Word: stimson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...apathy. As late as last March, civilians shrugged off any preparation as a nuisance. When the returns came in from the Far Pacific, they began to buckle down. When Brigadier General James H. Doolittle raided Tokyo, they worked a little faster, got a little more tense. When War Secretary Stimson predicted Jap face-saving raids as a certainty, civilian volunteers began to hold nightly drills. The Coast went on a 24-hour alert...
...week's end, the case of Corporal Barrow was put up to Secretary of War Stimson...
...Henry L. Stimson, Secretary...
...Henry L. Stimson, Secretary...
About Face. Early in 1941, Secretary Stimson said: "Flight training in gliders or sailplanes as a preliminary step in power-plane training is of doubtful value, and it is believed the cost is not commensurate with the results obtained." A Navy spokesman announced: "It was definitely determined that the inclusion of glider training in the flight syllabus was not worthwhile...