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Old September 23rd 04, 09:50 AM
Keith Willshaw
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"Joe Osman" wrote in message news:41519804

It wasn't Kimmel's job to run patrols. The Air Corps/USAAF got the sole
responsiblity for the aerial defense of the US in 1935. This allowed them
to
get more long range bombers. They didn't take the coastal defense
responsibility seriously. Their pilots were very poor at navigation and
didn't like to fly over water.


No sir, as the Joint Congressional Investigation clearly states

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Under the Joint Coastal Frontier Defense Plan the following tasks of the
Army and Navy were recognized:

"a. JOINT TASK. To hold OAHU as a main outlying naval base, and to
control and protect shipping in the Coastal Zone.

"b. ARMY TASK. To hold OAHU against attacks by sea, land, and air
forces, and against hostile sympathizers; to support the naval forces.

"c. NAVY TASK. To patrol the Coastal Zone and to control and protect
shipping therein; to support the Army forces."

One of the most significant features of the plan was the assumption of
responsibility by the Navy for distant reconnaissance, a normal task of
the Army. In this regard, the plan provided: "The Commandant, Fourteenth
Naval District, shall provide for: * * * i. *Distant Reconnaissance*."
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http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/congress/part_3.html#126

Keith


 




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