Word: zeroed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seldom gets extremely cold in the Aleutians-temperatures below zero are rare-but it never gets warm. The williwaws* chill the bleak islands. The men on the islands wear bulky, waterproof clothes, fur-lined caps or knitted "phantom hats" which can be lowered over the face. Coveralls and boots are standard outer wear for ground crews...
...airmen it is even worse. Said one of them: "We've got landing strips where the wind blows west on one side, east on the other-and that's no joke!" They take off on a perfectly clear day, fly 20 minutes and find themselves suddenly in zero-zero weather. It is not unusual to have a ceiling of 50 feet with visibility of ten miles or more...
...lined flying suits from moths, Westinghouse has installed refrigeration equipment in storerooms at airports. The moths are killed by a shock cycle which plunges temperatures to -17°F., then warms up to 50°F. Surviving eggs are hatched by heat, the larvae destroyed by a second below-zero treatment...
...were heading for China a miracle of tail winds sprang up behind us, pushing us along to the west. The ceiling over the China Sea began at about 800 feet, dropped occasionally to zero while the planes were intermittently on instruments. Now & then through a cloud we would see a myriad of Chinese fishing junks careening gently along through shallow waters...
...Singapore-jazz dancing on the edge of the jungle, unthinking but offensive racial pride, a general clash of unrelated forces and a great unawareness of destiny." There was greater awareness at Mandalay, where the Flying Tigers' Colonel Claire Chennault first told Sheean about a new Japanese plane, the Zero. Chennault had reconstructed a fallen Zero, had great respect...