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General Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold, visiting Detroit, was greeted by Aircraft Builder Henry Ford, caught by a photographer in powerful and unusual profile...
Among the Allies' top planning soldiers John Dill found friends-General Marshall, "Hap" Arnold, the Navy's "Ernie" King-and bound them close to him by his easy wit, his Jim Farley-like ability to remember first names and nicknames, his all-round proficiency as a soldier and a staff officer...
...General "Hap" Arnold picked George Kenney from behind a desk and sent him to Australia. "Sir, I am your airman here," said brisk, bantam-sized Kenney when he reported for duty...
General Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold, of the U.S. Army Air Forces, pinned the D.S.M. on the bemedaled chest of Colonel Philip Cochran, 34-year-old inspiration for "Flip Corkin" of Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates comic strip. The citation: for crack performance in the first airborne invasion of Burma...
Then the Air Forces' ladies, fed up with civilian status, gave their ultimatum. Said Jackie Cochran: the WASPs should get military status or be washed out altogether. As Congress showed no disposition to change its-mind, there was no choice for Hap Arnold. Admitting that there were now enough men to carry on the WASPs' jobs, principally ferrying of Army aircraft, he swung the washout brush, picked the December date "to permit the WASPs to reach their homes by Christmas...