| Show YOUTH CAN NOW ENLIST 11 IM THE we or are in ih the on midst ast dst of the most meet momentous in 0 ment us war of modem mode times A galation ma co lation of powerful and ruthless enemies seeks not only to over whelm us b but ut to 0 annihilate h 1 1 a our r institutions at adv nil girani tirani s I 1 t a and d our u r civilization i a b T they li a y have it ave struck with suddenness and with all the forces at them their command and nd have shown all that it is their heir aim jan to conquer swiftly and completely in both strength and speed we are gradually surpassing th them but yet we haw have a long way to go to insure our supremacy we must most pre pro presa sa them back behind their ow own borders and there them defeat them decisively so decisively that they can never again g am attempt to impose their wills and nd them their ways of life on a people who cherish liberty above all things A people always willing to lay d down n 1 thew their lives to preserve them their freedom the united states is now engaged in the greatest aircraft pend prodoc no tion program ever undertaken b by any cou country try the dogram howy however er can b be translated into am air supremacy only I 1 if I 1 we can muster the qualified ed wo man power to low beep P our planes I 1 lying an and d the source 0 of this a man an power lies iwa in it the youth of the land th they ey are the men who will k keep sop th them ent flying youth alone has the physical fitness the mental alertness alertness th the personal so nal daring to meet the he acid III test for an air or crews ol of high powered military airi aircraft our nations future depends upon the command of the am air the future of freedom and liberty everywhere is in the hands of our youth by agreement between the army amy and N navy important changes in pro procedure proceed ure of induction into the armed forces force s have been beell effected effect ext which now make it possible for young men to volunteer for aircrew training men between the agra ages of 18 and 26 inclusive may apply through voluntary induction tot tor aircrew air aw crew training to become bomb archer ar diers navigators and pilots young men who have reached the age go of 17 but have not yet attained their fifth burth birthday day may also apply for enlistment list ment in the air corps enlisted reserve looking beyond the end of the war it is may easy to see that th t your t tram i a car yra mg ing in the army air m forces w will u undoubtedly af geneat prove of great be benefit t t to you after your return ih to civil lie hie ovioe most meet of us are old enouf enough t to her that commercial aviation as we know it today came into being following the last war largely it was waa developed as a result of the lessons learned in that war and by the ment men who learned those lessons lessanes les sones first I 1 hand the aviation pioneers of the twenties and aviation kings of the thirties were practically all men who had learned to fly while serving in the army amy air crops corps in 1917 and 1918 and in the years immediately following it is not at all unreasonable to predict that following the close of the present war commercial aviation is will clove develop lop even more rapid ly the than it did dd in the t twenties antles although it may not be apparent paaren at the moment things are am being learned about planes and methods of flight today that will lift hit the science of av aviation aaion to heretofore undreamed 1 I of leals levels of achievement in the yong years that are to follow |
