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...What we acquire we must fortify. . . . [In] the Atlantic, we must acquire by treaty or by occupation such islands and such territories as we deem necessary to our safety. . . . We must go far afield. Dakar and Casablanca . . . must be ours in permanence. . . . We must have our own permanent naval and air bases in Iceland and Greenland. We must maintain, continue, perfect and enlarge our base on Bermuda. . . . We must make equitable arrangement if we can for the possession of the islands of the Caribbean...
...Said Pravda, official organ of the Communist Party: at Casablanca President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill agreed on "an exhaustive plan of action to be applied in the next nine months." The nine months, Pravda reminded, are nearly up. The Allies have a choice: "The opening of a second front in 1943 means the war will be ended quickly or become a war of attrition...
Grasshoppers saw their first combat at Casablanca, when they were fired on by U.S. anti-aircraft crews who did not recognize puddle jumpers. One was potted by a U.S. gun guarding the field where it was to land. It was months before grasshoppers got a second chance. But by Tunisia's final battles, there were 90 grasshoppers in action. Battalion commanders learned that they were worth their weight (800 lb.) in gunpowder. And pilots learned that they could escape from enemy planes by turning and twisting to the ground. One flipped away from four Stukas on his first combat...
...quiz program came on - from the garden of the Allied Club in Casablanca: four Army nurses v. four Army Air Forces sergeants. Having a choice of subjects, the first nurse chose "Great Wolves." She got all four of them. The program had to be cut off before the winning team was announced...
...Deal Chicago Sun revived a six months' old anecdote, retold it as a choice bit of gossip. Said the Sun's Inside Washington column: When President Roosevelt was in Casablanca, General de Gaulle remarked that the French people regarded him as the spirit of Joan of Arc. Later, he let drop the comment that the French people thought of him as the reincarnation of Napoleon. To which Franklin Roosevelt jabbed: "General, I think you should make up your mind...