Eraser and Paper Clip Sparked Folding Wing Idea
Roy Grumman, in Beth Page New York, inadvertently formed the folding wing concept while fiddling with an eraser and a paper clip. The idea doubled carrier airpower by allowing Hellcat and Avenger planes to be packed on ships, aiding early Pacific operations and the battle against U boats.
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Art Corn
New York
INS
Pearl Harbor
Leroy R. Grum
Beth Page
Long Island
Roy Grumman
Atlantic
Grumman
Pacific
Samuel P. Ginder
Marshalls
Ranger Sergeant Reveals Ranger Battalion Valor in Sicily and Italy
Sgt. Hayes recalls brutal combat from Sicily to Messina and Naples. He describes tank misperceptions, close calls with German forces, the death and exhaustion of his unit, and a hospital escape aboard a ship attacked by the enemy. He honors the Rangers and questions the fate of comrades.
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Messina
Italy
Bob Hope
Frances Langford
Hope
Naples
Chuck
Hayes
Rangers
Cisterna
Wth
Sgt
Sgt. Hayes
Axis
Jack Rosenfield
Schick General Army Hospital
Clinton
Reper
Young Men's Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Rosenfield
Schick
Capt. Rosenfield
Chelsea
Mass
Des Moines
American Legion Auxiliary
Grant of 1280 Led to Penicillin Breakthrough
New York United Press report shows a $1280 Rockefeller Foundation grant to Oxford microbiologist Dr H W Florey in May 1943 sparked penicillin development. Fosdick notes the tiny sum funded lab work accelerating lifesaving drug research and moving toward synthetic production.
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New York
Raymond Fosdick
Rockefeller Foundation
Fosdick
H. W. Florey
Oxford University
Florey
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Jerry
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A. W. Peterson CO
First Street SE
Maytag Store
Ee FF
D’orsay
U. S. Pat
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