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The days to come would tell whether the parallel would hold good for the U.S. Eighth Air Force's "heavy cavalry."* But as the most powerful air offensive in history rolled through its third week, the Luftwaffe was behaving exactly like a fighter who finds the going too rugged...
It had been a tough fight. It would be rugged until the last Jap was off Los Negros. But the main objectives had been captured. Momote airfield, swiftly taken, had been rehabilitated and U.S. fighter craft were operating from its strip in support of forward units. Jap shore batteries on...
"It is a rugged life."
About half the couples needed for Alaskan stations will be recruited right in the territory. For the rest CAA is combing the States. The inducements: good salaries (ranging around $6,000 a year per couple), rugged scenery, plenty of fresh air and adventure.
In the more rugged spots-far in advance of the "country clubs" like Pearl Harbor, Noumea, Kodiak-movies are the only form of entertainment. The poorest show will draw a full house. Often 4,000 to 5,000 men will sit on wet ground, sometimes in pouring rain, through an...