In the U. S. armed forces, there are two chief services, the Army and the Navy. To suggest that there might or should be a thirda separate air forceis a private blasphemy rarely hazarded in public.
In the early '20s, Brigadier General Billy Mitchell let the blasphemy roll off his curly tongueand wrecked a brilliant military career. Admiral Sims, who had a beard and a social background, uttered sacrilegious sentiments about air power and was not struck down, but the bodacious blurt did him no good with his brother Navy men. Since...
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