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As commander of XXI Bomber Command, LeMay was a principal player in shaping the operational, strategic, and tactical adaptations required to overcome the uncertainties that emerged as the B-29s were deployed against Japan. 24 GORMAN Notes 1. Henry Harley Arnold, Global Mission (New York: Harper, 1949), 158. 2. Haywood S. : Longino & Porter, 1972), 48. 3. , 5 4 . 4. : Hanover House, 1969). 5. Kenneth P. Werrell, Blankets of Fire: U. S. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996), 49–50. 6. Richard P.

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