Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
Second Front
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Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels was only bluffng when he
boasted recently Of their strength.
Go to Work Immediately.
The American officers who ac-
companied Gen. Hunter were Maj.
Gen. w. H. Frank, commander of
the Air Service Command; Brig.
Gen. Robert c. Candee, commander
of the general ground air support,
and Brig. Gen. Asa N. Duncan, air
force chief of staff.
Brushing aside all formalities, the
officers Immediately set to work.
Almost every Canadian contin-
gent In the United Kingdom re-
ceNed reinforcements from the con-
voy Of dominion troops whose ar
rival was announced last night.
Thousands of soldiers and hun
dreds Of ground crewmen for the
Royal Canadian Air Force were
swiftly dispersed to various centers
where they will receive training for
action on a second front. A IRE
dominant number Of the new ar
rivals were tankmen, who were sent
at once to Southern England .or
battle training.
The convoy made the Atlantic
crossing smoothly. While escorting
war vessels dropped a few depth
charges it was not known definitely
whether the ships were pursued by
submarines.
Gen. Hunter, until recently as
signed to Air Forces headquarters in
Washington and with the Eighth
Air Force at Boiling Field, was in
England for several months in 1910
as a military observer. Born at
Savannah. Ga, December 8. 1894,
he was educated at the Hotchkiss
School and in Switzerland.
In France during World War I
he served at the front as pursuit
pilot for seven months. and was
credited with the destruction OF
eight enemy planes. He received
the Distinguished Service Cross with
four oak leaf clusters for acts Of
extraordinary heroism, was given
the Purple Heart for wounds re-
ceived in action, and was awarded
the French Croix de Guerre with
palm.
In 1884, when the Army took over
air mail operations. Gen. Hunter
was chief of operations for the west
ern zone. with headquarters at
March Field, Calf. Later he COM
manded the 10th Pursuit Squadron
at Barksdale Field, La, and the
23d Composite Group at Maxwell
Field, Ala, and at Orlando, Fla.
Gen. Frank West Point Graduate.
Gen. Frank. a 56-year-old former
commander of the Sd Air Force at
Tampa, Fla, was born in Hum
phrey, N. Y. and was graduated
from West Point in 1910. Originally
an infantry ofiicer, he transferred
to the air service during the last
war.
A graduate of several Army fight
Frank was commanding officer at
Mitchell Field, N. Y, in 1884 and
later went to Hawaii to command
the 18th Wing at Hickam Field.
Gen. Duncan, so, is a native of
Leighton, Ala. He served during
the Mexican border crisis and in
1920 became an officer Of the Air
Service, Regular Army.
In France in the last war, he was
detailed for duty as an observer with
the 91st Aerial SQUADRON, and was
cited in general orders for outstand-
| ing service In this assignment dur
ing the Meuse- Arginne operations
Commanded Luke Field.
When the Army took over the
air mail. he became chief of mill
tary intelligence for those opera
lions. More recently he has com-
manded Luke Field, Hawaii, served
as air base executive oficer at
March Field. Calf, and since 1899
as chief of the personnel division,
office of the chief Of the Air Forces.
Gen. Candee. so, is native Of
Hinsdale, ILL.,. and a 1915 graduate
of Cornell University. Commissioned
in the Regular Army In 1915, has saw
duty as Cavalry ofhcer on the
Mexican Border, and then was as
signed as an instructor at Fort Bliss,
Tex.
He is a specialist in bombardment
tactics and ut one time was senior
bombardment instructor at the Kelly