-range air freighting was an uncharted stratum, even after the Army established a ferry service to deliver combat planes abroad. As late as last autumn only a minuscule 4% of the Army's planes consisted of troop and cargo carriers. The Navy was tardier...
...even bothered to answer the voice of ancient virtue. Up rose New Jersey's ruddy, Hague-dealing Senator William Smathers, who needs Hague's support in order to get re-elected this autumn. Said Smathers smoothly: "In the interest of bringing on a speedy vote, I shall deny myself the pleasure of the two-hour speech I have here." The vote to confirm Meaney...
After what Rommel has done even while the British have air superiority, General Bruce thinks there should be at least two, possibly four, tank-destroyer battalions with each combat division. He is quietly going about selling the idea to the Army. By autumn there will be 35,000 men at Camp Hood, and there will soon be half as many men in tank-destroyer outfits as in tanks...