Word: skips
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Above the thin shimmering water-slash of a rising moon, a U.S. Flying Fortress thundered into the Jap harbor at Rabaul one night several months ago to make the first test in the South Pacific of a new technique-"skip-bombing...
Since then skip-bombing has become a standard for the Fifth Air Force of Lieut. General George Kenney. And every time it brings in returns, Kenney's airmen thank a cheerful, extroverted major named William G. Benn, of Washington...
Bill Benn was a flying archeologist in Persia in 1938 when he decided to join the Air Forces. He went to Australia as aide to George Kenney, forthwith began his first experiment on skip-bombing when he had heard the R.A.F. was using...
...Japs succeed in building up their strength, the New Georgia group may prove a thorn in the flank of any U.S. attack farther up the line. The Japs might even put in enough strength to oblige the U.S. forces to take it first. And if U.S. forces cannot skip a few islands now & then, the road to Tokyo will be long indeed...
Should bright youngsters who have finished junior year in high school be allowed to skip into college, earn both a high-school diploma and a year of college credits at the same time? This plan was recommended last fortnight by a joint committee of the National Education Association and the American Association of School Administrators. The committee predicted, its widespread adoption by next autumn...