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WEDNESDAY, NOY. 15. 1944.
TWO OUT OF
100 TRAINEES DIE
It may have escaped ob
servation, in connection
with recent figures about
the Army Air Force that
more aircraft have been
lost in this country in al
most three years of war,
than in combat overseas.
According to the report,
14,600 planes have been
lost in combat and 17,500
have been lost at home.
In addition 9,900 have been
lost overseas outside of
combat. At home, 6,500 of
the 17,500 planes lost were
worn out or abandoned be
cause no longer fit to fly.
Overseas casualties in
clude 72,000 dead, missing,
captured and wounded in
combat missions and 5,300
non-battle casualties. At
home; an additional 11,000
members of the Air Force
have been killed in 5,600
fatal flying accidents since
Pearl Harbor.
The War Department
emphasizes the magnitude
of the training program and
other activities in this
country, saying that 4,342
hours were flown “for
each airplane lost or worn
out.” For each wreck, it
declares, there has been
the equivalent of 40 global
trips.
Admittedly, the “dan
gerous business of prepar !
ing young men: to fly very
hot combat planes” in
volves risks but the fatal
rate is down to 20 in 1,000.
This means that of every
100 trainees, only two are
killed and 95 complete
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their training ‘‘without so
much as a sprained ankle
or a bump on the head.”—
(Fairbanks News-ldiner).
POLITICAL MOVES
IN BALKANS
The explanation for the
rapid success of the British
“invasion” of Greece is to
be found in the sweep of
the Russian armies toward
Belgrade, and, to a consid
erable, extent, the work of
guerrillas attacking Ger
man communication lines
and escape routes in Yugo
slavia.
In fact, British opera
tions are probably more of
a political than a military
nature. For many years,
the traditional British pol
icy in the Mediterranean!
has been to maintain
Greece and some areas;
along the Adriatic as a!
“sphere of influence.”
The Balkans, which, for;
years, constituted an An-1
glo French area, has be
come a Russian sphere of
influence as a result of the
operations of the Red
Army. Moscow’s pre-oc
cupation with develop
ments in Balkans has led
some observers to believe
that the purpose of Rus
sian operations is also in
fluenced by political con
siderations.
Thus, Great Britain and
Russia meet face to face in
the embattled cockpit of
Europe. The question aris
es whether their policies
will conflict in the future
and whether the British
can continue their econom
ic, poltical and psycholog
ical influence in Greek and
Dalmatian areas. — Fair
banks News-Miner).
The city of Cleve in the Neth
erlands is known to the Dutch as
Kleef, to the English as Cleves,
and is spelled ether Cleve or
Kleve by the Germans.
Fried ice cream became a real
ity at the Chicago World’s Fair
in the Gay Nineties; dipped into
thin batter, it was doused in hot
fat that cooked the batter before
he cream melted.
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What did you do for Freedom to
day?
A Gob on a rubber raft
Drained the last wet drop from
his water flask,
Then threw it away and laughed.
For eighteen days on an endless
sea
In a torment of pain he lay;
Drenched and chilled to the bone
at night
And burned to a crisp by day.
He wanted to live, but he knew
in his heart
That odds were a thousand to
one;
But he drifted and hoped, con
soled by a prayer
And the thought of a job well
done.
What did you do for Freedom to
day?
“All that you could,” you declare.
But when you say it, remember
the Gob
Who died on the raft out there!
What did you do for Freedom to
day?
A Marine on Guadacanal,
Through a hail of lead and jungle
hell
Crept out to a wounded pal;
And he dragged him back
through the slime and muck,
Then, with never a thought of
rest,
Back over that deadly route he
went
And assembled a machine-gun
nest.
It wasn’t much fun—the bullets
—the mud;
He may have been scared, but he
hid it.
He only knew of a job to do
And he didn’t quibble, he did it.
What did you do for Freedom to
day?
“All that you could.” Think well,
One-millionth as much as that
Leatherneck did?
They buried the boy where he
fell.
What did you do for Freedom to
day?
Nine lads in a B-17
Ran into a flock of Messerschmitts
And died in their wrecked ma
chine.
Oh, they didn’t do bad with what
they had,
But they flew through hell to do
it;
They had smashed Berlin and a
dozen one-tens,
But their number was up and
they knew it.
They were full of holes, with no
controls,
And their ship was a comet of
flame;
But they stuck to their guns and
the useess stick
I And battled on just the same.
What did you do for Freedom to
day?
“All that you oould,” O. K.(
But if those nine boys in the B-17
Were to ask you, what would
you say?
What did you do for Freedom to
day?
I think they’ve a right to ask.
You’re in this fight just as much
as they,
And with just as important a
task.
Were you at your desk or bench
or press,
And at work at the starting bell?
Did every minute of this day
count?
And the job—did you do it well?
Did you buy a bond or a stamp
today?
Or collect any scrap for the pile?
Did you save your grease or
throw it away?
Did you drive just an extra mile?
Have you been down to the Red
Cross Bank
And given a pint of your blood?
| Did you send that V-mail letter
today?
Did you hoard any rationed food?
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Before you begin to complain and
gripe
That life is all work and no fun—
Would you trade your dinner for
Ration K?
Or your overtime pay for a gun?
Just stop every once in a while ^
today
When your lot seems hard and
lean
And think of a Gob, and a Leath
t • ’
emeck,
And nine boys in a B-17.
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