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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;miedbe7, post: 1668136, member: 33919&quot;]I think I&#039;ll go for one uncirculated half dollar because Hap Arnold WAS THE MAN ... such an innovative man who basically made things work when they shouldn&#039;t have (with dysfuntional bureaucracy between the wars) ... the man flew a Wright model I think ... went on to promote a lot of new R+D with the help of university research programs (using government funding) ... a very powerful force in the creation of our air dominance in WWII ... IMHO</p><p><br /></p><p>edit: my use of the word &quot;bureaucracy&quot; should be qualified with &quot;relative&quot; because the problems back then with the air corps factions came down to which man you supported, or who&#039;s school of thought you backed. I think Billy Mitchell was Hap&#039;s fav guy.&nbsp; Not sure of the others.&nbsp; Basically it was an interwar period of posturing and favoritism that could have threatened our ability to dominate the air the way we did (along with some help from the merlin)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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