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He got a few planes off, but they were ineffective. The task force pounded away, and from Wake's new oil stores, ammunition dumps and flying field buildings, smoke began to billow. Through the smoke ripped U.S. planes, bombing and gunning everything in sight. Before 9 o'clock...
To rescue MacArthur might take ships or seaplanes in force. Such an expedition could end in disaster. The General's wife and his young son (Arthur, 4) are with him. So are High Commissioner Francis B. Sayre, his wife, and Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippines. Could MacArthur leave...
As a starter Mexico last week gave the U.S. permission to keep seaplanes and ships in Mexican harbors indefinitely. U.S. warplanes are now allowed to fly over Mexican territory, land for 24 hours on Mexican airfields. At Acapulco, on the Pacific Coast almost due south of Mexico City, the Mexicans...
During the rest of the war, Sir Frederick managed to turn up wherever there was an odd job to be done. In Mesopotamia he commanded a squadron of seaplanes flying off the Tigris. (He picked seaplanes so he could still fly if the Turks flooded the country.) He campaigned with...
Part of the Navy's big base at Newport (including fuel and munitions depots, training and torpedo stations), Quonset Point was in operation before it was officially in commission. For months seaplanes, ranging far & wide across the North Atlantic, have been based there. During the winter their maintenance crews...