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When Twining arrived in Washington last December, due for 30 days' rest, he dropped in to see General H. H. Arnold. "How do you feel?" asked Hap. Twining admitted he was a bit tired. Said Arnold: "You don't look a damn bit tired to me. Report in Italy Jan. 1 and take over the Fifteenth Air Force." Twining moved on. Between Dec. 14 and Jan. 1 he traveled 17,000 miles. But it was worth it. In power his new Fifteenth is second only to the Eighth Air Force in England...
...women now enrolled in the WASPs, some 500 are still in training at Sweetwater, Tex. Hap Arnold said that the A.A.F. would need from one to two thousand more. Though he once privately stated that he did not want women in the A.A.F., he now backed a bill to legitimatize the WASPs, make them officially a part of the A.A.F. with the same kind of status as the WACs, WAVES, SPARS and Women Marines...
...army counterpart (of which the Army reputedly takes a dim view) would make Chief of Staff George Marshall and Air Forces' "Hap" Arnold five-star generals (equals British field marshal...
George Marshall's objection was neatly skirted by providing for a title with American precedent: General of the Armies. If the bills are passed, he and General "Hap" Arnold will get the new rank now held only by John J. Pershing, and held in the past only by three other U.S. fighting men: Grant, Sherman and Sheridan...
...operations-tent bulletin board at a U.S. advanced fighter base in Italy good news was pinned up last week: an official commendation by Army Air Forces' Chief "Hap" Arnold. Reason for the commendation: the squadron had shot down eight German aircraft in one day, four in another. Score for three days' missions had totaled twelve kills, two probables, four damaged...