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Paratroop Losses Highlight Wartime Air Corps Failures
Washington dispatch details a wartime blunder over Sicily in July 1943 when about 800 American paratroopers died as Allied gunners shot down transport planes. The piece cites censorship, internalArmy stonewalling, and calls for self sealing tanks on troop transports to prevent future carnage. It highlights Lt Col David Laux and Brig Gen Ray Dunn who faced reprisals for demanding protection and accountability.
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Washington
Sicily
U. S
Stuart Symington
Air
Air Corps
Symington
Benny Meyers
Meyers
Congress
White House
David Laux
Siberia
Secretary of War
Laux
Nome
Alaska
Ray Aloysius Dunn
Pacific
Ington
Army
D-day
Normandy
P. L. Williams
Ralph Bagby
Mediterranean
Bennett Meyers
France
Col
Stimson
Catania
Lovett
Drew Pearson
Army Air Forces
Hop. Arnold