Civil Air Patrol. Hearings Before Subcommittee No.4 ..., on H.R. 19412 and H.R 2149, Oct 3, 1945 |
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active duty assignment active-duty members Administration ADOLPHUS ANDREWS Air Corps Air Force Antisubmarine Air Patrol Veterans aircraft on duty airplane Angier L armed forces Army Air Forces base commander BILL To provide BLEE bomb racks Bulwinkle CAP coastal patrol Chairman Civil Aeronautics Administration Civil Air Patrol Coast Guard Coastal Patrol Bases Coastal Patrol Duty Colonel DAWSON combat COMMITTEE ON MILITARY Department depreciation Diem Allowances DURHAM Eastern Sea Frontier enemy and engage equipment Ervin Force Antisubmarine Command further notice gentlemen H. P. Range HARNESS horsepower horsepower rating Hourly Rates Major EARLE MARTIN MILITARY AFFAIRS military status missions MORELAND National Headquarters Navy North Carolina oath Operations Directive Operations Officer organization paid Patrol as veterans payments pilots planes provide for recognition Ralph Earle recognition of active-duty RITCHIE ROBERT L. F. SIKES Stand-by Allowances SUBCOMMITTEE Tow Target Units veterans of World Vouchers War Department widows WITNEY World War II
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Page 13 - Your unit has rendered invaluable services to this command in fulfillment of its war mission of protecting shipping and combating the submarine menace. ... In the performance of these tasks there has been displayed a skill, energy, resourcefulness, and disregard for danger which are in the highest tradition of the American armed forces.
Page 8 - ... air express service and approximately 14 in the tow target antiaircraft work. The oath and orders under which these men worked, the routine by which they were exposed, were identical in every respect with the oath, orders, routine, and dangers of regular active servicemen. These units were ordered: To patrol coastal shipping lanes as directed during daylight hours for the purpose of protecting friendly shipping and of locating and reporting enemy submarines, enemy warships, or suspicious craft,...