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GAS: ' FDR JVarus Axis

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t a c k s .were o f J a f e r o c i o u s . n a t u r e . M o s c o w r a d i o a d m i t t e d t h a t c a s u a l -t i e s a n d s o m e d a m a g e - w e r e c a u s e d , b u t m a i n t a i n e d t h a t G e r m a n r e p o r t s w e r e g r o s s l y e x a g g e r a t e d .

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of t hose " b u t s " w h i c h h a v e ' ' a r i s e n in y o u r m i n d s . .

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e n e m y s t i l l h a s 17 mi l l ion m e n u n d e r a r m s . T h e G e r m a n s o l d i e r s a n d t h e i r s a t e l l i t e s , s o m e a l i t t l e r a g g e d , s t i l l t o t a l 17 m i l l i o n t r a i n e d m e n . T h e J a p s h a v e a t l e a s t t h r e e mlUion-in u n i f o r m . T h e s e ( t h e good a n d t h e b a d ) c o m b i n e to m a k e " t h e big-g e s t m o s t e f f e c t i v e f j g h t i n g m a s s e v e r a s s e m b l e d in h i s t o r y . " R e m e m -b e r , t h e e n e m y h a s b e e n y e a r s Bttild-, Ing t h i s f o r c e , arid the c i v i l i a n s 'in t h e s e m i l i t a r i s t i c c o u n t r i e s h a v e Sac-*$6t!«0' ' 'SS*.»>e t h i n g s n e c e s s a r y — t h i n g s we w o u l d n ' t e v e n t h i n k of r a -tioning, i nc lud ing l i b e r t y arid de -c e n c y .

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T h e s u b m a r i n e i s s t i l l t h e b i g g e s t Al l i ed p r o b l e m . S u b m a r i n e s a r e t o u g h a n i m a l s n o w . O u r o w n a r e t o u g h e n o u g h a n d t h e s e a n i m a l s a r e - t h e G e r m a n s p e c i a l t y . . D e p t h b o m b T T i a v ' e t o go d e e p t o d o a n y m o r e t h a n b r e a k t h e g l a s s in t h e • h a v i n g m i r r o r s a n d i n s t r u m e n t f a c e s . E v e n in t h e l a s t w a r , i t took a lot of d e p t h b o m b s t o g e t o n e sub. ' N o w t h e s u b s c a n c r a s h d i v e , s h i v e r a n d r i s e to f igh t b a c k . . . a n d fight b a c k t h e y c a n I T h e y a r e m o u n t e d w i t h g u n s , t h e y c a n ' s t a n d u p to a n e s c o r t ship,- a t l e a s t a c o r v e t t e , a n d i t t akes , a d e s t r o y e r o r a f a s t c r u i s e r t o c a t c h t h e m e v e n w h e n t h e y s t a y o n ' t h e s u r f a c e w h e r e t h e y c a n r e -turn'"fire." T h e s m a l l Stuff (30 ca l i -b e r ) b o u n c y off t h e i r s c a l e s .

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b e t t e r t r a i n e d b y e x p e r i e n c e ' t h a n o u r m e n . Bu t t h o s e of o u r m e n w h o h a v e h a d e q u a l t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i -e n c e a r e a s good o r b e t t e r , m a n f o r m a n , a l t h o u g h n o t -ye t p e r h a p s , of -ficer f o r o f l i c c r . R e m e m b e r , G e r -m a n y a n d J a p a n b r e d a n o f f i c e r c l a s s . We." t r a i n e d a f e w p r o f e s -s i o n a l o f f i ce r s , l i m i t e d t h e i r p r e s t i g e , r e s o u r c e s a n d o p p o r t u n i t y . T h e m a -j o r i t y of o u r o f f i ce r s In w a r t i m e c o m e f r o m c iv i l i an l i fe . T h e y a r e good , w h e n t h e y g e t t h e t r a i n i n g a n d t h e e x p e r i e n c e .

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One" of t h e m a n y changes ' w h i c h t h e w a r h a s s t i m u l a t e d l s ' t h e c h a n g e In e d u c a t i o n . E d u c a t i o n Is go ing t o c o u n t m o r e a f t e r t h e w a r . M a n y b o y s wi l l c o m e , b a c k p a r t i a l l y t r a i n e d In t r a d e s a h d p r o f e s s i o n s w h i c h t h e y c a n fo l low if t h e y h a v e t h e a d d i t i o n a l t h e o r e t i c a l a n d p r a c -t i c a l i n s t r u c t i o n n e c e s s a r y to a r m t h e m f o r t h e st iff c o m p e t i t i o n w h i c h i s . e x p e c t e d .

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I t w i l l b e r e c a l l e d t h a t t h e b o o m fifter t h e l a s t # a r c r e a t e d t h e coon-s k l n c o l l e g i a n a n d t h e flapper c o e d . T h e w o r d " c o l l e g i a t e " h a d a m e a n -i n g t h e n w h i c h took I t f a r a f i e ld f r o m t h e c l o i s t e r of l e a r n i n g . T h e c r o p of s t u d e n t s — v e t e r a n s — w i l l b e m o r e s e r i o u s . T h e y , m u s t b e t a k e n m o r a s e r i o u s l y . T h e y m u s t h a v e a p t i t u d e a n d a c h i e v e m e n t t e s t s r a t h -e r t h a n b o o k - l e a r n i n g e x a m i n a t i o n s ; t h e r e m u s t b e m o r e I n d i v i d u a l i z e d i n s t r u c t i o n , m o r e t u t o r i a l a n d s e m i -n a r m e t h o d s , s p e c i a l a t t e n t i o n m u s t b e g i v e n to c o - o r d i n a t e d i n s t r u c t i o n t h a t wi l l a i d In t h e t r a n s i t i o n f r o m a r n ) y or i n d u s t r i a l l i f e t o p e a c e t i m e c o m m u n i t y a n d ' f a m i l y r e l a t i o n s a n d t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s o f - c i t i z e n s h i p .

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