Combat Performance Quotes
Washington was not a fan of the militia. It was however preferred by much of Congress who favored local institutions rather than national ones. Competence gave way to politics then as often it does in modern times. See {613015}, {613016}, {613022}, {613027}, {621987}, {621988}, {613030}, {613033}, & {613056}.
During World War II, she was a correspondent covering the Flying Tigers in Burma. Her basis for this propaganda statement was the ratio of Japanese to American plane losses in aerial combat in that particular theater of the war.