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...almost 27-two years over the limit for airmen), took 17 days of training, soloed-grandly tearing off the whole undercarriage of his plane on his return-and got a lieutenant's commission and a pilot's wings. The dashing young college men of the 94th Aero Squadron, to which he was assigned, were not pleased. Rickenbacker was a celebrity and proud of it; he knew engines and said so; he was tough, uncouth, domineering, profane, full of advice and often oil-stained. He was pointedly ignored...
...money-saving Defense Secretary Louis Johnson bragged that he had cut only fat, not muscle, he had to disregard the accusing stares of Marine aviators. In his new budget he had ordered a halving of the Marine Corps' precision-trained aviation forces, cutting them from 23 to twelve squadrons. Last week Louis Johnson conceded that in doing so he had touched a nerve-and also some muscle. He promised the Marines that they would now get 16 squadrons-with three extra planes per squadron. The Navy would save the needed $2,000,000 by closing down its Naval...
Hard-hitting Arleigh Burke was always a handy man to have around in a fight. In the South Pacific campaign he won the nickname "31-Knot Burke" from the speed with which he pushed his destroyer squadron into action. He became chief of staff in Marc Mitscher's mighty Task Force 58, won a chestful of medals, was promoted to the temporary rank of commodore. When the Navy's own war against the Air Force and the Defense Department broke out, Burke was assigned to head "Op-23," a compact and more or less secret Navy Department task...
...basketball squad's first game against the Hoyas, Shepard has cut his squad to a flying squadron of ten men. His road crew comprises the customary starting five--John Rockwell, Ed Smith, Jim Gabler, Gerry Murphy and Bill Hickey--plus Bill Prior, Cliff Crosby, Dick Covey, John Stevenson, and Quent Stiles...
...fortnight later the small French force was picked up by a British squadron in the latitude of Cape Finisterre. After a lengthy chase, Admiral Dumanoir ran out his few remaining guns, but within a few hours the Duguay^ lay helpless in the Atlantic wallow, waiting with her three sisters for British prize crews to take over...