Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from some press reports that there is a tendency to indicate that the Army GHQ Air Force is planning to fight a war by itself. I would like to correct that impression. . . We must realize that in common with the mobilization of the air force in this area, the ground arms of the Army would also be assembling, prepared to take the major role in repelling the actual landing forces. ... I want to ask that you do not accuse us of trying to win a war alone...
...service and the Army at large were better than at any time since 1935, when GHQ A. F. was established as a compromise between those who wanted an entirely separate air force and those who wanted to keep the Army's wings tied securely to the ground command. But the entente was not sufficiently strong to withstand a barrage of one-sided and slightly inaccurate publicity calculated to exalt airmen above groundmen. Having paid his respects to diplomacy, the General then proceeded to get on with...
...fleet was busy fighting in the Pacific. The Blacks were about to invade the U. S. with two fleets, and it was the job of General Andrews' 187 combat planes and 3,000 men "to concentrate first; to reach out and attack targets in advance of the ground arms, with the general mission of weakening and disorganizing the enemy to the limit of our ability before he comes into contact with these ground forces...
...second event, the 360 degree spot landing the object was to land as close as possible on the far side of a line, on the ground after crossing the line headed into the wind at an altitude of 1500 feet and throttling down the mator. Carl P. Wickstrom ap. was leading, having landed within 66 feet of the line, when strong gusts and a dangerously low ceiling halted the meet...
...outdone Bill Stickel cleared the loaded bases for Columbia in the fifth inning of the second game, and in the seventh Bob Stolz for the Lions got a four-baser with one on, after falling flat on the ground in an attempt to hit a previous Ingalls strike...