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To: LS
such as Tom Landry, coach of the Dallas Cowboys, flew B-17s with the Eighth Army

Uh, wouldn't that be the Eighth Air Force?

52 posted on 03/25/2003 6:41:38 PM PST by jackbill
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Not in WW II. No "Air Force" until after the war. Technically, it was the "Army Air Force," but that was too long to put in.
60 posted on 03/26/2003 4:39:00 AM PST by LS
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I think it was the Eighth Army Air Corps.
65 posted on 03/26/2003 8:40:14 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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