Over Manhattan's towers floated a Navy blimp, its silvery sides bearing a message: "Navy Salutes Army Day." Higher up, Air Force and Navy fighters flashed down the blue spring sky in tribute. A task group from the Atlantic Fleet came in, spilled out its bluejackets to march chummily down Fifth Avenue with the doughs. In Army Day celebrations all over the U.S., the armed forces put on a spit-&-polish show of unity.
On the reviewing stand of Washington's Army Day parade, new Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and the Commander in Chief shared a...
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