N O T E S T O P A G E S 2 9 2 - 3 0 3
131. Memo for Arnold from Saville,
3 1 Jan. rgqt.
132. 1st ind. (ltr., C/AAF to CSigO,
8 Feb. 1942)~OCSigO to C/AAF, 1 1
Feb. 1942.
1 3 3 . Memo for C/AAF from AWPD
(Col. George), z Feb. 1942.
134. Ltr., CG I Interceptor Command
to CG First Air Force, 18 Feb. 1942.
1 3 5 . Memo for Arnold from Eisen-
hower ( W D OPD), 1 5 Apr. 1942.
136. For a detailed account of estab-
lishment of a V H F net, see Fourth Air
Force Historical Study 111-2, pp. 234-50.
137. “Longhairs and Short Waves,”
Fortune, Nov. 1945.
138. Ibid.
139. A G 371 (12-19-41) MSC-E-M,
Creation of Eastern Theater of Opera-
tions, 20 Dec. 1941.See also GO I , East-
ern Theater of Operations, 21 Dec. 1941,
Doc. 10, in History, First Air Force,
Vol. I.
140. A G 320.2 (12-30-41) MSC-C-M,
Allocation of AAF Units and Associated
Services, and the Assignment of Air
Bases and Observation Airdromes may
be found as Doc. I, in Fourth Air Force
Historical Study 1-2, or as Doc. 1 1 , in
History, First Air Force, Vol. I.
141. See Fourth Air Force Historical
Study 1-2, pp. 208 ff.
142. A G 381 (3-11-42) MC-E-M,
Defense of Continental US., 18 Mar.
1942.
143. For the initial organization of
AAF, see AAF Reg. 2 0 - 1 , 3 1 Mar. 1942.
144. H i s t o r y , F i g h t e r C o m m a n d
School, Mar.-Nov. 1942, pp. 24ff.
145. On the effects that dispersion
would have had, see History, Third Air
Force, to June 1944, pp. 135-37.
146. Fourth Air Force Historical
Study 111-2, chap. i.
147. Fourth Air Force Historical
Study 111-2, chap. iii.
148. Ibid., pp. ~wff.
149. Ibid., pp. 25 ff.
150. zzd Recommendation of Perma-
nent Joint Board on Defense, as sum-
marized in ltr., T A G to C/AAF and
others, I Feb. 1942.
1 5 1 . Quoted on title page of National
Service Handbook, Committee on Public
Information (Washington, 1917).
1 5 2 . See p. 2 2 of Watson-Watt re-
port, as cited in n. 119.
1 5 3 . See Fourth Air Force Historical
Study I1I-2, chap. ii.
154. New York Times, 20 Apr. 1942.
155. Minutes of S / W Conference, 18
156. Ibid.
157. Ibid., meeting of 2 5 May 1942.
158. Fourth Air Force Historical
Study 1-2, p. 61.
159. Minutes of S / W Conference, 8
June 1942. See also Fourth Air Force
Historical Study 1-2, p. 62.
160. AAF Historical Study No. 42,
Air Defense of the Panama Canal, I Jan.
1939-7 Dec. 1941.
161. No complete transcript of the
report by Watson-Watt was available,
but a digest, with many direct quotations,
is in History, Sixth Air Force, Mar. 1942
-May 1943, pp. 26ff.
162. Memo for Roosevelt from Stim-
son, 14 Mar. 1942.
163. lbid.
164. History, Sixth Air Force, p. 219.
165. Memo for Arnold from Eisen-
hower (OPD), received at AAF Hq., 29
Apr. 1942.
166. History, Sixth Air Force, pp.
‘94-97.
167. Minutes of S / W Conference, zy
June 1942. General Arnold announced
that “we are equipping [bombers] with
ASV at the rate of two per day.”
168. Watson-Watt report, as quoted
in History, Sixth Air Force, pp. 26ff.
1%. Ibid.
170. AAF Historical Study No. 4,
Alaskan Air Defense and the Japanese
Invasion of the Aleutians, pp. 22-27.
May 1942.
171. Ibid., p. 28.
172. The reinforcement preparations
are described in Fourth Air Force His-
torical Study IV-2, Processing Functions
699