Brazil has begun to feel that she is in the war but not of it. When Aviation Minister Joaquim Pedro Salgado Jr. announced last week that the Brazilian Air Force had sunk its seventh U-boat, he symbolized Brazil's feeling. He said, by way of explanation for not waiting the customary 30 days to announce the sinking: "It is a great satisfaction to get part of our revenge at the scene of the brutal attacks which provoked a bitter hatred of the Axis throughout Brazil."
Brazilians grow restive as they watch their ships being sunk and see their troops deployed for a coastal...
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