My Flight Path From Georgia Girl to Army Pilot
The narrative follows Robert L. Scott as a young aspirant who trains at Miacom Ga and Randolph Field Texas, endures near crashes, stiff instructors, and cross country drives to see a Georgia sweetheart, earns his wings, faces Hawaii orders, and finally reaches Mitchel Field New York while dodging a police checkpoint on the way to his first tactical assignment.
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Robert Scot
Miacom Ga
Fe McPherson
Europe
Randolph Field
Texas
Wright
Landon
Nomg
Gosudri
Okey
Scott
Ted Landon
Wes
Ieee
Ted
Glide
West Point
Studext
Bie
Watil
Randolph
Georgia
Fort Valley
Atlanta
Aubrey Strickland
Tanta
Patterson
Louisiana
Jimmy Wedell
Bob Terrill
Bob
A-W.o.l
Kelly
Hawaii
Air Corps
Washington
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Long Island
Hollywood Stars and Radio Personalities Dominate Fans
Alan Ladd receives 7200 fan requests weekly for locket photos. Paramount made 100000 small heart shaped photos for teen fans. Marilyn Maxwell moves toward acting after Pasadena Playhouse stint. Famed radio and film figures like Larry Douglas Fanny Brice and Jane Borman feature in industry blurbs and charity coverage.
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Alan Ladd
Hollywood
Alan
Paramount
Marilyn ‘Maxwell
Ted Weems
Pasadena Playhouse
Transforming a Cot Into a Sofa with Inexpensive Additions
An article shows how to adapt a living space by converting a simple cot into a sofa using a flat box on casters to store bedding. It describes slip covers, end cushions, and a matching back cushion set, plus a DIY table from odds and ends to cover day and night duties.
General Quiz Answers From A Vintage Panel Card
A reader posted a mixed set of Q and A covering metals with high melting points, ampersands, IKEs Snowballs slang, armadillo classification, battlefield terms, ship flags, iguanas, emperors, seabirds, seas, and more. The answers reference tungsten, the ampersand, MPs, mammals, a tank transport, banderole, a large beard, Haile Selassie, the albatross, and eight named seas, with the White, North, Black, South, Yellow, East Asia, and Red seas noted.
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London
Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
White Sea
North Russia
Black Sea
South Russia
Yellow Sea
East Asia
Red Sea
Africa
Asia
Cargo Air Route Through Burma Expands Freight Flow
The U S Air Transport command bases daily cargo flights from Om Sadirs India to Kunming China and reports a surge in tonnage. In peak months these air shipments would need about 4500 trucks to move the freight, illustrating the great scale of wartime air logistics.
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U. & Air Transport Command
Om Sadirs
India
Kunming
China
Burma
Sers Collier's
South African Natives Store Grain in Huge Baskets
Natives of South Africa store grain in large hampers called Isilula. Each basket averages 18 bags, with tight weaving that keeps rain out and protects grain from redenis.
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South Africa
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