Word: readier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When war came, they were readier than they had any reason to expect they would be. Orders from the Allies had set U.S. aircraft factories humming; designers, encouraged by the Army, & Navy, were ready with new engines and aircraft; U.S. industry was ready. And oldtime believers in air power, such as Frank Andrews (commander of the Canal Zone), Delos Emmons (of Hawaii) and Hap Arnold, held the top Air Force commands...
Indeed, these detailed findings of the survey would seem to indicate that the more the public understands what Union Now really means, the readier it is to accept it. Our experience confirms this...
...Army was well-housed. From the beginning it had been well-fed. For its training-far from complete and still hampered by shortages of equipment-it is getting more practical field exercises than any U.S. Army ever had before. Its physical condition is superb. Some of its divisions are readier for combat service than any sent to Europe...
Meantime, some 800,000 soldiers stood to arms and got readier every day just south of Turkey, under French General Maxime Weygand and British Lieut. General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell. These two commanders also keynoted last week...