CAP's Busy History
The CAP was founded one week before the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Operating under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Air Forces, CAP pilots patrolled the U.S. coastline during World War II and are credited with sinking two German U-boats as well as saving hundreds of lives through...
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