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...trend was now away from the steaming Caribbean coast to the drier country on the Pacific side and to new areas in the Dominican Republic. Symbolizing the changing course of banana empire, United Fruit's "Great White Fleet" would operate on a large scale for the first time in the Pacific. There, presumably, it would continue to accommodate passengers in the spirit of the Great White Fleet's unofficial motto: "Every banana a guest, every passenger a pest...
...supplies heat and power for the unit. Along one arm of the U is ranged a food-freezing compartment, a refrigerator, an ironing machine, warming ovens, a cooking range (using pressure cooking)-all topped by a long work counter. Along the other arm: a dishwasher, automatic clothes washer and drier, lavatory, bath, toilet. A door and big windows are at the open end of the U and, according to Grebe, there is space for a workshop and storage inside. A set of three concentric chimneys over the stove, using hot escaping gases to warm incoming air, provides heat and ventilation...
...airfields were being built on the western, drier side of the island, and captured fields were swiftly repaired and improved for Allied use. One at Valencia, in the Ormoc corridor, was put to use the day after capture. Now it could be told that airfields built at Burauen and Dagami on the wet, eastern slope had been abandoned after a month of struggle against rain and mud. It was because of this setback that the Japs had enjoyed temporary superiority over Allied land-based air forces, and the U.S. Third Fleet had to be held off the islands to make...
Boots and Massage. In contrast to U.S forces, the British have no trench-foot problem, even though they have been actually wading through Holland. Their stout workmen-type boots and gum boots have turned out to be drier than anything the U.S. has produced. But the most important factor is that British soldiers are required to keep their boots waxed, to massage their feet with oil and change frequently to dry socks...
...eastern Philippines were swept by typhoons which kept airfields deep in mud, often cut visibility to zero. The western Philippines were drier. Aircraft operating from there could fight on schedule. But how to get there? And when? Douglas MacArthur decided on the bold stroke...