The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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 3 July 1943

SATURDAY, 3 JULY 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
Lieutenant General Jacob L Devers, Commanding General European Theater
of Operations, US Army (ETOUSA), in a report to General Henry H "Hap"
Arnold, praises the proficiency of the VIII Bomber Command bombardiers
but stresses a dire need for high-altitude gunnery training.