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Rendezvous Who Is He? Dear Editor: have: tion CO\Tr issue \\'ho cxact" or p;lratrooper to be rcl.tt ion of mine. , Pvt. CI:J\tOIl , I woulc] like to xon«- illfoflll;l- ('OlllTrJllII!; the of the \1Ii;ust of ,\m FORel:, IS the soldier. I think he is a E\';JIls, Ilono]II]1l Dear Editof: , , , The picture Oil the ('O\Tr is t h.rt of 111\ brother. l st Si.;t, II, I-: Cooper hdore ht; went into the iuv.iviou . L. R, Cooper, I lollvwoocl. Calif. Dc.u I-:tlitor: , , . Tht; mother of Pic, Vvilli.uu H. vndcrvou would like to h;I\T au origin;II print of the pllotogLlph .uu] .m , inforru.rtlOII a\'ail:Jhle, Pfe, .Yuclcrvon is reported Illissillg in .ut iou sillce [um, h .n«] he \\as with the p.ir.rtroopcr-, that invaded :'\or. 11I;III(h,. The f.nn ilv .md fricud , feci xure tluit the pic-ture is' that of \Ollllg ,\Ildn. ~()ll. ... \Irs, Jas, \\'. Criffin, Defuniak Spgs .. I,'Ia. Deaf I",ditor: , .. I bl,liele lie is niv brother, IIe is .rt present Illissilig III .rct ion slll('e D d;11 JIl Fr.iucc. I\'t. .\. P\lShh;ILII\i('z. 'I'ucvon .. \riz. Dear Editor: . Tlte con'!' of vour ,\ugust issue Ic.rtines ;111 ;Iirhorlll' sol(ltu who. 1 believe. is IlI\' lnot ln-r lie is Special Sell'icc Offl('Cf, 1st. Lt. JOIIII 1-'. Dcn'rellx, SOllle\\ here III l talv. .. Helen \1. De\TfeUX, \!OlllOl', La. Deaf I':ditor: , lie hears a strikillg reselllhlall('l' to I'll', (;eoll;e T, Trot m.m. of 1\;1])1(1 CIII, S, D" a close fr icud of 111\' f.uu ilvv. l'vt , Trot m.m as we k nov,: f roiu tll~ ofIiu:11 C:IsIJ:t!II' list \\;IS killed ill .ut iuu Oil D d:II' III :'\Oilll:III,!I', \Iarihllllt;'\1. Rohertsoll. \lcridi;In, \I iss. UI!fortllll;/teil', \IT dOll't klloll' tlIe n.nnc of tt«: p:l':ltwoper', The pid1l1e I"IS t"keJr rim. illg tile hst {CII' IlIillllle' heio,e ;1J\;"ioll ;lIld 1/1 the e\l'itel1/ClIt I/() Clpt;o1lS IIl'lC rel'fJlrled, If :111\ (Jlle ill Iii, olltl/t CJlI Jelclltd, tllis ,soldier, \lc'll he gl:/d to prillt 11/" n.nnc. 1-:,1. Law of Averages? Dc.rr hlttor: ,\ lot of fcllO\ls ill tilis fll illi.; r.ul.r-t LIIk .rlxiu! phI illg 0111' the strilli.;. or hill k. illg the Lt", of ;lll'LIgl'S, Tltel fel'l t h.it lu.k rt u rx oul. .nnl tlJ:lt's \\11\ lOll sec :1 ".'iff\' .mcl HIIst Club' ill cvcrv s'jlladroll ill t lu. :II'r force, \\'ell. I hope ,'ill not soulldlllg old. tnncrivl: m philosopllic:tI .ibou! It. hu! [ look at it tIllS \\;1\', LIl'l'I' llllSSIOIl ill il-clf (Colltillued on Page -t6) OCTOBER,1944 'Assignment-Home Vol. 27 No, 10 October 1944 THE OFFICIAL I SERVICE JOURNAL OF THE U, 5, ARMY AIR FORCES B R Iff Ccucr.il Hurmon :IlIS\\l'l'S SOJlll' im por t.mt ljlllstions for cOlllbat returnees, Air Mastery Over France .\ report on our air act ivit ic-, dUrJlli.; t l u, \1I1l'l1 marcl: on the Rcich. Fighter Control-Nerve Center of Battle S/Sgl, Mark Mvrphy I lOll' om planes in Europe :lIe sent to tltl' rj~ht pl.icc at the right time. Little Planes With a Big Punch Herbert Ringold If itOs ;1 tough job O\TI rough territon, thL' gilt: it to t lu: Cra'lhuppers, Get Wise Lt, Col. George 5, Richardson 11 Take a look at these accident reports; their lessons 1ll;II' suvc H)l1I neck. Airborne Army Moj, Charles D, Frazer 12 On;:llliI.Cltioll and potentialities of tlic ncv,: .\lJild connu.md ill Europe, The Invasion of Noemfoor 14 .\ picture :ICCOUllt of air opcrnt iuu- ill t hi-, S
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Page 7 and 8: oads and bridges and military imtal
Page 9 and 10: Here's how controllers direct the p
Page 11 and 12: sengcr and courier service in areas
Page 13 and 14: GET WISE Here are a few of the easi
Page 15 and 16: Airborne soldiers. shown here durin
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Page 23 and 24: OCTOBER,1944 The first thing the a\
Page 25 and 26: YOUR ENEMY All ;Iirer;!ft fllillg o
Page 27 and 28: ->",i" .""tJnil'et hj/'- By Col. Do
Page 29 and 30: 28 011 BOll~aiIldk is quicklv unloa
Page 31 and 32: the plane landed, a jccp would driv
Page 33: THE PHiliPPINES DISTANCES SHOWN IN
Page 36 and 37: The economic system of the Philippi
Page 38 and 39: The AAF's homing pigeons are recogn
Page 40 and 41: Our aviation engineers had to fight
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Page 44 and 45: High Intensity Controlled Lighting
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Page 48 and 49: Automatic Pilot Trainer-A new train
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TIM ELY A D V ICE FRO M THE A I R I
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R.6 I:>:CJ: the AAF S helicopter, t
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SS I. You on the left, Buddy, appea
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ever .nrivc at a fir',t ~Iid stut i
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p:rinted on the outvi.lc wrt l: ,ih
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tanks and truck-borne infantry and
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FIGHTER CONTROL (Colltilltled from
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Property of tDe Library ARMY INDtJS
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For the Record I)e:lr h!Jtlll Rende
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he Allie's into German-held of the
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H Combat may make you Lazy By Maj.
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..... -; ... The results of two yea
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Production charts show the disaster
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all key points of the factory's 3-+
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HE Fortresses T wings to the took o
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'l'h is was a YClr ago, but these a
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Pulling in His Ne-:I:. Reeelit de,c
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When a radio operator makes a mista
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Lifeline to the US,S R BY HERBERT R
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Ten o'clock of a December morning a
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THE MAN WITH THE PRIVATE BREEZE By
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THE AIR WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFI
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STANDARD FLIGHT INSTRUMENT PANEL E
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It 11c:l!,illg l.ot h sidc
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, , ,CO:-iTI:-iUI:D ]'\o\\', pacbgi
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technique ••• CO]\;Tl:"UED Ne
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INSTRUMENT PANEL (Continued from Pa
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LIFELINE TO THE US S R ( Cout iuucc
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F\lr:RCF'\~CY FOUrp\lr:,\'T luvpcct
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50 COMBAT MAY MAKE YOU LAZY (Contin
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EN of the AAF-including the hundred
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August 7. Patton kept moving his he
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l'Iiavigation Training En Masse. Th
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"WE arc not going to bubble over wi
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A wood block support; injured legs
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Burma. A Japanese light antiaircraf
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HOW ,SHARP ARE YOU? A 'hoto Test of
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.. ' Back to the Philippines PART I
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Tacloban strip \\";IS not sC'ITicca
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All Tile Illftl, \\ ,(("d If iii, ,
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Underground. ,'~ group of worried m
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volunteers between the agcs of II .
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I f By Capt. Greer Williams Air SlI
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Flaming debris (If njllI, ])1]]1:ll
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ground fire the pilot should look f
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two weeks: Cincinnati. one week: Pi
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At 5.000 fed. the pilot opened the
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cardboard bombs on their choice of
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turn to Traffic Scction, Crcnicr Fi
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Oil refineries arc gooel targets, T
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Tile air campaign to choke off fuel
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fallen into Allied hands, thus maki
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Hamburg i lPolilz IMagdeburg 1 I r
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He's the guy who holds the life of
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j ._3 Thirteen days after the 13th
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THE ABC OF D-DAY When an invasion i
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By all AIR F( )RCl-: ()\"t'rsc;/s S
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The fighters called for help and th
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A jeep, laden with leftover explosi
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THE ABC OF D-DAY t Cont inu.xl [r o
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By Capt. E. E. Churchill co, isu. A
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