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When the embattled American Volunteer Group broke up in China last July 4 some of the pilots came home, some donned the khaki and wings of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Last of these combat pilots still on duty in China was young (25), bronzed Major Frank Schiel of Prescott, Ariz...
...touch with the common person then descends into mere vulgarity. This common touch stands up beautifully in such a number of "What the Well-Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear" in "This Is the Army." Here is a poor song but a fine idea, dealing with the substitution of khaki uniforms for zoot suits...
...feet the Fortress leveled off and shot for the land. Fifty-caliber bullets from the top turret sent one of the German fighters limping away. Two others attacked. The Fortress copilot sagged to the floor with a bullet in his shoulder. Jimmy Doolittle yanked his soft khaki cap down on his balding head, climbed into the copilot's seat. The gunners fought off two other Germans before the Fortress got clear and proceeded to its destination...
This wasn't like an American Legion convention. Then Vag noticed that none of the Legion caps had state insignia on them. They were all alike. Vag remembered that before he went away for the weekend the Yard had been full of men in khaki summer suits. He went closer to the crowd. It was still the Navy, he decided; they all had southern accents...
...particularly among airmen, that he found the most recrimination and distrust. One reason: the Army's exaggerated reports on the role of Army bombers in the Battle of Midway (Baldwin: "The Navy's carriers did the job"). Baldwin saw Navy, Marine and Army men in almost identical khaki, working "in close harmony in combat areas," concluded: "There is no question that one uniform and one fighting service with a common tradition and a common interest are the answer to our defense problems. ... A separate air force would probably only serve to add friction...