1 00:00:31.660 --> 00:00:32.593 Off we go 2 00:00:32.594 --> 00:00:35.380 into the wild sky yonder. 3 00:00:35.118 --> 00:00:38.715 Keep the wings level and true. 4 00:00:38.715 --> 00:00:42.666 If you'd live to be a grey-haired wonder, 5 00:00:42.667 --> 00:00:46.347 keep the nose out of the blue! 6 00:00:46.348 --> 00:00:47.961 Flying men, 7 00:00:48.590 --> 00:00:50.371 guarding the nation's border, 8 00:00:50.372 --> 00:00:53.697 We'll be there, followed by more! 9 00:00:53.697 --> 00:00:57.542 In echelon, we carry on. 10 00:00:57.542 --> 00:01:01.410 Nothing'll stop the Army Air Force! 11 00:01:54.300 --> 00:01:55.201 Well, hello! 12 00:01:56.102 --> 00:01:58.881 Gee, looks like I'm back in the movies again, doesn't it? 13 00:01:58.882 --> 00:02:01.590 Well, as a matter fact, I like to do some talking. 14 00:02:03.874 --> 00:02:05.906 Don't go away until I get this thing off. 15 00:02:11.375 --> 00:02:13.891 Now it isn't as if it was a chore or me to talk to you 16 00:02:13.917 --> 00:02:16.272 because I want to speak on my favorite subject: 17 00:02:16.528 --> 00:02:18.203 The Army Air Forces. 18 00:02:18.973 --> 00:02:21.596 I can't speak from long experience. 19 00:02:21.981 --> 00:02:23.537 I've only been in the service a year. 20 00:02:23.563 --> 00:02:26.576 But I've learned a lot about what the Air Forces have to offer. 21 00:02:28.150 --> 00:02:29.768 That's what I wanna talk to you about. 22 00:02:30.140 --> 00:02:32.561 Right now, the greatest mass mobilization 23 00:02:32.587 --> 00:02:35.780 in the history of the world is taking place. 24 00:02:35.538 --> 00:02:40.551 Men from cities towns, farms, married men, and single men. 25 00:02:40.649 --> 00:02:44.195 Brothers, sweethearts, husbands, fathers, and sons. 26 00:02:44.196 --> 00:02:46.576 Businessmen and workers from the factories. 27 00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:49.550 And students from colleges and high schools all over America. 28 00:02:49.551 --> 00:02:51.592 They're mobilizing, joining up 29 00:02:51.756 --> 00:02:54.330 or having their numbers pulled out of a fishbowl. 30 00:02:54.606 --> 00:02:56.841 And this war we're fighting today 31 00:02:56.842 --> 00:02:59.992 and tomorrow and the next day until we win, 32 00:03:00.183 --> 00:03:02.281 is a war of the air. 33 00:03:02.611 --> 00:03:04.484 The whole world knows that. 34 00:03:04.485 --> 00:03:07.449 Our factories know that. So... 35 00:03:07.464 --> 00:03:09.324 interceptors, pursuit ships, 36 00:03:09.325 --> 00:03:12.378 light bombers, medium bombers and Flying Fortresses 37 00:03:12.379 --> 00:03:14.279 are rolling out of those factories. 38 00:03:14.562 --> 00:03:18.560 65,000 fighting planes this year. 39 00:03:18.557 --> 00:03:20.935 A hundred thousand fighting planes next year. 40 00:03:21.253 --> 00:03:23.327 And to keep 'em flying, 41 00:03:23.328 --> 00:03:24.857 two million men. 42 00:03:24.858 --> 00:03:27.690 Now, now that's where you come in. 43 00:03:27.698 --> 00:03:33.435 The Army Air Forces need 15,000 captains, 40,000 lieutenants. 44 00:03:33.571 --> 00:03:36.357 35,000 flying sergeants. 45 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:39.352 Well, how about it? 46 00:03:40.189 --> 00:03:41.887 Well, let's talk it over. 47 00:03:42.393 --> 00:03:44.269 Now make no mistake about this thing. Fellas. 48 00:03:44.270 --> 00:03:46.310 We're all gonna be in this war soon. 49 00:03:46.311 --> 00:03:48.370 Sooner than a lot of you realize. 50 00:03:48.555 --> 00:03:51.729 And nearly all the officers of this great Army Air Force 51 00:03:51.730 --> 00:03:53.587 that they're building today 52 00:03:53.588 --> 00:03:55.977 are gonna be drawn from the ranks of you men. 53 00:03:56.382 --> 00:03:58.238 From high schools and colleges. 54 00:03:58.551 --> 00:04:01.806 Those who join as aviation cadets now. 55 00:04:01.807 --> 00:04:05.859 Uh, well now, before I go any further are there any questions? 56 00:04:05.860 --> 00:04:07.493 Yeah, sure I got a question. 57 00:04:07.494 --> 00:04:08.689 Okay, shoot. 58 00:04:08.715 --> 00:04:09.839 Well I'd like to join up. 59 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:11.499 But I've got about a year of college left. 60 00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:13.457 And I'd kinda like to get that diploma. 61 00:04:13.458 --> 00:04:14.863 Well, why not? 62 00:04:14.864 --> 00:04:17.857 The Air Forces want you to get your diploma. 63 00:04:18.169 --> 00:04:21.180 Fellows like yourself either in high school or college 64 00:04:21.190 --> 00:04:23.788 can enroll in the Air Force Reserve. 65 00:04:23.814 --> 00:04:27.104 Continue with your studies and at the end of the term 66 00:04:27.157 --> 00:04:31.269 or when you get your diploma, you'll be taken in as a regular cadet. 67 00:04:31.270 --> 00:04:32.834 If you pledge now. 68 00:04:33.900 --> 00:04:33.930 Well, thanks. 69 00:04:33.956 --> 00:04:35.263 Okay, don't mention it. 70 00:04:35.289 --> 00:04:36.907 Say, I'd like to make the Air Force. 71 00:04:36.908 --> 00:04:38.473 But I'm no brainstorm. 72 00:04:38.474 --> 00:04:40.375 My grades aren't exactly what they should be. 73 00:04:40.376 --> 00:04:41.567 I hear it's tough to get in. 74 00:04:41.593 --> 00:04:42.679 Not anymore, it isn't. 75 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:47.599 And that blocked letter you're sporting, that tells me a lot. 76 00:04:47.885 --> 00:04:50.820 Basketball, football, baseball. 77 00:04:50.821 --> 00:04:54.960 Or some activity where coordination, control 78 00:04:54.970 --> 00:04:57.560 and the ability to work together with the rest of the team that, 79 00:04:57.570 --> 00:04:58.644 that's important. 80 00:04:58.645 --> 00:05:01.731 The same in the Air Force. They're one big team. 81 00:05:01.732 --> 00:05:05.220 And they need men who can pull together and play the game. 82 00:05:05.221 --> 00:05:07.427 So, you and your teammates should be a cinch 83 00:05:07.428 --> 00:05:10.422 in this, the biggest all-American team we've ever had. 84 00:05:11.570 --> 00:05:12.937 Now here's a fellow who works in a filling station. 85 00:05:12.938 --> 00:05:17.140 He looks as though he's got something special on his mind. 86 00:05:17.798 --> 00:05:20.770 Say, uh, how about it, fella? 87 00:05:20.103 --> 00:05:22.784 You know, I've been interested in the Air Forces for quite a while. 88 00:05:22.938 --> 00:05:25.324 But I'm 26 years old and I got a wife. 89 00:05:25.325 --> 00:05:27.153 Haven't had a chance for too much education. 90 00:05:27.171 --> 00:05:28.272 What about me? 91 00:05:28.280 --> 00:05:29.422 Well, from where I'm standing, 92 00:05:29.423 --> 00:05:31.731 you look like you're ready to sprout wings any minute. 93 00:05:31.732 --> 00:05:32.739 Hey, wait a minute. 94 00:05:32.740 --> 00:05:35.636 You see, formal education is no longer a basis 95 00:05:35.637 --> 00:05:38.671 for determining a man's intelligence in the Air Forces. 96 00:05:38.723 --> 00:05:40.160 And married or not, 97 00:05:40.170 --> 00:05:43.406 you'll receive seventy-five dollars each month while training. 98 00:05:43.407 --> 00:05:46.877 And board and lodging and all the necessary uniforms and equipment. 99 00:05:47.670 --> 00:05:50.700 And you have as much chance as the next fellow of becoming one of those 100 00:05:50.950 --> 00:05:52.763 15,000 captains and 40,000 lieutenants or 101 00:05:52.789 --> 00:05:56.302 35,000 flying sergeants I was telling you about. 102 00:05:57.110 --> 00:05:59.931 Yeah? Say, that sounds great. 103 00:05:59.932 --> 00:06:01.543 I think I'll go tell my wife. 104 00:06:01.569 --> 00:06:03.495 I'd like to get something straight in my mind. 105 00:06:03.694 --> 00:06:06.266 I'm one of those high school students you've been talking about. 106 00:06:06.267 --> 00:06:08.800 But I'm not old enough. 107 00:06:08.801 --> 00:06:11.349 I wasn't planning on going to college so 108 00:06:11.375 --> 00:06:14.201 where does that leave me as far as the Air Force is concerned? 109 00:06:14.202 --> 00:06:16.763 Funny, you sound like the forgotten man. 110 00:06:17.138 --> 00:06:19.164 But if you're close to eighteen. 111 00:06:19.172 --> 00:06:21.597 And you're over five feet in altitude, 112 00:06:21.598 --> 00:06:24.900 you can be one of us just as quickly as anybody else. 113 00:06:24.901 --> 00:06:26.546 Okay! 114 00:06:26.547 --> 00:06:30.422 Just make out that application for the Air Force Reserve. 115 00:06:30.541 --> 00:06:32.414 Now your physical examination. 116 00:06:32.525 --> 00:06:34.906 Well, that's not gonna be so tough. 117 00:06:35.173 --> 00:06:38.166 If you're an average guy and normally healthy, 118 00:06:38.167 --> 00:06:40.208 you'll make the grade alright. 119 00:06:41.330 --> 00:06:44.367 So, one day you say good-bye to mother and dad. 120 00:06:44.368 --> 00:06:46.953 And they're pretty proud and happy too. 121 00:06:47.104 --> 00:06:50.129 Especially dad. His suspenders are about to bust. 122 00:06:50.130 --> 00:06:53.138 Yeah, you say good-by to sister Jane. 123 00:06:53.313 --> 00:06:55.300 And maybe Aunt Minnie. 124 00:06:55.290 --> 00:06:57.207 And oh yeah, Uncle Ben. 125 00:06:57.311 --> 00:06:59.798 And brother Joey. 126 00:07:03.332 --> 00:07:07.419 Those first few steps down the walk are the beginning of a great adventure. 127 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:10.151 Oh, uh, just wait. Wait a minute now. 128 00:07:11.501 --> 00:07:15.803 You aren't gonna forget that sweet little bit of something next door. 129 00:07:20.750 --> 00:07:23.536 And you're on the train with a lot of other fellas. 130 00:07:23.729 --> 00:07:26.444 Probably many from your own school or a neighborhood. 131 00:07:26.445 --> 00:07:28.856 Oh yeah, I forgot to say. 132 00:07:28.882 --> 00:07:31.740 Uncle Sam bought your ticket. 133 00:07:31.620 --> 00:07:34.746 And your destination reads any one of a number reception centers. 134 00:07:34.747 --> 00:07:37.420 Maybe in California. Maybe down in Texas. 135 00:07:37.421 --> 00:07:39.421 It's here that lasting friendships are made. 136 00:07:39.446 --> 00:07:43.468 Because you and your teammates are aiming for the same goal. 137 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.801 That big, beautiful, wonderful "V" 138 00:07:46.802 --> 00:07:48.521 that spells Victory. 139 00:07:48.783 --> 00:07:50.598 And now it begins. 140 00:07:51.133 --> 00:07:54.394 Now, here's a sort of a composite picture 141 00:07:54.395 --> 00:07:58.852 of what happens to you in the first few weeks of your aviation cadet training. 142 00:07:59.184 --> 00:08:00.621 You find your room. 143 00:08:00.647 --> 00:08:02.594 Meet your roommate. 144 00:08:02.835 --> 00:08:05.175 Get a haircut, army style. 145 00:08:05.176 --> 00:08:07.534 And try on a new pair of shoes. 146 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.374 And a new uniform that really fits. 147 00:08:10.375 --> 00:08:14.130 And time to eat. Those chops are on the fire. 148 00:08:14.131 --> 00:08:16.853 You eat with a few hundred other guys just as hungry as you are. 149 00:08:16.854 --> 00:08:19.897 In ground school, officers with years of experience 150 00:08:19.898 --> 00:08:23.425 patiently explain what makes 'em fly. 151 00:08:23.426 --> 00:08:26.210 And then one day, when class is over, 152 00:08:26.211 --> 00:08:30.109 you get all rigged out on what the well-dressed birdman will wear. 153 00:08:30.110 --> 00:08:33.515 You feel like quite a guy as you meet your flying instructor. 154 00:08:33.516 --> 00:08:35.675 But always in your memory will be the thrill 155 00:08:35.676 --> 00:08:37.785 of that first beautiful morning 156 00:08:38.216 --> 00:08:40.469 when you took off for the first time. 157 00:08:41.351 --> 00:08:44.462 Now, uh, what you're gonna see next 158 00:08:44.463 --> 00:08:48.791 isn't considered exactly part of the regular training course. 159 00:08:50.752 --> 00:08:53.594 But you're a chump if you don't include it in your curriculum. 160 00:09:02.129 --> 00:09:05.977 And you find out the effect those shiny little wings have on a gal. 161 00:09:06.510 --> 00:09:08.542 It's phenomenal! 162 00:09:19.643 --> 00:09:21.770 And now mister, take the air! 163 00:09:21.796 --> 00:09:22.889 And he did! 164 00:09:22.890 --> 00:09:24.917 Now, time has marched on. 165 00:09:25.270 --> 00:09:27.556 Here you are cruising along in a BT. 166 00:09:27.557 --> 00:09:29.642 That's basic trainer to you. 167 00:09:29.769 --> 00:09:33.245 And twisting your tail into a few acrobatics and loops. 168 00:09:33.246 --> 00:09:35.849 And barrel rolls and snap rolls. 169 00:09:36.790 --> 00:09:38.186 That's some fun, eh? 170 00:09:38.212 --> 00:09:40.480 And a few more weeks roll by. 171 00:09:40.730 --> 00:09:42.167 You find yourself in still another plane. 172 00:09:42.168 --> 00:09:44.410 And advanced trainer this time. 173 00:09:44.420 --> 00:09:47.740 Yes indeed, you're really getting up in the world. 174 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:49.970 At the rate of nearly 200 miles an hour. 175 00:09:49.971 --> 00:09:53.151 But you think this is something, well now, just wait. 176 00:09:53.152 --> 00:09:56.321 Fellas, shake hands with Mister B-17. 177 00:09:56.322 --> 00:09:58.228 And a few of his big brothers. 178 00:09:58.229 --> 00:10:00.166 Now, watch out now, he's tough. 179 00:10:00.205 --> 00:10:03.657 Those four motors roaring through the sky like a thunderstorm. 180 00:10:03.658 --> 00:10:06.870 They can't fool with them. 181 00:10:09.188 --> 00:10:10.259 American workmen... 182 00:10:10.260 --> 00:10:12.634 The finest master mechanics in the world... 183 00:10:12.635 --> 00:10:13.846 Put those motors together. 184 00:10:13.847 --> 00:10:17.245 Made 'em live, made 'em breathe, made 'em roar. 185 00:10:17.246 --> 00:10:22.850 Yes, sir! A whole army of workmen, designers, engineers and just plain guys 186 00:10:22.860 --> 00:10:23.846 who wanted to do something for their country. 187 00:10:24.140 --> 00:10:26.767 They put that B-17 together. 188 00:10:26.854 --> 00:10:30.370 A few thousand of these babies will win this war for us. 189 00:10:30.630 --> 00:10:33.397 And a few thousand guys like you in there flying it. 190 00:10:33.582 --> 00:10:34.921 And remember. 191 00:10:34.922 --> 00:10:37.520 We said something about a team. 192 00:10:37.964 --> 00:10:40.242 Well, nine men are inside that plane. 193 00:10:40.268 --> 00:10:42.637 Each with an important job to do. 194 00:10:42.638 --> 00:10:44.590 So let's go and take a look around. 195 00:10:44.615 --> 00:10:46.658 Let's meet the team. 196 00:10:46.659 --> 00:10:49.983 Yes, sir, nine fellas like yourself working together... 197 00:10:49.984 --> 00:10:52.985 As closely coordinated as a precision watch. 198 00:10:53.214 --> 00:10:54.811 Now, let's get this straight. 199 00:10:55.359 --> 00:10:58.294 The pilot is not the most important fella inside this plane. 200 00:10:58.295 --> 00:11:01.558 All nine members of this crew are equally important. 201 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:02.685 For example, 202 00:11:02.686 --> 00:11:05.262 the pilot and the copilot can take the plane off the ground 203 00:11:05.263 --> 00:11:06.430 and set it back down again. 204 00:11:06.431 --> 00:11:08.471 But where they be without the navigator? 205 00:11:08.882 --> 00:11:10.461 Now, meet him. 206 00:11:10.630 --> 00:11:12.812 He's the gentleman sitting right there, 207 00:11:12.828 --> 00:11:15.365 with his pencils, his calculators. 208 00:11:15.638 --> 00:11:19.507 He's responsible for getting the giant bomber to its destination 209 00:11:19.508 --> 00:11:20.810 and back again. 210 00:11:20.811 --> 00:11:22.379 Now, you might like his job. 211 00:11:22.525 --> 00:11:24.612 Now this fella's a second lieutenant. 212 00:11:24.613 --> 00:11:28.200 Draws 245 dollars each month. 213 00:11:28.187 --> 00:11:32.806 And although he was good at mathematics, he didn't graduate from college. 214 00:11:33.900 --> 00:11:36.340 But he learned that the Air Forces could use his talents. 215 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:38.175 And now he is a necessary part of the team. 216 00:11:38.369 --> 00:11:41.329 And now let's go up into the nose of Mister B-17. 217 00:11:41.678 --> 00:11:44.995 And meet somebody who has an important job in that department. 218 00:11:45.354 --> 00:11:47.605 This is the bombardier. 219 00:11:48.326 --> 00:11:49.856 The boy who doesn't miss. 220 00:11:50.251 --> 00:11:52.735 You see, flying the plane is wasted motion 221 00:11:52.761 --> 00:11:55.488 unless this lad hits the target on the noggin. 222 00:11:55.591 --> 00:11:58.321 The finest pilots in the Air Force would be behind the eight ball 223 00:11:58.322 --> 00:12:00.407 if the bombardier couldn't hit straight. 224 00:12:00.844 --> 00:12:03.217 And he's a full-fledged commissioned officer too. 225 00:12:03.218 --> 00:12:04.872 Wears his wings. 226 00:12:04.873 --> 00:12:07.820 Draws the same pay as the pilot and the copilot. 227 00:12:08.661 --> 00:12:12.186 Now back in the main body of the plane we've got some more important positions. 228 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:15.660 This fella is the number one engineer. He keeps the motors turning. 229 00:12:15.661 --> 00:12:20.199 And the thousands of working parts all thru the bomber inspected and in repair. 230 00:12:20.532 --> 00:12:22.485 And then comes the radio operator, 231 00:12:22.486 --> 00:12:25.754 who keeps the bomber in constant communication with its home base. 232 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.912 And the photographer who keeps a photographic record of what takes place 233 00:12:28.913 --> 00:12:31.616 on the earth below while the bomber's on its mission. 234 00:12:32.850 --> 00:12:35.807 He's sort of an official scorekeeper checking up for future reference. 235 00:12:36.125 --> 00:12:38.576 Now the remaining members of the flight crew are 236 00:12:38.577 --> 00:12:41.729 number two engineer and number two radio man. 237 00:12:42.140 --> 00:12:46.921 So you see, being in the Air Forces isn't all piloting. 238 00:12:46.922 --> 00:12:49.604 Or all navigating or all bombardiering. 239 00:12:49.605 --> 00:12:51.159 It's teamwork. 240 00:12:51.160 --> 00:12:55.144 And each member of the team is just as important as the next one. 241 00:12:55.145 --> 00:12:56.158 Now listen. 242 00:12:56.413 --> 00:13:00.119 It takes 38 men on the ground to keep this bomber in the air. 243 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:03.135 So let's go downstairs and meet the ground force. 244 00:13:06.112 --> 00:13:08.580 Jobs, why there's one to fit every kind of fellow 245 00:13:08.606 --> 00:13:11.394 who wants to play on this all-American team. 246 00:13:11.791 --> 00:13:14.203 Meet the armament officer. 247 00:13:14.204 --> 00:13:16.117 Now, he's in charge of 12 bombers, 248 00:13:16.118 --> 00:13:18.262 more or less like the ones we just looked over. 249 00:13:18.263 --> 00:13:20.716 It's his job to see hat the bombs are loaded 250 00:13:20.717 --> 00:13:21.900 and the machine-guns 251 00:13:21.901 --> 00:13:23.890 and a general all-around checkup. 252 00:13:23.891 --> 00:13:25.813 See that bar on his shoulders? 253 00:13:25.890 --> 00:13:29.120 He ranks just the same as the pilot or the copilot 254 00:13:29.121 --> 00:13:31.637 or the navigator or the bombardier. 255 00:13:32.481 --> 00:13:33.921 And to get this fellow's commission, 256 00:13:33.928 --> 00:13:37.246 a little engineering or physics in college would be a great help. 257 00:13:40.400 --> 00:13:43.404 And there's a fellow who's job takes a backseat to nobody. 258 00:13:43.405 --> 00:13:45.159 The communications officer. 259 00:13:45.160 --> 00:13:47.686 Those bombing and fighting planes up there, 260 00:13:47.687 --> 00:13:51.450 they depend on his work. He's part of a team. 261 00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:54.810 And how does a fellow get a sign like that on his door? 262 00:13:54.820 --> 00:13:58.738 Well, engineering officer Captain C.D. Burns had three years of college. 263 00:13:58.739 --> 00:14:00.740 He studied aerodynamics. 264 00:14:00.741 --> 00:14:03.574 Those qualifications quickly awarded him his commission. 265 00:14:03.575 --> 00:14:05.860 He's in charge of all the mechanical details. 266 00:14:05.861 --> 00:14:09.274 And has a full crew of technically trained enlisted men to supervise. 267 00:14:10.232 --> 00:14:12.478 Now, another opportunity for you specialty-minded fellas 268 00:14:12.485 --> 00:14:14.779 is to be a meteorologist. 269 00:14:15.112 --> 00:14:17.289 If you do, you'll be assigned to a post 270 00:14:17.290 --> 00:14:20.684 where all military missions will be guided by your reports. 271 00:14:20.685 --> 00:14:23.702 Yep, and you'll get those gold bars alright. 272 00:14:23.703 --> 00:14:27.704 After thirty weeks free training in some leading technological institute. 273 00:14:27.909 --> 00:14:29.548 Photographers and chemists. 274 00:14:29.572 --> 00:14:31.893 Now there's a spot for you on the team 275 00:14:31.894 --> 00:14:34.911 in charge of one of the hundreds of fixed or mobile 276 00:14:34.912 --> 00:14:38.200 photographic laboratories the Air Force must have. 277 00:14:38.210 --> 00:14:40.879 Now this job too gets you a commission as an officer. 278 00:14:40.880 --> 00:14:43.878 So whether you're flying a plane as a pilot or a copilot, 279 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:45.275 charting its course as a navigator, 280 00:14:45.276 --> 00:14:47.470 acting as bombardier. 281 00:14:47.471 --> 00:14:51.600 Or in any one of the many technical jobs in the air or on the ground. 282 00:14:51.601 --> 00:14:54.644 Wherever it is in the United States Army Air Forces, 283 00:14:55.886 --> 00:14:57.579 you're part of a team. 284 00:14:58.616 --> 00:14:59.909 Now remember that. 285 00:15:03.287 --> 00:15:06.438 So listen to the roar of those motors, you men of America. 286 00:15:06.464 --> 00:15:08.700 And heed their call. 287 00:15:08.800 --> 00:15:09.476 Soon the skies will be filled 288 00:15:09.477 --> 00:15:12.501 with the greatest air armada the world has ever seen! 289 00:15:12.502 --> 00:15:14.871 Our own Army Air Forces. 290 00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.824 The best planes ever built! 291 00:15:16.850 --> 00:15:19.397 65,000 planes this year. 292 00:15:19.398 --> 00:15:22.215 100,000 more next year. 293 00:15:22.690 --> 00:15:24.953 That's why we'll lick the Axis. 294 00:15:24.954 --> 00:15:27.676 And that's how we'll lick the Axis. 295 00:15:28.250 --> 00:15:30.504 Your commission in the Air Forces is waiting. 296 00:15:30.536 --> 00:15:33.760 You don't have to have a diploma to become an officer. 297 00:15:33.203 --> 00:15:36.655 Join now on the enlistment reserve basis. 298 00:15:36.681 --> 00:15:38.238 And then finish your present school or 299 00:15:38.239 --> 00:15:41.850 college term before your called upon for actual duty. 300 00:15:41.308 --> 00:15:44.709 And if you're between the ages of 18 and 26, 301 00:15:44.710 --> 00:15:46.438 with a good bill of health, 302 00:15:46.439 --> 00:15:50.506 you can make as high as 245 dollars a month. 303 00:15:50.507 --> 00:15:54.278 With a bonus of 500 dollars for each year of service in the Air Forces. 304 00:15:55.470 --> 00:16:00.321 Or if you become one of those 15,000 captains we need right away, 305 00:16:00.322 --> 00:16:05.524 you'll receive 430 dollars a month while you serve your country. 306 00:16:05.944 --> 00:16:09.946 You'll be well trained for a good job in civilian life when this war is won. 307 00:16:11.187 --> 00:16:12.805 Now, here's another thing. 308 00:16:12.806 --> 00:16:16.162 Now, it's kinda hard to explain but believe you me it's important. 309 00:16:16.496 --> 00:16:21.111 While you're getting all this wonderful technical training in the Air Forces, 310 00:16:21.905 --> 00:16:23.722 you'll learn about other things too. 311 00:16:24.160 --> 00:16:26.287 Things that are gonna pay off in big dividends. 312 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:28.950 You're learning to be alert. 313 00:16:28.951 --> 00:16:30.401 You're learning how to handle men. 314 00:16:30.410 --> 00:16:32.694 And how to do that job with a lot of pride. 315 00:16:33.657 --> 00:16:36.966 Yeah, you're learning about courage too. 316 00:16:37.652 --> 00:16:39.453 But you'll know what I mean. And I hope soon. 317 00:16:39.454 --> 00:16:42.610 Because the Air Forces are proud to think that you might be with them. 318 00:16:42.683 --> 00:16:44.278 And by the time you finish your training, 319 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.905 America will have overwhelming superiority in the air. 320 00:16:47.906 --> 00:16:50.703 You see, the way the Air Forces feel about it, 321 00:16:50.916 --> 00:16:55.660 they're fighting and they're flying for the safety of our people at home. 322 00:16:55.670 --> 00:16:57.794 Our mothers and fathers and our sisters and brothers. 323 00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.701 And to keep this terrible war of destruction 324 00:16:59.702 --> 00:17:02.483 that swept Poland and Belgium and Holland. 325 00:17:02.484 --> 00:17:05.489 And blasted homes of good people in London and Coventry. 326 00:17:05.490 --> 00:17:07.729 And maimed hundreds of innocent women and children 327 00:17:07.730 --> 00:17:12.523 in Nanking and Burma and Bataan Peninsula and Pearl Harbor. 328 00:17:12.690 --> 00:17:15.379 To keep that war from our own shores, 329 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:17.398 our cities and our homes. 330 00:17:18.435 --> 00:17:21.673 The roar of a thousand motors sing their song. 331 00:17:21.690 --> 00:17:25.119 And theirs is a song of freedom. 332 00:17:25.145 --> 00:17:28.515 Their wings outstretched in the cause of decency. 333 00:17:28.776 --> 00:17:31.753 And each spinning prop drones in vengeance 334 00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:34.801 against those who would destroy our way of life. 335 00:17:36.350 --> 00:17:38.419 But somebody's gotta fly 'em. 336 00:17:39.318 --> 00:17:41.389 A lot of somebody's have got to fly 'em. 337 00:17:41.517 --> 00:17:43.187 Now, this is your place. 338 00:17:43.365 --> 00:17:46.880 This is where you'll serve America best. 339 00:17:46.811 --> 00:17:49.820 Young men of America, your future's in the sky. 340 00:17:49.821 --> 00:17:51.726 Your wings are waiting.