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Show Was Air Power "Over-Sold" While strategic bombing of .Europe-is .making a great contribution contri-bution to the winning of the war, there Is a great suspision in the jitlnds of air advocates that the j Kiublic has been "over-sold" by kMravagant reporting of aerial . i's'compl'shments. P'&omething of a reaction against I 'Vowcr 'ias resulted from the I Aire to take Cassino afte it had --n reduced to "rubble" by bombings and by the disappointment disappoint-ment oyer the failure of aircraft operations to kriock Germany out of the war. The last item is probably due, in large degree, to the natural desire of Americans to win the i i Air 5 !:::."' heavy !,. .'.! t.'.-lt a ts'.lth befAer. X ,:' u-'j'-M rr-.ak- :: I i.i.:.. o'.'-r- or.J.'ic.'ice in the I A.r Y :' h-i been, m a decree,1 a f.,rrr of wi,r.ful thinking. I I' i, a t e t f:;jt certain civilian ,:) ::::. r s of air prAer in hjks jr:'l pur,!;e d . t'u i jr. -i have prac- I tK-aiiy advocated that the nation cori' er.'r ate on rs air force to the exi-luiion of other units in order1 j to v. in the v. ar. This view, wr are convinced. v.js never accepted by our military mili-tary and naval leaders, who are; not disappointed with the ma-j mficent results which have been arrornplished through the use of j the air arm. |