Word: davision
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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On the ground^ he is anything but a swashbuckler. Back home in Lubbock, Texas, where he has a wife and two children, Davis likes to putter in the kitchen (specialties: steak and pot roasts). The seventh of nine children, Davis went up for a $2.50 ride in a barnstormer'...
Davis gives much credit to the unsung wingmen-whose primary job is not to down MIGs but to protect their leaders. Davis has never brought his plane back bearing a trace of battle damage. Last week, on the day he downed four MIGs, he chased two MIGs away from his...
Until recently, it was Fifth Air Force practice to rotate a man home as soon as he became an ace (five kills). But Major Davis and the two other squadron leaders in his wing all became aces about the same time, and they could not be spared. This week, with...
Before the Davis Cup matches with Sweden last week, U.S. Captain Frank Shields kept telling his players to keep plugging, that the Swedes were no pushovers. It was hardly necessary to remind the U.S. team that Sweden had given Australia a real fight a year ago before losing the round...
Next day in the doubles, the Aussies were again shaking their heads-this time in amazement at Schroeder's shaky performance as he and Trabert dropped the first set to Sweden, 10-12. The U.S. players finally got their signals straightened out, won the match, 6-0, 6-3...