ARMY & NAVY: War's End

After six tense days of hide & seek in the big Pacific, the U. S. Battle Force, Blue defender in the Navy's Fleet Problem No. 14, and the Scouting Force, Black raiders, met off California last week, went through 36 hours of terrific mimic fighting. The Black fleet of cruisers and carriers were strong aloft, weak afloat. The Blues had all the battleships. Black bombers from a divided force peppered San Pedro and San Francisco but heavy Blue guns (firing 1-lb. blanks) took make-believe toll on the Lexington and Saratoga. Most unexpected...

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