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DIED. Kenneth Taylor, 86, who, with squadron mate George Welch, became the first U.S. Army Air Force pilots to get airborne immediately after the Japanese launched their attack on Pearl Harbor; in Tucson, Ariz. Taylor, then 21, was on his first assignment at Hawaii's Wheeler Field, and had spent the previous night in black tie at an officers' club fete. Hearing machine-gun fire, he grabbed Welch--and his tuxedo pants--and drove to their planes. Under fire, he and Welch shot down six enemy planes. "I wasn't in the least bit terrified," he later said...
...DIED. Kenneth Taylor, 86, who, with squadron mate George Welch, became the first U.S. Army Air Force pilots to get airborne-and, under fire, shoot down at least six enemy planes-immediately following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; in Tucson, Arizona. Taylor, then 21, was on his first assignment at Hawaii's Wheeler Field on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. Hearing machine-gun fire, he grabbed Welch and drove to their planes. "I wasn't in the least bit terrified," he later said. "I was too young and too stupid to realize that...
...suffered a great loss of life and property on 9/11, but the attackers damage us far more by inciting us to compromise our standards to match theirs. The bill is not an act of courage, strength and resolve. It is an act of fear and desperation. Craig Littlefield Tucson, Arizona, U.S. The Right Force for Darfur Peter Beinart's essay "How to save Darfur" [Oct. 2] addressed the moral concerns reasonable human beings in the free world have toward what is happening in Darfur. A military force might easily be able to invade Darfur territory after destroying Sudan's military...
CRAIG LITTLEFIELD Tucson, Ariz...
...Vegas club, she belatedly noticed the phrase "Parent Drop-off and Pickup Preferred" on her invitation. "How stupid is that? I have my own car," she scoffed. Although the festivities were supposed to end at 10 p.m., Angela had no intention of racing home in her shiny '05 Hyundai Tucson to make curfew. In fact, she and her parents said they were unaware that nighttime restrictions for teens existed until being interviewed for this story. Donna's sunny expression momentarily turned pained when she was asked whether she would allow Angela, who was chauffeuring two pals that evening, to ignore...