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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 Quote 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*." /Quote http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/congress/part_3.html#126 Keith |
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