The rising clamor for a separate, independent U.S. air force last week impelled the War Department to take action. Reporting this action to Congress, in an effort to stave off more drastic changes, Secretary of War Stimson announced:
> That the present Army Air Corps and its separately commanded striking arm (the General Headquarters Air Force) have been grouped into a unified, autonomous organization to be called The Army Air Forces.
> That Major General Henry H. ("Hap"') Arnold, who used to be Chief of Air Corps but was kicked upstairs to the General Staff last year, is now the one...
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