Air Forces Fifth

A little later in the war a spokesman for the Fifth Air Force would point out that since the Japanese government was mobilizing civilians to resist invasion, the entire population of Japan is a proper military target. Onto the proper military target of working-class Tokyo LeMay de-... 

The United States establishment in Australia had been set up to provide air and logistical support for the Philippines and for the forces operating in the Netherlands East Indies. After Japanese seizure of the Netherlands East Indies and after it proved to be impossible to support the Philippines, Fast East Air Force was inactivated and the conception of the American command in Australia as predominantly an air command was abandoned. The air command, subsequently designated Fifth Air Force, became an important element of the Allied land, naval, and air forces. History, USASOS, vol. I. 

Grothaus praised Copthorne s policy of setting the service units, such as the chemical laboratory, to work on any technical problem within their range of competence whether the solution would have chemical significance or not. He believed that these services performed for a number of theater elements had added significantly to the respect for and acceptance of the CWS in the theater. Other factors increasing respect resulted from four successful Fifth Air Force smoke operations... 

Ltr, CG USAFFE to CG s Sixth Army, Fifth Air Force, and USASOS, 8 Sep 43, sub Allocation of Ordnance and Cml Warfare Functions (USAFFE ECW 321,011), with i t Ind, CG Sixth Army to Oistr, 22 Sep 43 (Sixth Army AG 322>W), in Sixth Army 400 Sups (General). 

Capt Louis E. Schueler, 876th Cml Co AO, The Cml Co, Air Opns. Eighth AF 520.805-Nov 45. CoJ Augustin M. Prentiss, Jr., Cml Warfare History of Fifth Air Force-Far East Air Forces. CWS 314.7 Fifth AF. 

How effective would these smoke curtains have been if the paratroopers had landed in the face of enemy opposition Maj. Tristram J. Cummins, Jr., Chemical Officer, Fifth Air Force, felt that two of the screens were too close to the wooded areas to have screened the observation of Japanese had they been located in the outer fringes of the woods. If the screen had been placed 2,000 feet from the woods, the troopers could have landed and organized with a potential enemy still cloaked by the drifting smoke. The operation also disclosed shortcomings in filling equipment and difficulty with the attachment of tanks to the aircraft. 

By way of explanation for the rather shoddy smoke operation, the Fifth Air Force chemical officer cited insufficient notice of the impending mission and the lack of opportunity for the wing chemical officer to participate in the operation s logistical planning. Whatever the fault, the fact remained that not only was smoke for the mission inadequate but no planes were in reserve to patch up the screen once it got spotty. ... 

Nonetheless the weapon proved effective. Company C fired 19,000 rounds (the two other companies fired about the same number) and received credit for sealing about thirty-five caves and killing more than 250 Japanese caught in the open. The unit marked eight targets for air strike with a precision that brought praise both from Fifth Air Force and infantry commanders. 

Proceedings of the Fifth Industray/Government Review of Thermoplastic Matrix Composites (1988) Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, 8-11 Feb. 1988, San Diego... 

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The committee invited representatives from all of the DOD Combatant Commands and the Services to brief the group on their perspectives on the CBD Program and its objectives and capabilities. At its fifth meeting, the committee held discussions with representatives from US European Command and US Northern Command. The committee also spoke with US DOD Service representatives to the Joint Requirements Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense from the US Army and US Marines. Due to unforeseen circumstances, US Strategic Command and the Service representative from the US Air Force, were unable to participate. 

A variation of the standard RTC course to meet Army Air Force requirements for chemical warfare replacements was undertaken in December 1942. Under a procedure developed at that time, sixty-five AAF trainees were shipped to the CWS RTC every two weeks, after completion of four weeks of basic Air Force training. Upon arrival, they entered the fifth week of instruction under MTP 3-3 at Camp Sibert, completing the course nine weeks later. They were then given four weeks of specialized instruction in the functions of either a chemical noncommissioned officer (SSN 870), a decontaminating equipment operator (SSN 809), or a toxic gas handler (SSN 786). This program was continued throughout 1943. When terminated on 31 January 1944, it had produced 1,450 enlisted men technically trained for duty with various chemical activities of the AAF. 

Henry DeWolf Smyth and Eugene M. Zuckert were also old hands, having served on the Commission since 1949 and 1952 respectively. Both would leave before the year was out. Smyth, a brilliant Princeton physicist who had worked on the Manhattan Project, replaced Bacher as the scientist on the Commission. Zuckert, a Yale-educated lawyer, had helped organize the new Department of the Air Force in 1946 and became assistant secretary the following year, experiences that gave him a keen sense for administration. The fifth commissioner was Joseph Campbell, on leave from his position as treasurer of Columbia University, who had joined the Commission in the same month as Strauss. 

FIFTHLY The Heat works elevatingly, for by its force the spirits hidden in the Earth are raised up into the Air wherefore the Philosophers say that whosoever can bring light to a hidden thing is a Master of the Art. 

The oxidation reaction will be influenced by the equilibrium oxygen pressure in the surroundings (Sections SI.5 and S3.2). Calculation of the equilibrium partial pressures over metal oxides shows that values lie between approximately 10 atmospheres to 10 " atmospheres. As the oxygen partial pressure in air is about a fifth of an atmosphere it is clear that metals will have a tendency to oxidise. From the point of view of thermodynamics, there is always a considerable driving force for reaction. 

Fifth Army launched the second phase of its winter offensive on 2 a January on the beaches near Anzio and Nettuno, seaside resort towns located barely thirty air miles south of Rome. The objective of VI Corps was to cut the historic roadway known as the Appian Way and Highway 7, as well as other German supply routes. With these severed, the enemy in the Gustav Line would be left to choose between ex-temunation and withdrawal. Two mortar battalions saw action at Anzio, the 83d, initially in support of Colonel Darby s Ranger forces, and the 84th, which landed late on D-day with the 3d Infantry Division. 

Volatile oils comprise all the substances which pass through steam distillation process. The origin of volatile oil is traditional of German work Aetherischen Oele in the first time described by GUdemeister and Hoffmann in 1899 [1]. It is the Quinta essentia (quintessence) which represents the efficient part of every dmg. The current name essential oil recalls the Paracelsian concept [2], The quintessential oil originates fi om the Aristotelian idea that matter is composed of four elements, namely, fire, air, earth, and water. The fifth element, or quintessence, was then considered to be spirit or life force [3]. The term essential oils is also used for volatile oils. 

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